Ahh, the start of the New Year—so full of hope, promise, and a million downloads of the trendiest habit-tracking app. Funny, then, that my own logged results for January 1st would first appear as either a slip up or a total, abject failure at goal-setting. But is it?
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Auckland 2017 - much aroha for my new city
On becoming a NZ Dual Citizen (Part 2)
Jandals, togs, and a chilly bin.
Garage Projects, Behemoths, and Liberty.
Black sands and Black Caps.
Fertile soil to clay.
New Zealand welcomes me in today.
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Why I applied for NZ Citizenship before the US Election (Part 1)
Don’t complain; do somethign about it. And I did. It is the 31st of October 2024, fitting—perhaps—that it is Halloween Day and I am one click away from submitting my application for NZ [Dual] Citizenship.
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Let’s spruce up the blog with a GIF for once whilst a certain music video from ‘99 comes to mind…
Learn to Fly or: How I learned to stop feeling like a failure and love the process
Throw away your list of failed experiments, the projects that didn’t get off the ground, the books or screenplays that failed to sell. Keep the lessons you’ve learned in mind, but recognise that it may simply have been the approach, the pitch, or the conditions at the time that were not optimal for success - the idea may still have legs.
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Getting hired - a job interview guide
Recently, one of my colleagues came to me seeking tips and advice on how to approach job interviews so that they could have the best chance of getting a few offers to choose from. So, in reflecting on all of the advice I’ve received, read, and practiced over the years related to job searching, applying, and interviewing, I decided to combine it all down into one extensive guide that I could share with them and anyone else currently in the arduous job hunt. The sections in this guide cover my three key preparations for successful job interviews: interview skills, common job interview questions, and creative and challenging questions to ask…
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Woman with glasses smiling in front of a brick wall
You're more capable than what's on your title
“Working on complex socio-technical systems - that’s what we should be teaching to our young, aspiring designers.” This spoke to me (as Don Norman’s videos often do) as a message worth sharing to anyone feeling like they’re beholden to how someone else perceives their title and their supposed responsibilities within.
So, for all of my fellow “UXers” in the back feeling left out or stuck in a digital-only world, know this…
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