So I’m kicking off a new series of cartoon Q&As. Basically I ask a few questions to practicing researchers, marketers, evaluators, designers, and communicators, then cartoon illustrate their answers. This week’s Q&A is with Shelbi Fanning who is the marketing manager at Cloud Giants, a Salesforce consultancy headquartered here in Durham, NC. How do you […]
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Your ugly old confusing website is not your biggest problem.
So since I started as a freelance designer I have designed quite a few websites. But let me tell you a secret. Ready? Most people don’t need new websites. I don’t care how ugly, malfunctioning, confusing, or old the website, it’s probably not the thing that is going to make or break your business. If […]
Pixel Math, Charts, and Adobe XD
So on Wednesday of this week I held a webinar. The topic of the day was on using tools like Sketch and Adobe XD to design data visualization. As with most things I present that are new I end up getting the following question. Okay, you sold me, how do I start? I gave my […]
Hiring Guide: Data Experience Designer
Organizational data strategy needs a redesign for companies to extract the most value from their data infrastructure. Through this series of blog posts I plan to describe in detail, conceptual positions designed to meet contemporary organizational needs. For this first post, I describe the role of a data experience designer. Position goal: Increase the value […]
Mixing LinkedIn with an occupational identity crisis
So keeping this series going until I run out of reflections (not very likely), or until I get bored of this topic (more likely). We’re now on step 3. Phase 1: Freaking out and sending a lot of messages to old friends, colleagues, and LinkedIn connections. Phase 2: Thinking about the modern workplace and the […]
Evaluation’s shift towards irrelevance, my network trust fall, and other reflections
Things are looking up. And while I retain a hefty bit of cynicism, I feel better about the future. The following are thoughts I considered keeping inside my head. But after all the help and support I’ve received over the last few weeks, it didn’t feel right to keep them in. So, here we go, […]