I think about design and efficiency. I’ve been doing this so long I think about balancing business goals with user needs. Sometimes I think about metrics, adoption and customer loyalty. Most of the time I think too long about typefaces and illustration. It’s all made me who I am and why I’m hard to classify as just one type of designer.
Cross-functional collaboration is fun for me. My ethos is that the user experience IS the brand. I was on the founding team of Yelp many years ago as their first (and only) designer. Since then I’ve lived in tradeoff land designing products at a handful of early-stage startups that didn't succeed.
When I’m not drawing rectangles, I stay busy being a new dad and finding fun, grassy spots for my dog to scritch. I’m constantly on Spotify mixing the ultimate playlist or trying to avoid Twitter by reading real words.
Cross-functional collaboration is fun for me. My ethos is that the user experience IS the brand. I was on the founding team of Yelp many years ago as their first (and only) designer. Since then I’ve lived in tradeoff land designing products at a handful of early-stage startups that didn't succeed.
When I’m not drawing rectangles, I stay busy being a new dad and finding fun, grassy spots for my dog to scritch. I’m constantly on Spotify mixing the ultimate playlist or trying to avoid Twitter by reading real words.