Thoughts on design

I got my start in design by writing about it…a lot. And I still really enjoy writing about it, mainly on my Medium page. It’s my way of processing new (to me) things. Classes, conferences, conversations, and work experiences.

Design, Content, and UserExperience at Square.
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Design, Content, and UserExperience at Square.

Whether by accident or by design, the language surrounding some of the most important domains of our lives is still riddled with inaccessible jargon. Law, medicine, finance –– things that can alter the course of our lives forever –– remain almost incomprehensible to many people.

But Square was born to disrupt a complex, fossilized system. A system that turned the simple act of accepting a credit card into an overwhelming bureaucratic challenge.

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