Yes, “Design” is a personal issue
In my decade plus of designing a range of interfaces, products, and services for consumer and enterprise companies, I’ve been often accused of “taking things too personally”, when it comes…
Month: October 2011
CodeCamp interview videos
After presenting my double-header at the Silicon Valley CodeCamp in Los Altos, CA (at Foothill College), I was happily interviewed briefly by Dice.com. These were done after my marathon talks,…
Spreading the word about design
One of the good challenges I face as a Principal Designer is helping non-designers across the company become aware of design, appreciate its power, and recognize their own potential to…
From concept to reality: Lessons learned
It’s the ambitious fantasy of perhaps every designer, to be summoned by a super high-level authority person (like a company GM, SVP, or R&D Labs Head) to work on a…
Good design takes time
This has become somewhat of a mantra internally amongst the Citrix Product Design Team. It’s a fun phrase, but also a serious statement of the need for an increasingly scarce…