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Toxic Traits that Need Addressing in any Design Team
By recognising & addressing these characteristics, we can develop healthier workplaces, and produce better designs together.
Dec 11, 2020 • 
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Flight booking UX: the bad & the ugly
Can we even fix it?
Jan 10, 2020 • 
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Flight booking UX: the bad & the ugly
How to think like a Product Designer
Spoilers: Creating nicely-looking interfaces is not the answer.
Mar 28, 2022 • 
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Sometimes, things do get better.
I become more whole amidst a once-in-lifetime pandemic.
Oct 30, 2021 • 
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Tale of Kiều — A Timeless Cultural Heirloom
A brief analysis of Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du and its impact on the Vietnamese people.
Sep 19, 2022 • 
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The Power of Knowing One's Past
Knowing where we have been is how we know where we will go next.
Jan 30, 2021 • 
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My heart is filled with gratitude.
Ending another difficult year carrying love.
Dec 23, 2021 • 
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10 years in Australia.
I was different yet exactly the same — for what feels like a lifetime ago.
Jul 19, 2022 • 
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I Built a Design Curation Site Without Writing Any Code
The no-code movement continues.
Jul 18, 2020 • 
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Tips on navigating work as an Asian person in a White-dominated environment.
Work is hard. Discrimination is harder.
May 1, 2021 • 
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Sketch Plugins and their Figma Equivalents 😉
All The Plugins!
Nov 7, 2019 • 
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Living Big, in a Small Body
Except for the extra legroom, living in a small body is... pretty average.
Aug 21, 2020 • 
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