Thought Garden
Welcome to my thought garden. A public notebook. A space to learn in public. A place to share my perspectives on design, coding, tech, mindset, and parenting.
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2024‘s Thoughts
✦ February
Design Tips, Visually
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ July
Different High-level Designs
The more senior the designer, the more abstract the problem they should be solving.
Designer Lvl 1: Design a form
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ March
🌱 Being a generalist helps you find the right career choice
Being a self-taught designer has been something that made me unconfident.
I hated how I never specialized in anything in
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ March
🌱 Children who are later talkers
🌱 Feynman was an American theoretical physicist born in New York City. He’s a famous physicist, but many people know
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ March
🌱 Feynman
Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist born in 1918 in New York City.
Feynman was a very late talker—
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ March
🌱 Fall in love with the process over outcomes
If you are like me and many other creatives, you have many interests and want to do many things. You’
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ March
Layoff diary
Documenting my process of looking for new jobs after the layoff. Or maybe doing something fun. Good luck to me!
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ February
🌱 You can improve anything with 30 min a day for 30 days
🌱 The Seinfeld strategy — Don’t break the chain encourages us to use a big calendar that has a whole year
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ February
STAR Interview Method for Product Designers
STAR interview method is a powerful tool that product designers can use to showcase skills during job interviews.
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ February
🌱 Atomic essays
Have you heard of the term "atomic essay" coined by the Ship-30-by-30 creators? It's a fascinating concept that I absolutely
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ February
And I got an offer 🎉
Oh Yeah. I got an offer.
After almost 3 months of unemployment and many rejections, I got an offer. I
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ February
iA Presenter is impressive
The execution of iA Presenter is fantastic! I believe they will go much further soon.
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ February
📗 A company I'm interviewing at has conducted a layoff
Do you believe that?
Yeah, it's the truth. Anything can happen, mah.
I was in the middle of an interview
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ February
How to prepare for your Facebook product design interview
Highlights from Lily Konings’s sharing on how to land a product design job at Facebook
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ January
🌱 Ask for quick sharing right after every user interview
Doing this will help you synthesize user research 2x faster.
2023‘s Thoughts
✦ January
🌱 📗 Whiteboard challenge Step-by-Step & Tips
Some companies will have a whiteboard design challenge. I will have one session next week. It will be a case