In an effort to clear out my tabs (and share more!), here are some things I’ve been reading, listening to, and watching recently.
Leadership
How to offer challenges to your teammates, Lara Hogan.
What great managers do: Prune, Claire Lew.
You Do You: How to Define and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms, Sara Konrad Baranowski.
🆒 Design links
The BuzzFeed Product Design Highlight Reel: Fall 2019, Allison Krausman. A roundup of what we’ve been up to at BuzzFeed.
Tips for Giving and Receiving Feedback. Shameless plug! I wrote about why feedback is so important and some tips for giving and accepting feedback. It’s grounded in design feedback, but really is applicable to almost any type of feedback.
I’m hiring four product designers to join the BuzzFeed design team.
Non-design links
Just Enough Research, Erika Hall. A Book Apart just released the second edition of this book. I haven’t finished it yet, but it’s already proven to be super valuable and full of actionable takeaways.
I answered some questions about how I got into design and what my job looks like today. You can read them here (and see a great photo of me and Ada).
Please, Please Don’t A/B Test That, Tal Raviv.