TTSS: a notebook on life.

It was full on before Christmas. It’s no excuse, I know. I often put a lot of pressure on myself and I’m working on doing less of that. I also had some holiday to use up before it ran out at the end of December. And an actual holiday in Jan! I’m back, somewhat rested,…

I’ve got today off again. Woohoo! I had some holiday to use up so have random days off before Christmas. This is the second Friday I’ve had off in a row – and I’m loving it. It’s so nice to have time to do as I please. No plan, no rushing. Instead, I’m enjoying every…

One month until Christmas. That’s 5 weeks to 2024. Oh boy. The rate at which we rocket through the year is terrifying. I might have to make it my New Year resolution (not that I believe in those) to stop commenting on the pace of life. I have the day off today, so that’s great.…

This week has been all about the ups and downs of business – good news, bad news and a whole heap of resilience. I resonated with what a colleague said this week. That, “Resilience improves with professional experience”. For sure, I’m experiencing that, but I still have a way to go. Knowing there’s room for improvement…

What a better week this one’s been. It’s been ultra-productive too. Here’s some of the stuff I’ve plowed through. Writing job descriptions. One job description to be exact. I’ll soon be recruiting for a UX Writer or Content Designer with a focus on UX copy. It’ll be amazing to have some help! Contemplating coachmarks. These…

Slumpity slump slump is how my week started. Some family stuff got to me for a bit so I opted to feel the feels and show kindness towards myself. We can’t always be our most productive and I know myself well enough to know I’ll more than make up for it. The reboot begins. See?…

Blink and you’ll miss the weeks – they’re going so fast. Here’s how this one has gone: Learning about ethics in AI workshop. I spend Monday evening bolstering my knowledge around using ChatGPT and other tools responsibly. Patrick Stafford, from UX Content Collective took attendees through best practices. He also shared some awesome cheat sheets…

My weeks are continuing to be full on. Healthy or not, I do like crazy times at work. The difference is that now, as opposed to a few years back, I make time for breaks (walk the dog, yoga at lunch). I try to fit in time for decompression – even if it’s 5 mins…

I’m keeping it brief this week. I’m short on time and about to fall in a heap. That said, it’s been a really good week and there have been lots of great developments at work. Here’s a snippet of what’s been going on. Moving towards coaching. Last week I talked about changes in the way…

I’m knackered. And I have a shoulder injury that means I can’t box or do weights for a while. This has led to me being rather slovenly – including being lax with my Weeknotes. Tsssk. Crazy calendar times are continuing at work. Here’s a taste of what’s going on. Writing a business case that AI…

Blimey. The last few weeks have been a blurrrrrr – so no Weeknotes. Let’s dive in to what’s been going on. A 3-day design challenge (and 2 days off for a long weekend in Rome) meant that last week was jam packed and really fun. Our design and research team split into 6 teams. The challenge…

I accidentally titled this post 2034. Given it’s already SEPTEMBER, it could just as well be 2034 in the blink of an eye, too. And don’t get me started about the Christmas stuff I’m already seeing. Society, please stop fast-forwarding our lives. That’d be nice, thank you. Soap box dismounted, here’s how this week has…

So, this week has been a good ‘un. Why? I’ll break it down… Monday With the product manager, engineers, and fellow designers we reviewed the end-to-end journey of a project. It was a great reflection exercise. Screen by screen we looked at what we had designed and what went live. And each discipline had the…

Hello, Friday. This week’s been a funny one. Not ‘funny ha ha’, more ‘funny’ as in a little testing. I’m heading to a gig tonight so I’m looking forward to tying up work in a nice bow until next week. Monday. I worked on the content for some new security measures coming in. I took…

Hello, Friday. Pensive is the word I’d use to summarise the last 5 days. My thinking cap is looking somewhat threadbare. Here’s why: Scratching heads together on IA. We’re refreshing our mobile app at work. We have started exploring our current information architecture versus what it might look like. We’ve mapped the existing IA and…

Blimey, Fridays come round quick. A colleague said on Wednesday that their week was dragging. The weeks always go so fast for me, and this one’s been bussssssssssy. I’m pretty exhausted. Here’s just some of what’s happened… Showcasing a ‘single source of truth’ (SSOT) for copy. I took the copy team through the SSOT I’ve…

Swiftly moving on from the lack of my Weeknotes last Friday, here’s this week’s… Culling meetings to create focus time. I’m not afraid to say no to things if I need to, and this week it was meetings. Monday was pretty much back-to-back calls. When I checked to see what Tuesday looked like it was…

Woo. This week’s been somewhat straightforward – I’ll take that. It’s Friday and the sun is shining, so I’ll keep this short. Enjoy the weekend. Continuing onboarding comms. We hit a few snags with this when it was user tested. I’ve been simplifying the content (it was much needed). Hopefully, there’ll be time to test…

A week with not much to write home about. Pleasant enough and progress made on many tasks. Kicking off an IA project for a mobile app. We’re right at the beginning (mostly conversations on who’s doing what and what think the work will look like). There’s not too much to say on this one right…