ux | work | life matters

Day: June 3, 2012

Week 22

Day 155 | Week 22 summary

This is the first week since the start of this year and byflock that I have done no work at all on it. The day job completely stole all of my time and then there’s been an extra need for recovery and rest after that.

Read More »
Sleepy

Day 154 | Sleep, sleep, sleep

The last few days I’ve started to feel a little closer to all of my friends who have kids and constantly talk about being tired. Contrary to them I got 11.5 hours of sleep last night but I still feel knackered.

Read More »
Birds

Day 153 | The importance of good relationships

In order to do our job as IAs and UX designers properly we need not only to have good and close relationships with the teams we work with but also the clients who’s products we’re designing. Without those, selling our ideas are all the harder, no matter how good they

Read More »

Why you should write every day

You probably think you have nothing to write about but once you start it gets hard to stop. Honestly. Writing is an incredibly important skill at all levels. By writing every day you reflect on things in a different and clearer way and you become better at expressing yourself. If you haven’t tried writing every day, give it a try for 30 days to begin with. I did it every day of 2012. Seth Godin has done it for years and swears by it.