Every winter I get SAD. That’s Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), what some call the Winter Blues or Seasonal Depression. I’m undiagnosed but think it’s likely I’m along the 1–2% of the general population that feels its symptoms during months with less natural sunlight. The word depression feels like too strong…

In this conversation, I sit down with my coworker Brian Clay to reminisce and reflect on the first year of building our company’s design system, which we call Kyper. Check it out here as a Figma Community download. Brian is a super talented designer. I brought him onto my team…

Right now, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, everyone is trying to figure out how to productively work from home. Here’s a simple mind hack that works for me. Others I’ve shared it with have also reported positive results. Years ago when I was running my own design consulting business, I…

This is the right place, right time. Be filled with gratitude but look outside yourself. — Recently I attended Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2020 in Salt Lake City. This was my first year attending and I was awestruck by the magnitude of the event. 20,000 people were in attendance supporting the Utah technology community. The Salt Palace halls were filled with high school and college students…

“In a rapidly-changing complex world, the most important thing is your rate of learning.” The above quote was the thesis of Jeff Davis, CEO of Molio, when we guest spoke during my MBA Marketing class. In the early days of YouTube, as the former CEO of Orabrush, his small tongue-brush…

At the start of a new year nothing more gratifying than being pleased with your performance over the previous year. More than other years, 2019 pushed me out of my comfort zone. It is only when we truly stretch ourselves do we realize what we are capable of. I’m a…