Sophomore and Junior year of college I received paid design internship offers from two different companies. Just like you are thinking— It wasn’t easy. My journey included a lot of searching, time, and work. Since freshman year of college, I wanted an internship. A…

To be honest I was never expecting to get an interview, let alone an offer. — I had never worked a day in UX or Product Design. The only thing I had was a degree, a pretty lackluster portfolio, and some confidence. A couple hours after I applied to a job posting the companies VP of Product shot me an email. “Could you do an interview…

In 2016 I stumbled across the online buzz of the Chess World Championship where there were dramatic drawn out games at the highest level between two competitors. There names are ones you might recognize: Magnus Carlsen, the Standing World Champion, and Sergey Karjakin. In 2016 they were 25 and 26…

Recently in my college endeavors I found a profound interest in neuroscience and mental health. I have been taking classes taught by clinical & social psychologists. While taking these demanding classes from home, I’ve also spent a lot of hours watching Twitch.tv. A Platform where live streamers play videogames or…

What some people may of once thought of as good is now being forced on to them. In general humans don’t like this concept. Psychological Motivation of the Protests Motivation is the force that moves people to behave, think, and feel the way they do. So what is the motivation for people to protest a…

Design Research Design Research is the act of investigating a product’s potential or investigating existing users and the context of use. Typically design research is qualitative in nature — but can occasionally be quantitative. Individual Interviews Individual interviews are critical to most design research since they enable a deep and rich…

Could we Live Forever? — Death — “It’s natural, it’s the goal of life,’ ” Kurzweil says. “But that’s not really how we feel when we hear that someone we love has died.” The question: “what is the fundamental you that is you?” Is it mind? — a lot…

My First journey on the Lake Shore Limited was in April 2018. Since then I’ve taken the trip several times from Boston to Chicago, and Chicago back to Boston. Here’s everything you need to know, as well as tips and tricks for the sleeping cars from someone who rides them…

(The ones that people use) — Listen. I know, prototyping software can be a very personal topic for many people. So I’m going to give you the real talk about software from someone who has learned and used these programs within the past two years. Disclaimer: There definitely is software many people use that I won’t…