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Aug 23

Midjourney & You

What is MidJourney? So, you’re out there hustling as a product designer, juggling concept after concept. Enter MidJourney — a fairly powerful generative AI tool for imagery. It’s your ticket to innovation without the shakes. Imagine a toolbox of inspiration and a dash of creative guidance. A genie that grants you design wishes……

AI

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Midjourney & You
Midjourney & You
AI

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May 13

Risks, Rewards & a Beautiful Mess: Life after 1 year of Freelancing

Introduction: Alright, ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts and prepare for the wild and unpredictable world of freelancing. It’s a rollercoaster journey filled with risks, absurdity, and a ton of opportunity. After nearly 3 years working over Zoom and no free lunches, I decided that there had to be more…

Art

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Risks, Rewards & a Beautiful Mess: Life after 1 year of Freelancing
Risks, Rewards & a Beautiful Mess: Life after 1 year of Freelancing
Art

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Jul 4, 2021

Designing a simpler, more inclusive Linkedin Home & Sharing

Take a look at some behind-the-scenes thinking of a re-imagined $26B social network. Getting [in] — & finding my market fit Hi there, my name is Alex and I just ended my 2+ year tenure at Linkedin as a Sr. Product Designer working primarily across Home and Sharing. …

LinkedIn

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Designing a simpler, more inclusive Linkedin Home & Sharing
Designing a simpler, more inclusive Linkedin Home & Sharing
LinkedIn

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Jun 16, 2021

Why we built Peanut

A new and free Google Chrome extension aimed at simplifying travel decisions. How 3 ambitious friends made lemonade from over a year of crazy lemons. Because we all love traveling without worry. How it started, how it’s going Full disclosure, I’m writing this as the lead designer for Peanut. — COVID-19 was still rampant, and in…

Travel

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Why we built Peanut
Why we built Peanut
Travel

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Mar 28, 2020

Design systems & car manufacturing

This write-up is meant to act as an inspirational run-down regarding system design in your everyday product design process. What’s System Design? Designing for scale. System Design is the construction of UI components that power the look and feel of a product in a highly scalable and manageable way. The NYC Subway system is an interesting…

Deisgn

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System Design & Automotive Manufacturing
System Design & Automotive Manufacturing
Deisgn

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Jan 15, 2020

Webflow Your Workflow

Another short rant on how and why I love Webflow so much. Become a more versatile designer by incorporating this tool into your daily or weekly process. Preface The caveat, that I’m only going to dig into a few high-level points. …

Webflow

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Webflow Your Workflow
Webflow Your Workflow
Webflow

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Jan 9, 2020

Words are worth more than 1,000 photos

How type can ignite your imagination “Type is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters. This write-up is driven by what I learned from a month-long series of exercises using primarily type. The caveat, there are lots of contributing factors and other perspectives to consider — this is merely a short ramble on why I love type so much. Minimalism & Simplicity.

Typography

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Words are worth more than 1,000 photos
Words are worth more than 1,000 photos
Typography

5 min read

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Designer, Xoogler, cat herder.

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