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There's nothing glamorous about being a designer at a startup. It's a role that frequently values speed and pragmatism over going deep in the craft. It's not all big launches, viral tweets, building for happy paths, and clear-cut product requirements. However, it can be incredibly rewarding. The fun comes from being able to excel at learning new...

A dive into the app I designed, built and never launched. This RSS feed only shows excerpts. Please visit the website for the original article as intended: Stocketa

Learning to let go and stop hoarding terabytes This RSS feed only shows excerpts. Please visit the website for the original article as intended: Digital clutter

I started taking photography more seriously about a decade ago. I shot photos in RAW with increasingly higher megapixel cameras, spent a lot of time post-processing photos—see my 30K word post about building a custom Adobe Lightroom PC—and designed and built custom photo stories to share them. While I would go through the process of culling...

A lot has happened since I published my article on the open source decentralized social networking service Mastodon a few weeks ago. I saw a lot of interest in and discourse around that post that was great to see. Since then, a few notable things have happened that have caused Mastodon usage to spike yet again. Twitter unsurprisingly ended up...