XOXO Day 0

Landed in Portland and made my way to the XOXO Festival’s opening party. It’s my first XOXO and of last night is any indication, it’s going to be a good time. The opening party included… Jousting using VR joysticks Good Filipino food Readily-available water A churro truck Tons of friendly people Looking forward to more!

Engaging the Sales Team for Design Research

  When designing in enterprise and b2b environments, it’s tempting to believe that the customers are easy to get to for the purposes of research, feedback, and product development. I mean, our sales and customer support teams talk to them all day! But that’s not the case, not by a long shot. Connecting with business …

A Sample Design Collaboration Cadence

In order to maintain a decent level of collaboration within a design team, while maintaining a productive pace, and keeping transparent about upcoming roadblocks and needs for solutions, and finding opportunities to support each others in our design practice…. I ended up with a cadence of quick and straightforward cadence of check-ins and working sessions. This …