Tools
Stuff I've built for myself and others
Lately I have been really enjoying building my own design tools that allow me to dial in specific effects and animations. These are so powerful because I can then continue to expand my creativity with them when applying to the brand of each product or app I work on. As a bonus, they're an additional artifact I can hand off to companies to build their own creations that stay consistent with their brand.
I've also been creating little apps and tools for myself and others to use for specific use cases, like encrypted notetaking, weekly meal planning, or little plugins to enhance my workflows. In my free time, I make an effort to share my learnings with the design community as well.
NeoNote
I built NeoNote to be the note-taking app I always wanted. Encrypted, light-weight, powerful, complete with retro-future aesthetic influence.
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Gradient animator
I built this to output highly efficient blurred evolving gradients for loading state backgrounds at Zoom that is now used by the broader team.
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Figma .md file viewer
Although I'm using Figma less and less over time, I built this for my team to review my full discovery work with .md file context right in the canvas.
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ASCII animator
I've always loved ASCII art. Given its resurgence I shamelessly jumped on the "I built an ASCII animator" train and am having way too much fun.
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Line grid animator
A small example of a tool I built to execute an efficient animation that can be reused as a way to build more assets that represent a specific brand.
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My figma template
This is my most up-to-date template for what I deliver to ENG in Figma, and contains my end-to-end design process.
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Actionable UX Podcast
I started the actionable UX podcast to share behavioral science principles to use responsibly for product teams to create apps people love.
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