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🎉 New Year. New Rejoicing.
New Years is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the past year of God’s blessing. It’s also a wonderful, yet dim, reflection of the newness that’s to come.
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🎄 Celebrating Christmas!
What is it that makes Christmas worth celebrating? Is it the birth of a child? Is it the coming of a king? Christmas is certainly a time of celebration and excitement, but here is significant meaning as we rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Priorities In Service
In March, I wrote on the reason life was so busy the previous month. This month, I’m writing on the issue of priorities, because in the midst of busy lives of service, sometimes it’s easy to put priorities in the wrong order. As I had breakfast with a dear brother I was able to gleam Biblical wisdom. I am also thankful for their ability to help me see practical applications of that wisdom every day. This is my confession and first step of repentance…
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February: Busy in Belief
February has been an extremely busy month for our family, but after evaluating our time investments I am so grateful for all we were involved in.
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Design Systems
Branding is a beast. If you’re not careful, brands can become unwieldy and disconnected over time. A good design system prevents that breakdown and helps anyone in the company effectively communicate the brand.
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Org Design for Design Orgs
As a design manager, I wanted to better understand my role in the fabric of the entire organization. Peter Merholz and Kristin Skinner provide an excellent description of the organization, framework, and components of an effective design organization.
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Sprint
It seems silly. Solve big problems and test in just 5 days? Jake Knapp walks us through the practical ways of designing, building and testing in one short sprint.
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Three Black Amps
A few months ago, I decided I was going to get a new guitar amplifier. I made a list of requirements for any amplifier that I’d consider. I started forming a list of options and then quickly narrowed it down to three options. Unfortunately, some of these amps were hard to find in person, so Guitar Center let me buy all three to try them out with the intent to only keep one of them.
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Apple’s Lighting Decision
After a few months with my Apple iPhone 7 featuring the new lighting-only connection port. I’ve had the opportunity to collect a few thoughts and (more importantly) settle on them.
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