Notes

The new realities of agile have yet to be taken advantage of by many organizations; the ability to learn continuously and quickly is easier than ever before.

One of my 'new year's resolutions' is to be more methodical in terms of tracking productivity. Check out how I use habit-stacking to supercharge my professional growth & learning.

Susan Weinschenk shares 100 lessons that designers need to know about people to make designs more effective: a crash course in human behavior.

In the world of social media and influencer culture, there's a lot of discourse about personal branding. I decided to get started by creating a personal logo for this portfolio site!

Being able to articulate design decisions is vital. Being able to articulate them to multiple types of stakeholders is even more so - especially when establishing UX Presence.

"Learning to choose is hard, learning to choose well is harder, and learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard."

'Rocket Surgery Made Easy' has immensely helped me navigate conducting user research while working in an environment full of constraints and with low UX presence.

24hr candidate exercise: tasked with designing a system that tracks employee presence in a waste storage facility to better inform emergency response.

~40% of our daily actions are habits, not conscious decisions. To better understand ethics behind product design, I learned about 'The Habit Loop.'

Color has huge implications when used effectively in design. In order to better understand the future of color usage, I gave PANTONE's guide a read.

The process of hosting, building, launching and monitoring a portfolio was overwhelming - everyone had strong opinions of how to do it the best way.

“As humans, we have an underlying “blueprint” for how we perceive and process the world around us, and the study of psychology helps us decipher this blueprint.”

Collaborated with fellow designers to refine existing user experience of a popular crowd-sourced gas price sharing application

Brad Frost’s scientific analogy didn’t make me nostalgic for chemistry but did provide superb advice on creating a maintainable design system.

To better understand the success of products, the ethics surrounding potentially addictive product development, and the "Hooked model," I gave Nir Eyal's book a read.

We all get stuck sometimes. The question is: how do we get unstuck? I use Nikkel Blaase's 'Unstuck Map' constantly; read about a time when I used it during a team project.

Collaborated with fellow designers and developers to re-design core experiences within a non-profit's website to encourage animal adoption, fostering and volunteering.

A sacred text. As a part of the Georgia Tech reading list, I gave Don Norman's widely acclaimed book 'The Design of Everyday Things' a read!

A classic. To better understand UX and how to build a sense of trust in design, I gave Steve Krug's 'Don't Make Me Think' a read.

ROVE is a travel app designed to ease the stress of packing for trips; it was my first project @ Georgia Tech!

Equips users with knowledge of local centers to better inform health-related decisions, fight misinformation, and also aims to facilitate further academic research.

Steve Jobs has been credited with being an exceptional public speaker and especially so with presenting new ideas. Check out my thoughts on Carmine Gallo's book!

Well known for their simplicity, TED Talks have become a guiding framework for presentations to a variety of stakeholders. Check out my thoughts on the book!