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Logged writing
Lately, there’s been some buzz about reviving the practice of blogging. Warren Ellis has posted about it, as has Chuck Wendig, and a bunch of other people, I’m sure. There seems to be a growing collective awareness of how ephemeral social media can be, and how devastating that can be when these social media platforms…
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Learning UX design basics
Last week, I tuned in to General Assembly’s Intro to UX Design livestream for Asia-Pacific audiences. Technical hiccups aside, it was a good overview of what UX design is and what the work of a UX designer entails. The talk addressed key questions like: What is UX design? What does a UX designer do? How…
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9 things to do when you’re locked out of your apartment
The thing about today’s smart devices is that they can be too smart for their own good. Last Wednesday, for example, I went to collect a delivery at my front door. I’d been expecting a new SIM card, and the network provider told me I’d need to receive it in person, for security purposes. True…
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The Optimal Starbucks Breakfast
Optimization is the millennial affliction. (There was a trenchant Buzzfeed essay a while back that delved into how this impulse drives our generation to burnout.) Since seeing that insight articulated in plain, stark language, I’ve been more conscious of its truth in my own life. Take today’s breakfast stop at the local Starbucks. I lived…
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Obligatory New Year Post
There’s this funny game I’ve been playing for the past few months. Imagine this: a supervillain wraps a hapless woman in chains, balances a set of spinning plates on a stick perched on the tip of her nose, sets her on a unicycle, and tells her to make her way across a tightrope. Or else…
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Work From Home with These 9 Tools
It’s been a year and a half since I started to work from home. Our team spans several time zones, and the variance in daytime hours means we’re not all working on the same 9 AM – 6 PM clock. We get the freedom to clock in however we wish, as long as we get…
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