Writing on the Wall: Custom Whiteboards for Your Office

Back in September we outfitted out or office with walls full of long-awaited whiteboards. Whiteboards are great for brainstorming, and they make it easier[..]

Mark Van Holstyn

Let's Get Technical II: Technology on Steroids

In my last blog entry, I wrote about why designers should become more conversant in the nitty gritty of technology. I’d like to take a step forward and be[..]

Jonah Bailey

None Pizza and Multiple Choice

You've probably already seen None Pizza with Left Beef:

Sam Bleckley

How Many Connections Can An iBeacon Support?

The question "How many connections can an iBeacon support?" comes up quite a bit and usually results in some confusion. This post aims to remove any[..]

Zach Dennis

Let's Get Technical

The Debate is Over

The debate over whether designers in the tech industry should be technical has already happened. Like any good political debate, I[..]

Jonah Bailey

Practicing Empathy: Considering Your Audience

I once sat in an iteration review where the recently completed work for an API was being demoed. The demo covered a lot of ground around technical[..]

Zach Dennis

9 Tips for Opening a Better Pull Request

Code review is an essential practice for how we develop software. Not only does it help us ship higher quality code, it's an organic means of knowledge[..]

Zach Dennis

iPhone 6 or 6 Plus?

Apple announced two new iPhone models last week, and I've been struggling to decide which one I would prefer to carry around with me for the next two[..]

Mark Van Holstyn

Identifying Project Scope

Determining a project's scope can be a challenging task. There are often many business needs, sometimes conflicting, that pull a project in different[..]

Matthew Seeley

Dig Deep: All The Good Stuff Is At the Bottom

Is anyone else constantly in fear or is it just me? Based on the incessant phone-checking I see and most people's inability to sit still or make proper[..]

Mallory Bartz

My Greatest Design Challenge

This school year I taught a class in Interaction Design for high schoolers at the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology. We designed an iPhone app,[..]

Samuel Bowles