Sometimes life sucks. Stuff happens. Things seem overwhelming and like they’ll never get better. You have 4 options: Curl up in the fetal position and give up on your dreams. Whine about it for the rest of your life and blame all of your problems on it. Ignore how you feel and eventually explode. Let... Continue Reading →
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I was chatting with some friends this week, and we got on the topic of how hard it can be to fire clients. I mean, they’re giving you their money, and you obviously want to keep a strong freelance following and your good reputation. Here’s the thing. Keeping a client who is a holy nightmare... Continue Reading →
Lately there have been a lot of blog posts outlining stories of battles women have won to represent themselves in the technology industry, and hurdles they’ve overcome to fight for gender equality in the workplace. What there aren’t many of, though, are posts explaining that not every company puts those hurdles in the way or... Continue Reading →
3 years ago I worked for a startup that had been acquired by a large corporation. We were using the daylights out of a rapid prototyping tool named InVisionApp. It had completely changed the way our team designed. Fast forward a year, and a team member at InVision reached out about a job opening at... Continue Reading →
We were in a meeting recently and someone made a comment about startup years being like dog years. Definitely an accurate statement! If you analyze the progress made by a successful fast growth startup in sales & revenue, feature additions & product growth, and staffing additions, each year is often equivalent to about a decade... Continue Reading →
Their stories are open, raw and really beautiful, we are so glad they decided to open up their hearts and share these details.... http://forcreativegirls.com/contents/on-motherhood-and-creativity/
I got to hang out with some of my favorite designers tonight! One of them is working on a project for a niche company that requires them to use solely material icons. The entire project is complete other than one pesky icon. All 6 of us took a look at it together and not one... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I talked with a friend who had just left a job that paid well and had great benefits, at a company he really loved. I asked if he was comfortable talking about why he’d made the decision, and I discovered the real reason he left: He felt he’d been repeatedly... Continue Reading →
