It's not the rush of adrenaline that’s addictive. Adventure is addictive because it’s the one thing that slows us down; helps us focus, and makes us realize that the world is so much bigger than our finite ability to see and understand and conquer it.
Read MoreAs a product designer, it is not your job to be the hero. It is designer’s job to understand humanity and do our best to make products and experiences that provide better solutions to people’s broken worlds and unsolved problems.
Read MoreThe best I can do is stop trying to be right, but instead wake up everyday and do the harder work of being intentional.
Read MoreVIDEO: Paying attention to the world around us is actually the first step to designing great products.
Read More10 ago today Alex and I set out of our cross country bike trip from New Haven CT to Seattle WA. I don’t think either of us had ridden more than 30 miles on a bike before, but that summer, we clocked over 4,500 miles in 63 days.
Read MoreI developed a collaborative finance product called "Frank" that leverages social interactions to encourage people to save money for short term goals. Frank motivates small groups of friends work together to save money for the things that matter most. By helping each other, Frank makes it easy to help yourself.
Read MoreIn the summer of 2002, I rode my bicycle from New Haven, Connecticut to Seattle, Washington. The trip was 4,000 miles long and brought me across 10 states and one Canadian province over the course of 64 days.
Read MoreWhat would happen if instead of working tirelessly to find solutions, we first set out to ask more questions?
Read MoreGenghis Khan’s decisions were founded in his staunch belief that his empire was a complex system of relationships and scenarios.
Read MoreIt never ceases to amaze me the effects that our geography has on our experiences, our emotions, our likes, dislikes, our relationships and perceptions of the world.
Read MoreThis project was a direct result of my fascination with how museum visitors will oftentimes spend more time considering the written wall labels than they do experiencing the artwork these labels describe.
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2007: The night the spacebar on my laptop stopped working. This is what came next.
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