2020 has been nothing short of a transformational year for me, and I wanted to share some of the most important lessons I learned, as they’ve had a big impact in the way I see the world, others and myself. I tried keeping the lessons to areas of life that are universal and important to most humans.

Like any design problem, I start by gaining a better understanding of the needs of those I’m designing for. In my case, my end-users are design leads and hiring managers at tech companies. So, I researched about what these users tend to look for in product design portfolios, and collated a list of questions they would typically use to [...]

I recently completed the Conversational Design course with UX Academy, and wanted to share my experience designing and building for Voice User Interfaces (VUI). I took the course to gain exposure to this fast-growing technology and better understand how it can be used to solve customers’ problems and improve relationships with them [...]

I have been thinking about my UX career goals since the start of the year and so just before the end of Q1, I decided to write them down so I can refer back to them and hold myself accountable. What follows is my approach to setting my professional OKRs (objectives and key results) for the year which link to an overarching mission [...]

Last weekend I went on my first meditation retreat and since then many of my friends and family have asked me about my experience, what meditation really is, why and how I got into it. So I’d like to share my understanding of meditation and clarify some of the misperceptions about the practice, that I myself had before going on the retreat [...]

The last UX meetup I attended in 2019, involved an open and thought-provoking conversation amongst both designers and non-designers, around whether we trust tech - meaning digital products and services, and digging deeper into our relationship with it [...]

Before you start reading, I just want to be clear with what this article is and isn’t about. It isn’t about job search tactics or networking tips to land the “dream” job. If that’s what you’re looking for, you’re in the wrong place. But if you want to better understand the thoughts and emotions you will most likely experience when dealing with the unknown [...]

Last weekend, I participated in the Global Travel Hackathon, organised by Kiwi, mainly because I wanted to meet new people, practice my skills as a UX/UI Designer and of course have fun! The idea behind the hackathon was to help make travel smarter, sustainable and accessible for everyone [...]