Thoughts on design
You can’t step twice into the same river. Fast flowing river with boulders; source: Photo by kazuend on Unsplash Plato popularized this idea of not being able to step twice in the same river in his dialogue with Cratylus (link opens in new tab), which he attributed to Heraclitus. Over the millennia, we've boiled this … Continue reading Thriving in a VUCA World
Loved this article from Melody Wilding, LMSW on how to stop overthinking As designers, we're trained and pride ourselves on getting tight with the details. We love building it right. Perfectionism is so satisfying. As we grow in our practice and careers, others expect us to go beyond that, to get out from under the … Continue reading Progress over perfection
What’s IA? What comes first to mind when we think of IA? Spreadsheets, card sorts, tree tests: these are the visible tools of our trade. All this sorting, grouping, and naming is hard-wired into our brains. It’s one of the first things we’re taught to do to develop our cognitive skills, to teach us how … Continue reading The Secret Life of Information Architecture: the Space Between Tools and Theories
Andrea Ong 