Welcome to the daily ramblings about work and inspiration.
WEDNESDAY | MARCH 16
“User Design asks you to fall in love with the user, not the technology. When you think about that, it really is nothing more than common sense.”
Tom Green, Teacher, Author, Professor
MONDAY | MARCH 7
“I revere consistency and the process.”
— Robin Arzon, Peleton Instructor
MONDAY | FEB 28
I recently had the opportunity to get back to where it all began — magazine work.
FRIDAY | FEB 25
Daydreaming about traveling again and reminiscing about my last overseas trip to Taipei . . .
It scales your vision towards life and stretches your mind with new experiences or memories. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.”
— Dalai Lama
THURSDAY | FEB 24
“I get tired of “under 40” lists. Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything. Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts.”
— Doug Murano
@muranofiction
WEDNESDAY | FEB 23
“Avoid the 3 monsters: perfection monster (tells you it’s not perfect yet, symptom is procrastination), advice monster (quick to prescribe w/o complete understanding of the problem), and the people pleaser monster (seeks the validation of others).”
— Chris Do
@theChrisDo
TUESDAY | FEB 22
2.22.22
MONDAY | FEB 21
“Many of us are reconsidering how we spend our time. We are in a very different moment. Work has its place in our lives but it’s not the whole reason for living. There’s something very sterile about the word professional because it means that you stop learning. The moment that you find a way to bring back the joy, you can start to beat burnout.”
— NPR/TED Radio Hour
#workplayrest
SATURDAY | FEB 19
“Design is the courage to walk out in front of an audience and say that I don’t have the answer but I am not going to quit until I do.”
— Jason Mayden
Chief Executive Officer | Trillicon Valley
The art of writing
According to Wikipedia, Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning.
According to the father (that’s me) of the 7-year old pictured here, who spends her Saturday’s embracing her heritage and culture — it’s pure everything.
FRIDAY | FEB 18
“Art and design are completely different. Art is about making questions. Design is about solutions. So in art you can make something that doesn’t make any sense. In design, you have to make sense.”
— Dr. John Maeda
SVP-CTO | Everbridge
Future tech medical application
Nothing says Friday like prototyping in XD for a new medical app. Can’t say much more about it but I’m confident it will be pretty + functional.