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Evolution of a Pattern Library
This is a repost of my article in Issue 16 of the MailChimp UX Newsletter. Our team publishes a new issue every couple weeks so if you enjoy this, please subscribe! Screenshot from the original...
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The Fight of Her Life
A week ago today, my mom passed away in her sleep. For the memorial service on Sunday, I stood by her casket and talked to family and friends about how selflessly devoted she was to her kids. I joked...
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Iteration and the Feature/Refinement Balance
This is a repost of my article in Issue 19 of the MailChimp UX Newsletter. Our team publishes a new issue every couple weeks so if you enjoy this, please subscribe! “It’s a bug, and they need to fix...
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Creativity in Front-End Development
This is a repost of my article in Issue 21 of the MailChimp UX Newsletter. Our team publishes a new issue every couple weeks so if you enjoy this, please subscribe! We’ve written a lot in past...
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Then We Were Four
My life changed forever with one kiss in the Summer of 2000. I was friends with Amy for a long time before we started dating but when we fell for each other, we fell hard. First came love, then came...
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Keep Watering the Grass
The following message started off as a blog post, was converted to an email that I sent to a few close friends then decided to copy as a blog post because I wanted to share it with even more friends. I...
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Eleven Years Ago
It was a hot day in the town we grew up in. Having lived our entire lives in the sunshine state though, it wasn’t uncomfortable. I had just graduated from UCF and spent most of my summer making...
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The Rise of the UX Developer
This is a repost of my article in Issue 30 of the MailChimp UX Newsletter. Our team publishes a new issue every month so if you enjoy this, please subscribe! The engineers call us designers. The UI...
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Six Months with a Nissan Leaf
With experience on a landfill gas-to-energy project and several published papers about hydrogen fuel cells, I could claim that Dr. Ames was primarily responsible for our purchase of a 2013 Nissan LEAF...
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The (Initially) Reluctant Manager
It’s hard to believe, but today is officially my 4th anniversary working at MailChimp here in Atlanta. Before that, I spent a little over a year working remote, so I’ve actually been with the company...
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Two Weeks Before Christmas
This post was imported from a blog called Contemporation where Amy and I wrote about the renovation of our 80’s contemporary home in Atlanta. That blog is no more but I wanted the content to live on....
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Substantially Complete?
This post was imported from a blog called Contemporation where Amy and I wrote about the renovation of our 80’s contemporary home in Atlanta. That blog is no more but I wanted the content to live on....
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Moving to Orlando
Amy and I grew up in the beautiful, quiet little beach town of Vero Beach, Florida. It’s a small enough city that you’re likely to run into someone you know every time you leave the house. Most of our...
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The Pulley House: Before & After
I should preface this post by admitting that I felt a little uneasy about sharing the listing for our house yesterday because a.) I never thought I’d own a home worth over a half million dollars and...
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Voluntarily hitting the reset button on your life isn’t something I’d recommend doing mid-career, but boy have I learned a lot about myself over the last 3 months. After reaching out to many of my...
View ArticleLessons Learned
Update: The article I submitted to UXBooth is now live. Employing Heuristics to Anticipate and Prevent Errors Once upon a time, I used to write. Most of that writing wasn’t particularly interesting. I...
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Hard Wiring
Aside from a bit of paint and closet shelving, Amy and I haven’t had to take on many home improvement projects with the cozy little 1950s Orlando Bungalow we bought 8 months ago. We love our home, our...
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Craft Beer Drinkin’ Data
On Friday, I logged my 500th unique on the beer discovery app, Untappd. The beer I chose for the occasion was CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout), one of the most sought-after, and highly-rated beers in the...
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As I talk to other UX practitioners about the tools they love, I’ve noticed that the conversation tends to focus on their platform of choice for design and prototyping. I’m guilty of this myself and...
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Mid-Century Mundane
I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 years since Amy and I moved from Atlanta back to our home state of Florida. We rented a place in Winter Park for our first 6 months and then in early 2017 (actually...
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