Right Now
A peek at my current(ish) status. Updated Jun 17, 2019
Briefly, lately
I’ve been designing the interface and experience for a national retailer’s ecommerce and point-of-sale systems for the last few years and learning a lot. I can’t share much of my work because most of it is proprietary, but I also spend time on the fun side projects below.
Creating
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UX Compendium
The UX Compendium is a cohesive collection of Sketch templates and libraries to round out your design process beyond the user interface.
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UXcellence
UXcellence is a blog on UX design, front-end development, building products, and making the world a better place for people.
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A List Apart
I’ve started helping out as a volunteer editor and producer with A List Apart. I’m so happy to give back to something that’s been so important to my career.
Being
I’m trying to teach my son to be a curious and compassionate human being sharing this fragile planet with other human beings, improving our family and home in a myriad little ways, and enjoying the remaining free time with family and friends.
I’m trying to find ways to slow down and disconnect more often. This includes playing vinyl records, reading more books, watching the wild life in our back yard, and playing board games.
Recent diversions
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5 stars. Absolutely loving how well they've adapted the animated series from the podcast and kept lots of subtle moments.
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5 stars. A slightly different story from the original podcast, but executed beautifully with tons of nods to fans.
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4 stars. A solid ending to a fun series.
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5 stars. Just wow. I love pretty much everything about this movie, from the zany style to the deeper message.
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3 stars. A fun, silly romp of a movie based on one of my favorite Disney rides.
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3 stars. The ending was a bit predictable (especially given the title), but the story and characters were still great.
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4 stars. Once I got used to the stream of consciousness of the first person narrator, I enjoyed the world building a lot.
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4 stars. This was a good Indiana Jones movie. Entertaining, funny, great characters, and a compelling story.
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5 stars. I adored Into the Spider-Verse and this movie is better in every way. Visually stunning, with a banger of a story.
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5 stars. How do you make a sequel to one of the best games ever? This. This is how. They made it better in every way.
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5 stars. Started off a little slow, but wow what a ride! Easily the best Star Wars show I've seen yet.
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4 stars. I felt like the name for this season should have been the Mandalorians (plural). Not quite as great, but still good.
Inspired by Derek Sivers. Think I’m not keeping this up to date regularly enough? Let me know.