Sarah Doody
Last weekend I was out at the beach two hours from NYC. To get to the beach I take a bus. You can pay for your ticket in advance or on the bus. There’s a person on the bus that goes down the aisle and collects payment from each of the passengers. As I watched her try to balance in the aisle, I realized it’s a pretty time-consuming process. While I was sitting on the bus watching her, I had an idea.
Last weekend I did a 4-mile race in Central Park and got a new PR (Personal Record). I did it in 30:29 min (so 7:38/ mile average) — I was really happy with that result. What made me even happier was that a year ago I did the same race in 33:10, I was excited to see such improvement.
Last week I challenged you to actively look for problems to solve – whether on your commute, at the airport, in your kitchen, or anywhere you spot something that seems to be broken or lacking in experience.
Last week I co-authored an article over on Medium about why the UX of learning UX is broken. The response has been beyond overwhelming.
A while ago I read an article about architecture and one part of the process really stood out. In the design process, many times architects make physical models of the structures they’re creating.
Today I’m over on the New York Times website. They have a column called Room For Debate where they ask a question and get a few people to weigh in with different perspectives.
This week’s photo is from the America’s Cup World Series, which was in NYC on May 7-8th. I honestly didn’t know anything about this sport, but it’s quite impressive from both an athletic and technology perspective.Continue reading
Everyone is talking about virtual reality (VR) right now. Recently I had the chance to take part in a VR workshop and it was really eye-opening. Prior to this, I hadn’t used any VR devices, not even Google Cardboard. I get motion sickness, so I was concerned that viewing any VR stuff would make me sick. But turns out, I was fine.
Last weekend I ran a half marathon in NYC and placed 60th out of 1,417 in my age group. The race was two full loops of Central Park, and the park is no joke people! There are a lot of rolling hills and if you aren’t prepared for them, they can be intimidating.
When I travel to a new place, I hate wasting time at the beginning of each day asking: “What should we do today?”. So now before I go on a trip I always try to search travel sites and blogs to find ideas before hand (shocking, I know). Then I make two lists, the “musts” and “maybes”. This ensures I always have a short list of ideas to rely on.