I just turned 26. My birthday week typically means a post filled with reflections on the year just passed. In previous years (and it is years now) I’ve written about what I’ve learned, what I’ve accomplished, and an update on what I’ve been doing on this blog. It’s been something a personal time capsule. I… View Post
Whenever I wanted something when I was little I would make it. Crafting and building things was all about doing things for myself. I was focused on the outcome but also on having something that kept my weird little introverted only-child self enthralled. I’ve lost that a bit as I’ve grown older, busier, more… View Post
Every day I get up and I go to work as a design researcher. I enjoy my work and I’m getting better at every day. But I have been told a number of times by other researchers, by designers, by well meaning by standers, that user research is a job for extroverts. I most certainly… View Post
It’s been such a long time since I caught you up with what I’m reading. There were so many brilliant potential picks for this month’s book club, because my summer has had a plentiful harvest of paperbacks. Stand outs have included My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent, which is worth all of the hype because… View Post
How do you choose what to watch, read, listen to, engage with next? I’m guessing, for at least one of those, you rely on what’s recommended to you online, whether you do that consciously or unconsciously. Recently, I realised quite how much of the media I engage with is being served up to me… View Post
