Diana Secker Tesdell — New York Stories

OK, I promise I'll stop posting these #open-to-work updates (soon). On January 1st, CommunicateHealth — the company I worked for since late 2017 — merged with Lumina Corps. This was not supposed to be a big change. My job title, list of responsibilities, clients, and…

Hope Larson — Wrinkle in Time - The Graphic Novel

Bruce Springsteen — Streets of Minneapolis

Woody Guthrie would be proud. We need more of this. Every single American* needs to speak up and take a stand. When we look back, "I didn't know" or "I didn't want to make things political" won't be an acceptable excuse. You do know, and at some point everything becomes political.

*Non-Americans can (and should) protest too: Billy Bragg — City of Heroes  

This is taste. The relentless, almost painful ability to know what should exist, what shouldn't, and where quality matters.

Taste — Sarah Guo

The challenge With over 500 objectives and tens of thousands of associated data points, the UI and interaction design of Healthy People 2030's data display was a big, fun challenge. Not only are the data complex and broad in scope, but the audiences are diverse…

Another dream job I sometimes daydream about: Experience Designer at Tracksmith. If you don't know Tracksmith, they're a New England running brand with an aesthetic that's a bit vintage, a bit classical, but with a modern, minimalist edge. Think wool singlets and split shorts that…

Grady Hendrix — My Best Friend's Exorcism

I’ll be honest with you, I don’t love the idea of artificial intelligence. There are many things about it I don’t like. Even the basic premise, that this technology is intelligent doesn’t match my definition of the term. Real intelligence requires more than connecting a…

With all the volatility that's been going on at work, I've been thinking about dream jobs lately. Not the ambitious, climb-the-ladder kind. The other kind — jobs that sound genuinely pleasant to do day-to-day, even if they might never happen. First up: farmer at Park…