Podcasts & Appearances
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Latest
Elyse Holladay’s On Theme
Every time I talk to Elyse, I learn something new and have a great time. It’s about time we recorded this! I’m so glad she is telling the story of our industry and I am honored to be part of it. Give this one a listen!
Nas Shan’s Modus Operandi
Nas and I had so much fun the first time, we’ve decided to keep the good time rolling with a series! I’m thrilled to be a regular guest on Modus Operandi. We’ll keep it real, casual, and fun!
Dan Mall’s Concourse
In Design System University’s mini-conference series, I was invited to hop aboard Concourse and talk with designers about design system challenges unique to airlines. We talked about how design systems have changed and how designers shouldn’t be afraid of customizing standards to meet their unique industry problems.
Nas Shan’s Design Ops Aligned
Nas and I could talk for hours about being “the in-between” designer. If you relate to knowing some code and some design and navigating the field straddling the two disciplines, come join our candid conversation about we’ve navigated it so far!
Guy Segal’s Design Downtime
The premise of the Design Downtime podcast is amazing–how do we enjoy life outside of work? My amazing friend, and incredible interviewer Guy asks me questions about one of my favorite non-work related hobbies–local theatre. You may even learn how I met the love of my life?!
Zeplin’s Design to Dev Interview Series
Nico and I had some light-hearted fun as we chatted about designer to developer Tea™. What are the hottest trends and what needs to go?!
Ben Callahan’s The Question
I had the pleasure of guest-hosting on The Question with my good friend, Ben. We asked, “Are you confidently tracking design system adoption?” This sparked a great conversation about what design system adoption is and why some may feel it’s impossible to track. Does this problem have a solution? Join The Question community and find out!
IxDA Columbus
I gave this talk at the IxDA Columbus chapter in the wake of the mass layoffs of 2022–23. This talk was shortly transposed into my article: The State of Design Systems: Where have we been and where are we going?
This talk was special to me: It was an honor to share my thoughts in my own community who were affected by the things I spoke about in this presentation.
Sparkbox Apprenticeship Workshop
During my time at Sparkbox, I helped lead parts of their UX/UI and Frontend Design Apprenticeships. We wanted to teach basic concepts about design systems early in the program. I was tasked with giving a talk on design tokens — a highly neutral topic 😉
Frameworks Meetup Group
I helped found and co-lead a meetup group in Dayton, Ohio with heavy support from the Gem City Tech group. We were a multi-disciplinary group focused on workshopping how to get design and dev to coalesce when using different JS frameworks and design methodologies.
