Published inBootcamp·PinnedReflecting on growth as a product designerLast year, I wrote a Medium post about redefining what growth means to me as a product designer. I wanted to understand how my Imposter Syndrome affected me and what I could do about it. This article is a reflection on what I learned along the way. How I tried to handle my Imposter Syndrome: I tried to be more optimistic. In my original…Design6 min readDesign6 min read
Published inUX Collective·PinnedMember-onlyRedefining growth as a product designerHow confronting my Imposter Syndrome led me to redefine growth based on values, not goals. — Setting growth as a goal On a recent episode of the New Layer podcast, Jasmine Friedl and Tanner Christensen examined how design leaders define success for themselves and their teams. They explored the intersections between personal and professional success, individual and team success, and the roles personal values play in becoming a successful design leader.Growth9 min readGrowth9 min read
Published inMovable Ink Brand & Design·Sep 11, 2020Facilitating cross-functional usability conversationsHow our EPD squad used a heuristic analysis to inform product decisions. Background/Problem At Movable Ink, our Engineers, Product Managers, and Product Designers work on close-knit teams to ensure we’re carefully considering the feasibility, viability, and usability perspective of all projects. In this model, everyone on the team can bring their…Collaboration9 min readCollaboration9 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jul 24, 2020Member-onlySetting Meaningful Goals With NotionI ran a personal retrospective in Notion to create and track more meaningful to-do lists and measure my growth as a product designer. — tl;dr duplicate this Notion template to try setting and tracking meaningful goals! I love to-do lists. I love the feeling of crossing off each item during the day and the long column of tiny little checks at the end of the week. I’m not picky about the medium, either. I’ve…Productivity9 min readProductivity9 min read
Published inThe Startup·Dec 4, 2019Member-onlyCross-Functional Teams: Getting Engineering, Product, and Design on the Same Page11 questions to ask your team before starting a project — First thing’s first, what’s a cross-functional product team? Cross-functional product teams pull from the larger engineering, product, and design (EPD) teams and typically consist of one product designer, one product manager, and one or more engineers combining their superpowers toward building a either a specific or a set of product features. …Product Management8 min readProduct Management8 min read
Published inUX Collective·Sep 22, 2019Using smart layout in SketchCreating simple and complex symbols using Sketch’s latest feature. — On September 17, 2019, Sketch 58 was released and included a major efficiency boost for designers working with symbols. From the Sketch Release Notes: With Smart Layout, we’re making Symbols more powerful and supercharging your workflow when it comes to using them in your designs. With it, you can set…Sketch6 min readSketch6 min read
Published inGrace Hopper Celebration 2017·Oct 9, 2017How I Finally Came to Understand BitcoinConfession time: Before today, I didn’t fully understand what Blockchain was. I’ve read articles about its influence, and I’ve been tracking the skyrocketing price of BitCoin for the last year, but not until BlockChain Unchained: Set Up Your Digital Wallet Today, did it finally make sense. Artonia Bogo, Senior Technology…Bitcoin4 min readBitcoin4 min read
Published inGrace Hopper Celebration 2017·Oct 8, 2017HCI: Anthropology, Accessibility, and User ConfidenceAs a lover of all things relating to human-computer interaction, the HCI track at the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing really stood out to me. …UX6 min readUX6 min read
Published inGrace Hopper Celebration 2017·Oct 8, 2017Software Engineering Future and TrendsOn a typical day, I’m between the UX and Front-End Engineering spaces, so I was beyond excited to attend Presentations: Software Engineering Future and Trends on the Software Engineering Track at the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing. For an hour, I was able to listen to three…Microservices5 min readMicroservices5 min read
Published inGrace Hopper Celebration 2017·Oct 4, 2017What’s next for Artificial Intelligence?This morning we’re starting #GHC2017 off by getting a little human. Actually, it’s technology that’s getting a little human. Dr. Fei Fei Li, a Computer Vision and Artifical Intelligence expert from Stanford University and Google describes how she got started in tech at the boom of the Internet Era. …Artificial Intelligence2 min readArtificial Intelligence2 min read
