In a world brimming with endless to-dos and commitments, a question often echoes in my conversations: "How do you manage to achieve so much?" The answer, deeply personal yet universally applicable, lies in a journey from rigid time management to embracing life's unpredictable rhythms with intention and accountability. The below videos,...

After years of interacting with individuals from various global regions, it's fascinating to note the diverse methods adopted for renewing documents like passports for expatriates. Despite technological advancements, most nations still mandate their citizens to commute to the closest embassy, submit their documents, and schedule anothe...

In June, I was very lucky to have the opportunity to fly out to Figma's annual conference in San Francisco, California. It was a very intense few days (in a positive way) with a lot of social interactions, introductions and a lot of information from New Figma features like Dev-Mode, Variables and the Future of AI x Figma, to discussion...

Expectation Management is a fundamental skill which is very human! We all have amazing minds which enable us to go and think in a number of directions, and the challenge and also opportunity is to manage expectations of others. I touch this briefly on an article I wrote in Medium called “The Bottle Analogy” (https://bootcamp.uxdesign.c...

We are all generally familiar with the concept of a “Tech Stack” but what about your own Personal Stack? For me a personal stack is an understanding of the tooling and frameworks you use personally to get through life in private and professional circumstances. Here is a short look over my stack, which tools do I used and for what purpo...

One of the biggest struggles I have seen throughout my career, is people struggling with being able to manage themselves in a calm and collective way. You very often see people stressed with meeting fatigue, struggling with multiple contexts and projects, and they seemingly over commit and under deliver. Sound like someone you know? It...

When I was much younger, I used to remember my grandparents picking me up in their camper van for a weekend trip to the Peak District. Camping with an amazing view, being able to take walks in nature and having life go into slow-motion. Of course younger me just really enjoyed spending time with my grandparents and hearing about their ...

Instead of creating the typical New Years Resolutions, I have decided to write some general intentions I want to focus on this year and also some smaller things to keep in the back of my mind throughout the year. My 2023 Intentions • No Assumptions (aka Ask More Questions) • Be Brave and Challenge Myself More • Stand Still and just Wat...

For me, gaming has been one of the most consistent past times for the vast majority of my life. Starting out with a Sega Mega Drive (Genesis in the US) moving onto a Nintendo Gameboy, Nintendo 64 to PS2 and Xbox 360. After this I switched away from Console gaming to PC gaming for a large number of years. Being a part of the Games Indus...

One of the most common mistakes you see in modern working environments is that feedback and most likely critical feedback is often left too late to have the best impact and learning experience for all who are involved. Giving constructive critique within the minutes, hours and at most a couple of days after something triggered the need...

Yes! You have read the title correct! I have decided a few months ago to upgrade from a 2021 12” iPad Pro to a 2022 iPad Mini. Some people will be thinking “This guy has it backwards” or “isn’t this a downgrade?” Well yes to the both of them! So, let me explain a little my iPad journey and why I decided to make this move . . . . For ma...

I thought I would post a screenshot of my main iOS homescreen: The only thing’s I have there are: - Widget from the Stoic app with changing quotes from stoics to motivate me - Widget from Apple Calendars so that I can see what’s upcoming. Me and my girlfriend and many shared calendars to stay on track of many topics - Widget from Apple...

I found the design and effort by Work&Co on the NYC MTA digital mapping project really interesting. You can watch the short 8 minute video here: https://work.co/clients/mta/ I believe transit mapping really presents an opportunity for some of the best informational design principles out there. It’s an interesting challenge with getting...

I’m really curious about this new feature that is now apart of Hey. I think for me personally it might be a great way to catalogue some thoughts and push it out without the same effort I usually put into Medium articles. So what’s on my mind right now? I’m thinking a lot about work/life balance and my own well being. Most of my days ha...