Product Development The Three-Legged Stool of Innovation is Sort of a Lie. It's important not to use the three-legged stool of innovation metaphor without a deeper understanding of how the process breaks down.
Growing as Makers Good Gardening = Good Software (or What I Learned While Getting a Horticulture Certification) Curiosity is important, a concept that was reinforced as I finished a horticulture certification from the MSU Extension Gardening program.
Culture (A Lack of) Curiosity Killed the Software Project A shift happening in software is steering teams away from acting with curiosity. Tools like AI and Figma have helped speed up the process.
Artificial Intelligence What Does “Intelligent” Actually Mean in AI (Right Now)? Here, I’ll refer to an LLM (Large Language Model) rather than AI. Mainly, that's because I think AI oversells what we’re seeing right now.
Designing for Users Don’t Confuse Complex with Complicated, Part 3 – Assuming the Burden All processes have a core of complexity that can't be designed away. The mental burden must be assumed by either the system or the user.
Designing for Users Don’t Confuse Complex with Complicated, Part 2 – Complexity is Part of the Deal Simplicity means it takes less effort to interpret, and complicated means it takes advanced effort to interpret.
Designing for Users Don’t Confuse Complex with Complicated, Part 1: What is Information? We can’t talk about complexity and simplicity without first defining what we mean when we talk about "information."
