Past Issues
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The story’s always being written.
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What’s really special about in-person conferences.
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Is manual work worth doing? Skip it or face head on?
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Get more of what you want.
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Noticing the feelings before putting something new into the world.
What I rely on AI for—and what I don’t.
The free part of “full price or free”
Don’t be afraid of free work, but do make sure there’s something in it for you.
Full price or free
There are only two right answers for the price of a project.
I’ll match your effort
How to help without doing the work.
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The work always wins
How to take charge of any meeting.
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How to be a hands-on leader even though you know you shouldn’t but you will be anyway
Let them finish.
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One fundamental decision
The job of a consultant.
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Deliver value every week
The simple process I use on every project.
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Quotes from Kinference
Lingering lessons.
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Coming up at Design System University
A sneak peek at a new company’s roadmap.
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Leaving room for creativity in design system work
The 80/20 rule in practice.
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Should you work in design systems?
Dive in or steer clear?
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Making a great offer—and the search for Indi
Maximizing the value to ask ratio.
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Mentoring vs. coaching vs. directing vs. modeling
Being intentional about learning.
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Designing a landing page in 30 minutes for $10k
Could you do it?
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Choosing between two good options
Consulting my version of a magic 8-ball.
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The second mountain
Preparing for a new journey.
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The danger of “whaddya think?”
Doing better presentations.
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My daily recap template
Encoding the day for better closure.
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A simple framework for building trust
Examples for personal and business relationships.
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What is a Design System? 6 Different Types of Design Systems
Being more inclusive about defining design systems.
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7 brutal truths for accelerating your product design career growth
A special guest issue from Tom Geoco.
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Utilitarianism in design systems
Lessons about design systems from moral philosophy.
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Beautifully composed
Finding refined frames in film.
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Too many comps
Save days of work with one small change.
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Starting a rebrand
Surrounding myself with source material.
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Thank you
I appreciate your time and attention!
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The hidden gems of design systems
You gotta dig to find them.
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Nervcited for what’s next
I shut down SuperFriendly, the agency I’ve run for 10 years.
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Getting Design System Buy-In
Three easy steps.
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The real value of design tokens
They’re much more than spicy variables.
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Good design debt vs. bad design debt in design systems
Stop wasting time trying to avoid debt.
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80/20 for your design system
With design systems, less can be much more.
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What’s better than a big design system?
A small design system.
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Design System Connection Problems
Component are the least important part. How they’re connected to each other is the key.
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Just a phase
Four phases of how I’ve run SuperFriendly… and the new phase 5.
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I’m a teacher
Teachers gon teach. A sneak peek of my new website
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This is who I am. Who are you?
Do more of what you love… but what do you love?