I’d come to Antigua (the city in Guatemala, not the Caribbean island) because my 6 month visa for Mexico was up, so I’d need to leave the country for at least a few days before I’d be allowed back in. …

When I started my trip, I’d planned to only spend about two months in Mexico. And yet here I was, after San Cristóbal, a mere two weeks away from having spent a full 6 months in the country. I’d loved how I’d been travelling so far. It was so nice…

During my month in San Cristóbal, I was lucky enough to get away for a few weekend trips. San Cris is in the Mexican state of Chiapas, which is one of the most resource rich states in Mexico. …

I kind of hated San Cristóbal at first. This was, in part, due to the fact that I’d caught the night bus over from Oaxaca. …

When I was working from Convivio, one of my fellow co-workers was Zane Selvans, and he told me something that blew my mind: renewables are cheaper than coal and other fossil fuel powered energy. …

Nobody wants to be the bearer of bad news Telling our users that we’re deprecating a feature gives me butterflies in my stomach. It’s hard to tell someone that something they’ve been using is about to be taken away from them. But feature deprecation is essential to creating better products. Leaving features behind doesn’t mean we care more about…

A useful little checklist to help you write better. I’m a UX writer, and I often get asked to help my friends and colleagues tighten up their writing. Being short on time but eager to help, I created this little checklist to help them do it for themselves! It’s by…

To be totally kickass and live up to their potential — 1. DON’T put yourself down Have you ever made a mistake and remarked ‘Oh I’m such an idiot’ or ‘oh I’m just useless’? Or, when faced with something that someone else is good at, do you compare yourself by saying ‘I’m hopeless with maths/English’, ‘I’m a terrible designer’ or ‘my writing’s pretty bad’? Stop doing…

I still remember getting my very first pimple. I can’t quite recollect exactly what age I was (I think around 12), but I do recall that it felt positively cataclysmic. …