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Look at your Fish!
A story by Samuel Hubbard Scudder relating his experience learning about observation from Jean Luis Agassiz.
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Servant Leadership
A few thoughts on the topic of leadership put together for a Product Hive panel discussion on July 30, 2018.
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Holiday Calaveras
I spent a good chunk of my holiday break carving and printing this first set of calaveras, planning on many more to come.
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Building Strong Design Teams
A few thoughts and ideas for leading and building a strong design team.
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Calavertubre 2018
A simple art project with a goal to create an iteration of a skull every day this month.
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A Wrinkle in Tool Time
Fold space and time to make the user experience better for our customers.
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Design Snake Oil
Does design make a difference? Or are we modern peddlers of digital snake oil?
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Penrod’s Law
A law to remember for design communication in meetings.
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Product Design Alchemy
Product designers are alchemists. We hope to turn ideas into gold.
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Fainting Goats
Fainting goats—use your flawed ideas to help get what you want.
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Protect Yourself from the Future
Practical advice to help you maintain your humanity in an age where everything trying to take it away.
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Shaker Design Philosophy
The rule of thumb for Shaker creations - the best in American design.
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The Inventors
Portraits of some of the world's greatest inventors with their creations.
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The Spell of Technology
Sometimes technology is like real magic, and sometimes it is just an illusion.
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The Subtle Difference Between Good and Bad
Sometimes the difference between good and bad is barely noticeable.
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The Road to Expertise
Explores the path it takes to become an expert in your field.
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Make it Beautiful
An essay exploring the nature of beauty, in philosophy, neuroscience, spirituality, and aesthetics.
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Mucluhan’s Four Laws
Marshall McLuhan’s 4 laws help to understand the effects of media and technology on society.
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More Chaos
Chaos is your friend. At times it can even be way more valuable to your life than order.
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Less Action
We've been taught that doing anything is better than doing nothing, but I think perhaps the opposite is more true.