A Note About This Blog

Dear Reader,

First off--thank you for reading my blog! You are most likely one of a handful of people I've given the link to, so I probably know you (Hi, you!), and I really appreciate you taking the time to check it out.

I wanted to explain a bit about why I'm publishing here. I see this as a holding pen for ideas. I've made a commitment to write something each day, with the goal of having it be relevant (to varying degrees) to design, process, empathy, user experience, way-finding, and anything else that has to do with how we make our way through the world.

I'm hoping these eventually percolate into longer-form (and better written) articles. So occasionally, you may see a repeat, where I take an older entry and rework it into something more involved. Hopefully it will all make sense, so bear with me!

If you ever get the notion, please don't hesitate to comment on whatever you see here. I think you need to "follow" this blog or something to be able to comment. Or just drop me an email (I'm assuming you have that, since I know you already...right?)

Thanks again!

Best,
Jen

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