An example of how thoughtful design must consider complex contexts and dependencies esp in urban planning. Don’t be so quick to judge something without understanding the full picture.

The faster you are, the less good you have to be. See a problem, fix 60% of it in an hour? You're a rockstar. See a problem, hold 3 meetings, spend 2 weeks researching, and use 2 engineers to fix 90% a month later? You're a problem. Velocity is sustenance for a startup.

here's a proof of concept of how you can use the new layerEffect(_) in SwiftUI with Metal to create a natural gradient blur effect over basically any view #WWDC23 more info on layerEffect(_) developer.apple.com/documentation/…

Playing around with different input ideas to make moving blocks feel natural. Existing mmm.page sounds for haptics. (It’s a quick and rough prototype. I just slapped in a hand track lib.)

in nyc, i learned that the solution to my back problems is by walking 12k steps a day

LA Metro in the style of classic BART map design! (includes Regional Connector!) Coming soon: 1) in the style of Vignelli and 2) in the style of current BART map 😊

so much config fomo

simple demo of counter with Figma's new advanced prototyping gamechanger!

I miss Facebook Events so much. Now not sure how to find cool things to do around me at a moment’s notice.

excited to try this

"frictionful" isn't a word, but "frictionless" is

remember back in 2011 when we used TextWrangler to make Wordpress sites?

Every designer’s desk versus Steve Jobs desk

Today on the Historic Arroyo Seco Parkway.

Seeking product market fit isn’t a fine art; it’s wielding a blunt instrument to strike gold. Part of my concern about some of the more academic takes on the practice of product management are that they almost make building great products feel like an inevitability. Smart people

Good worldly wisdom from Charlie Munger. I’ve generally never had problems finding (1) and have left companies because of (2) and (3).

Hey folks, it’s rare for me to post about work these days but for the first time in a few years we have an opening for a new client at the end of Q1. My design partner, Justin Graham, and I specialize in solving unique and high leverage design problems. Our studio is results

sincerely not trolling, but has any product designer made the transition successfully to become a design engineer? would love to hear how that experience was.

back to back on my timeline