
This talk made it’s debut at the Rethink Hawaii 2009 Conference. A bit of background: I’m the Lead Designer at mint.com, and solely led design through the initial launch of the product. Prior to Mint, I ran a creative agency in Pittsburgh, doing web, identity, and advertising work for clients. Th...

Last September I wrote an article called Startup Success Factors. The second half of this article, originally titled, How We Are Going to Win went unpublished, until now. With Intuit announcing their intent to acquire Mint.com, almost exactly a year after I wrote it, a new title is in order...

“We [solve problems] by tapping the local knowledge, and if it’s insufficient, we go looking for specialists. But what if we’re following the wrong protocol? We should stop looking for experts and start looking for analogues. It’s...

“The best strategy behind design is all about collection and collaboration—of people, talents, ideas, perspectives. It’s about truly seeing vs. just looking. It’s...









