2020 Thoughts
✦ June
Get a job as a product designer whithout going to design school
I got my job as a designer without going to design school. This is a guide to teach yourself design.
2020 Thoughts
✦ May
Generalist vs Specialist
When you hire a person to solve a problem. Do you want to hire a person who knows many things or a person who great dept in one thing?
2020 Thoughts
✦ May
V for Vulnerable
It’s ok to be vulnerable
2020 Thoughts
✦ March
Designer’s guide for designing for performance
Performance is a shared responsibility and everyone on your team impacts it. Considering performance when making design decisions will have an enormous impact on your users.
2020 Thoughts
✦ March
The function of beauty
We got so carried away with the idea of functionality, we lost sight of who we were designing for in the first place, humans
2020 Thoughts
✦ February
Keep a hero file and steal like an artist
How to find your own design style at the early stage of your design career.
2020 Thoughts
✦ February
People I love at Carousell
Things come very differently when switching from a one-designer-team to a multi-designer-team. We have to work with many people who are better than you. So it’s a chance for you to learn from the others.
2020 Thoughts
✦ January
Best chapters and lessons from “Sapien, a brief history of humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari
A look at the history of humankind from a very new perspective, and surprised.
2020 Thoughts
✦ January
Lessons from the movie “Schindler’s List” by Steven Spielberg
Everything I learned I learned from the movies.
2020 Thoughts
✦ January
In a digital world, don’t forget to use your digits
Don’t let cool digital tools and the noisy world bury your creativity.
2020 Thoughts
✦ January
The secret of writing
What’s the primary purpose of your headline, your graphic, your font, and any other part of the writing?
2019 Thoughts
✦ December
2019 Year in review
End of a decade, the 2010s, the new one is coming, 2020s. What had passed last year?
2019 Thoughts
✦ December
Why I live so far from the office
or many people who work abroad, they tend to rent a house close to the office so they can come to work easier. But the price isn’t cheap. If it’s cheap, it isn't a good room. Let’s see what I do with my daily commute when staying far from the office.
2019 Thoughts
✦ December
How I built a new website in 2 weeks with GatsbyJS
We always want to make something better. And that’s why I built this new website.
2019 Thoughts
✦ December
Is Figma really good? Thoughts from a Sketch designer who tries Figma
There is a trend now on design, switching from Sketch to Figma. But is Figma that good?
2019 Thoughts
✦ December
Jakob’s law
One of the most basic and common principles of UX