A weekly newsletter where I share ideas from about nurturing learning and curiosity with technology.
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Launching a weather revolution
I’m excited to announce the project that I’ve quit my job for: WeathAR. With WeathAR, all you have to do it point your camera at the sky and the on-board AI chip in your phone will analyze it and tell you what the conditions are. Together with a ground-breaking new freemium business model, seeing the…
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Why anyone can become a UX designer
???? This article originally appeared on Concordia University’s blog. Are you interested in becoming a user experience (UX) designer? Or are you thinking about pivoting your career towards this field? As someone who studied marketing and started working in UX without any formal training, I can tell you that this is one of the most…
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My Experience in Designing a Course in UX
???? This article originally appeared on Concordia University’s blog. This past summer, I worked closely with Concordia Continuing Education (CCE) as a subject matter expert to develop a user experience (UX) design program. As someone who is passionate about finding patterns, I immediately started looking for parallels between designing courses and designing products. To give…
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People with Unconventional Backgrounds Can Find Success in UX
???? This article originally appeared on Concordia University’s blog. Without any formal training in user experience (UX) design, I landed a job designing a platform for a business that brings in hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual revenue. Following this opportunity, I was accepted into a prestigious design school. In any other industry, this…
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An introduction to UX for non-designers
Last week I gave a talk at Concordia University explaining what UX is and what it takes to start building a career in this field. There were over 100 attendees who had questions about accessibility, ethics in design, and many other important discssions. You can watch the talk here: I’ll keep this post short as…
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I’m afraid of flying but I bike without a helmet
Humans are, by nature, living contradictions. I’ll spare you the philosophical waxing and keep it brief: about a month ago I fell off my bike and got a (very) minor concussion. This was the first time it ever really occurred to me that bike accidents are incredibly likely. They can happen without any serious mistake…
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Holding my breath
Sometimes when I’m working, I realize that I’ve been holding my breath. If you’ve never noticed yourself doing that, then I beg you to pay attention to it just for today. Why? A man wearing a hoodie runs in with a cardboard sign that reads ‘Mindfulness is good for productivity. I punch that man hard…
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Suboptimal creative release
Last night I sat with a friend and we wrote a rap song. Neither of us can play any music or sing. But it was some of the most immersed I’ve felt doing anything in a long time. Around 2013 I started reading business books, looking for secrets to work more productively. This obsession shifted…
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Time circa 2019
I looked up at the wall from my computer screen and my calendar smiled back with 2021.
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The forgotten art of fun at work
For all the times we ecourage a lack of sugar-coating, we forget to encourage teams to say things kinds things. For all the times we encourage efficiency, we forget to encourage teams to enjoy the process. For all the times we encourage risk-taking, we forget to encourage teams to receive failures with a smile. For…
