I was never much of an activist about feminism, though I have always considered myself a feminist. My attitude was, “I just want to make stuff.” The only times I felt it was worth distracting myself from creative work was when sexism got in the way of me doing it.

I’ve written a lot about the importance of listening and active listening in design, but it occurred to me that it might help to get more specific about how listening happens.

Wherein I kind of gush about the history of print and the legacy of the free press.

Astronomers calculate that Asteroid 2016 HO3 is expected to (sort of) orbit Earth for long enough that it really deserves a prettier name.

Notes from my handwritten journals.

I think principles-led branding—and design—is the future within my industry, which gives me hope for everyone else.

Notes from my handwritten journals.

The world does not need you, andthe world desperately needs what you have to give.

A Christmas party photo story.

Long before just about everybody was doing infographics, National Geographic was publishing some of the most gorgeous, absorbing and instructive picture stories in the world.

I may never know.

TED Talk: Paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger has studied and codified ancient markings in caves across Europe. The uniformity of her findings suggest that graphic communication, and the ability to preserve and transmit messages beyond a single moment in time may be much older than we think.