Jan 20, 2021Overachieving Low-level Goals leads to Underachieving Higher-level GoalsRemember the high-achievers at school or university, they’d be stressing and over-studying for a test in a class that they didn’t even need! (I remember, I was one of them). “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.” — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield In the workplace…Goals3 min readGoals3 min read
Oct 25, 2020Smart Code sucks, write Dumb Code instead“Smart Code” are the lines of code that try and save you or your users time and effort by doing more work than is expected. As a hypothetical example, imagine an Article class that has a method named publish(), and it works like this: First it autocorrects any spelling mistakes…Software Development4 min readSoftware Development4 min read
Oct 9, 2020Why Designers & Developers Frustrate One-AnotherWhy isn’t it easier!? Product Designers and Developers both share the same responsibility for creating and maintaining products. We both love to solve people’s problems, and dream of providing that perfect experience to end users. So why can working together seem so frustrating at times. …Collaboration5 min readCollaboration5 min read
Published inUX Collective·Sep 7, 2020What makes intuitive products intuitive?Who wouldn’t want an intuitive product? — Something that is simple to grasp, and easy to use. Something you can pick up with no prior knowledge and be able to utilise to help do whatever you’re trying to get done. Surely everyone wants that! So why on earth are there so few intuitive products? The answer I’ve…Product Design8 min readProduct Design8 min read
Aug 17, 2020Great Managers Flip Their Org ChartOrg charts are hierarchical diagrams usually showing “upper management” at the top and then branching down to their direct reports, and so on. The CEO/boss makes the decisions and the control flows down. Does this sound accurate to you? While this is accurate, it doesn’t promote a healthy frame of…Management And Leadership3 min readManagement And Leadership3 min read
Published inLevel Up Coding·Jul 20, 2020Member-onlyClean Code Is All In The MindClean Code is code that is easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to modify. You know when you see clean code because it’s a pleasure to work with, it seems intuitive and straightforward, bugs are easy to spot, and it allows you to develop new features at a…Clean Code7 min readClean Code7 min read
Jul 1, 2018What I’ve learnt after a year founding a tech company“I have a killer app idea that is going to take over the market. The app supports researchers with participant recruitment, which is a huge pain point. It’ll be hard, but I’ll validate it with potential customers and then I’ll build it. Lean of course - Build, measure, learn.” That…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
