For years, international investors sought firms in the UK as a launching point to trade assets all over Europe (and, likewise, European firms to trade in UK). Due to Brexit, that will all change on March 29th, 2019. Once Brexit is finalized, thousands of legal agreements will need to be transferred between various brokerage firms’… Continue reading
Challenge: The various products at FIA Tech were either acquired from other companies or built by either in-house and contracted teams over the years. While these developers did a masterful job weaving these complicated, data heavy applications together, the design was something of a mess, with different visual and interaction languages across the different applications. Additionally, as we added new features… Continue reading
Behold three actual, real-life cryptocurrency wallet addresses: EeNpwvEedJeHjBNFk5xPqYGViS6M4iqbey LQ1Xx6Phn2i3iFhhzb8o9ifD3AyXkAJPnw SWx6vLKMD9SSynZ8DAzoutZEVux1K4p7eE Now, having looked at these for a minute; tell me literally anything about them. Do you know what currency these are for? Or what blockchain? Who they belong to? In today’s cryptocurrency landscape, when sending assets to another wallet—be it a person or a business—there… Continue reading
I was quoted in Forbes for an article on why some people (like me!) don’t want to live in the Bay Area. New York also boasts an abundance of culture, and the opportunity to do more than just work long hours. “What keeps me here is that New York has a vibrant cultural world and… Continue reading
Client: CFA Institute Agency: Worry Free Labs / Pointclear Jan-July 2017 Challenges To design a new and modern website that supports the defined CFA Institute personalization strategy and enhances the organization’s Brand Voice and Value while lowering the overall cost of ownership for the platform To create a satisfying and cohesive experience for CFA Institute’s end… Continue reading
As a former digital nomad, no matter where in the world I am, I need a real place to work. While the location independent lifestyle enables us to be free of geography, working on a computer all day still provides a number of constraints if we need to have a productive workday. Balancing a laptop… Continue reading
As chat bots and other conversational UIs begin to creep into our daily interactions, a few design patterns have begun to emerge. It’s still a very new and rapidly evolving field, and while the jury is still out on best practices, there are some emerging trends around these text based conversational UIs. Suggested, contextual replies… Continue reading
You don’t have to be a parent to understand the value to a person’s health and sanity of their child sleeping through the night. You also don’t need to be a parent to know what a struggle it can be, especially when they are young. It’s important to stack the deck in your favor wherever… Continue reading
Client: Under Armour Agency: Big Spaceship Mid-2015 Under Armour was looking to build a sneaker customizer tool for their website, allowing users to design and purchase custom Under Armour shoes from their e-commerce site. As part of our discovery for this project, we created an experience map to better understand the customer’s context for wanting to… Continue reading
