Designers don’t have to swear a Hippocratic oath, but as digital design continues to grow as a critical part of many industries, it will become more important than ever to follow a similar goal to “do no harm”. While the concept of “empathy” has been written about by designers to the point of being a buzzword, it’s … Continue reading “Design Ethics in Practice”

In 2016, my average day looked like this: Standup (15-30 minutes, YES I KNOW) Requirements / story writing (1 hour) for next sprint of main project Discuss detailed design issues from current sprint (30 mins to 1 hour) for main project Visioning/discovery for next release (2 hours 3x week) for main project Meeting for secondary/tertiary/quaternary project (1 … Continue reading “Desk time”

Yesterday I spent almost three hours building a feature (capital-F Feature for the Drupal folx). Headphones on, not my hope + defiance playlist, but a Baroque music channel. Arranging all the little fiddly things, creating new repository branches, cross-checking settings. I spent a good long time on the same sort of work today. It’s very … Continue reading “Any Given Wednesday”