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A collection of 4 posts
Making your design suck less with bridging roles
Opinion piece

Making your design suck less with bridging roles

The rise and fall of web design, and how fostering broader skill sets and adopting bridging roles can set things right.
Sep 7, 2024 12 min read
Digital design is conflicted
Extended article

Digital design is conflicted

In digital design, we are conflicted between thinking fast and slow, and between caring and causing harm.
Feb 26, 2024 10 min read
Loops, arcs, terrain, and domain - 4 elements of service design
Extended article

Loops, arcs, terrain, and domain - 4 elements of service design

In this article, I build on Stephen Anderson’s thoughts about customer journeys and how we work with them as designers. I expand on the ALT-X model Stephen (and Erika Flowers) presented, and suggest some adjustments, from an economics viewpoint. Inspiration Most of the time, I don’t need much
Sep 10, 2021 10 min read
The UX divide
Opinion piece

The UX divide

Various drafts of this post have been with me for years. The title has evolved over time as my “answers” to the problem have swung back and forth. The problem itself has undergone several incarnations as I’ve learnt new things and my experiences challenged its definition. But one thing
Sep 8, 2015 6 min read
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