Influences (stuff I like and stuff I'm learning)

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it gets me fired up and ready to get to work. Constant learning and exploring is in my DNA, and below is an ever changing collection of ideas, media and organizations that inspire me every day to do my best work.


Design for Emotion
- Aaron Walter
Design for Real Life 
- Eric Meyer & Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Just Enough Research
- 
Erika Hall
On Web Typography
- 
Jason Santa Maria

 


Design is a Job
- 
Mike Montiero
Responsive Web Design
- 
Ethan Marcotte
Becoming
- 
Michelle Obama
The Desire Map
- 
Danielle LaPorte
Enough
- 
Shauna M. Ahern

 


IDEO.org
Mule Design Studio
Dan Mall
Brad Frost

 


Jessica Hische
Eric Meyers
Jeffret Zeldman
Jared Spool
Nielson Norman Group

 


Chris Coyier
Julie Zhuo
Leah Buley
Aaron Walter

 

Classes & Conferences

Brand Strategy for Designers, SVC
UX for Mobile, SVC
Data visualization, SVC
Design with Data, SVC
Human-Centered Design, IDEO.org
Object Oriented UX Fundamentals, Rewired UX

 


An Event Apart Conference (2011 & 2014)
ACT-W Seattle Conference
AIGA Inclusivity Conference
Design / Content Conference 2019