Are you kidding me right now?
This isn't television. Sit up straight. Turn that phone around.
Character: Product
Mood: Quiet
Flavor: House
Red light
So, here’s what I’m thinking...
After spending 6+ years focusing on design and dev education - and consulting/contracting in parallel - I needed a bit of a break to recalibrate! Maybe I’ll talk about some of those lessons - and how it felt to let the machine slow down -- but right now, I want to make it official. I’m on the hunt for my next long-term mission-driven team.
After spending years helping other people design and build their portfolios, it’s my turn! How am I going to tell this story? A background in art college, web dev, consulting, product design... but not your average story in corporate America. Instead - a wide range of hands-on, fast-paced roles that lead to breadth and depth... I can already tell I’m over engineering it... ;)
I got along without a “portfolio” for a long time! Sometimes landing a cool job with a comically simple 1-pager. But it’s time! So, I’ll do what I have all my students do - and design a system that does its job.
PE is an online school we started in 2019. Its flagship program is “Design for The Web” and here are some selections from over there.
Introductions
Encouragement piece
Deep thoughts
Story time
Open conversations/experiments
Looking for help with career paths? Review? Stuck on a problem? Want to chat about anything design or web or business? Bring whatever you want to discuss. It might just be you - or a group. It’s open office hours. I’ll be there to discuss.
Looking for help learning CSS? Or some wild edge case super expert stuff? There’s some pretty smart cookies in here.
Most of my articles include videos - either introducing the subject, showing examples of the work, or talking with other designers - but here are a few videos where I’m interviewed on places like YouTube.