by Rebecca | Jun 24, 2015 | Developer Types
Before we get to the meat of this post, I want to say a few words to kick off a new series of posts that I hope will be amusing as well as helpful: Developer Archetypes. Each post will cover a type of developer one might encounter and tips for better working together...
by Rebecca | Jun 17, 2015 | Influencing Your Organization
A developer friend of mine told me a story once. He was approached by his product manager who asked him, “Why won’t you build what I want you to build?” I suppose we could give the PM credit for being direct, although we’ll see later that he’s not being as direct as...
by Rebecca | Jun 11, 2015 | Higher Calling
When you chose to become a designer, you answered a special and sacred calling somewhere within. Some might get distracted by the fact that you play with bright colors, grey boxes, fonts, or even actual crayons. But deep down, we have all heard the same call: the...
by Rebecca | Jun 9, 2015 | UX Skills
Sword & Sharpie is all about helping designers improve their soft skills to make a bigger impact on the world and grow their influence. To tackle that mission, I’m working on a soft skills framework specifically for UX designers. I’m gathering research...
by Rebecca | Jun 8, 2015 | Higher Calling
At Sword & Sharpie, I believe that user experience is about more than wireframes and pixels, fonts and layouts, personas and one-way mirrors. All of those things are important, beautiful, wonderful things. But how well you can craft a user interface or customer...
