At the start of this year I wanted to process what had been a very fraught and traumatic 2022 for me. At the recommendation of many others, I used YearCompass as the prompts to pull apart last year and figure out what I needed directionally for 2023. The year 2022, especially the final six months, … Continue reading “On The Nature Of Pace”

I was recently contacted by a friend who asked, “What are the accessibility requirements for typography?” It’s a good question. Typography is where the art of usability meets the science of readability, which is a poetic way of saying there are no direct Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) requirements about what typeface or weight that you … Continue reading “Typography and accessibility”

So. Back a few months ago I left my job and started hunting a new one. It was both healing and stressful, and some parts of it I think it’s fair to say that I overdid it. For example, I set myself a goal of applying for 5 positions a day — which I didn’t hit … Continue reading “Some observations about job hunting in UX lately”