Product Management, Productivity and Personal musings
I was a designer from 2006 to 2015, this is where I started my career!
I've mentioned before that Pinterest is a great place to get inspiration as a designer but it's uses go far beyond organizing those pairs of cowboy boots you're lusting after. (You can take the girl out of Alberta but you can't take Alberta out of the girl.) When you're starting to think about your new …
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I have been largely silent on my blog and social media outlets lately! The reason is simple: I've been busy! June was my heaviest teaching month so far, and I'm working on a couple of exciting projects too. That means that I've had to be as productive as I can be. I've turned to an …
Information architecture is one of the most important things that you need for your website. But, what is it? Information architecture is basically a fancy word for how your website is structured ... where does each page lead to. It sounds simple, but it really is one of the most important parts of your website. …
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Something that I occasionally struggle with, is finding inspiration for my design projects. As much as I wish that amazing ideas would just fall out of my head whenever I want them to, that just isn't reality. So, I like to go hunting for inspiration. I try to spend a little time everyday foraging for …
When you hire a designer to build you a logo, design your soon-to-be-bestselling book or design and code your website, it's hard to know what you'll end up with, in the tangible sense, at the end of your project. You're going to (hopefully) get a great design, but what will you actually, physically get? As …
This past weekend, I finally go around to reading a book that, if you are a designer of any kind, you should read right now: Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro for A Book Apart. This is basically a handbook for the business part of being a designer. It helps explain how and why …
"What is the difference between a web designer and a graphic designer (and a front-end developer)?" is the subtext of a bevy of questions I get asked about my work. Most people seem to think that all graphic designers can code and all web designers can do layout. Most creative titles mean slightly different things …
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So, you want a website, a new business card or a rad logo for your business. You've found a designer, that comes highly recommended and you've scheduled a meeting with said designer. How do you prepare for that first meeting, especially when you've never worked with a designer before? In my experience, most designers are …
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Kate Moore Hermes 