Published in SoftServe Design·Jul 2, 2021Constructing the best pitches in football is as important as having safe spaces in our design workModern groundskeeping can make all the difference in winning and losing like inclusive rituals can determine the success or failure of our design teams’ work If you’re under a rock, you’ve given up watching television, or are American — apologies to my country people — you may not know that…Groundskeeping12 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Dec 21, 2020Make time to be curious, create the space to fail + invite everyone inTwo of the four principles by which I best work, having come up as a designer and leading as a design director — two of two articles About a year ago, I listened to an episode of The Ezra Klein Show where Klein talked to Alison Gopnick, professor of psychology…Design10 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Dec 14, 2020Perfect is the enemy of done + get out of your own wayTwo of the four principles by which I best work, having come up as a designer and leading as a design director — one of two articles When I first started writing this article, I thought I would start with the idea that we all have a reptilian brain and…Design8 min read
Sep 10, 2020What I’ve learned running through quarantineThree things I’ve learned while running 170 km combined in July and August After running 80 km two months ago, my goal for July and August was to run the same amount while following the Nike Run Club’s half marathon training. And I’m happy to report that I achieved both…Running6 min read
Aug 28, 2020TikTok is to China as what is to the U.S.?Thinking about the China-U.S. relationship through the lens of a social video-sharing service TikTok — a social video-sharing service based in China best known for videos and animations that are less than a minute long (up to :15 for videos and :60 for loops) — is getting a lot of…Tiktok5 min read
Jul 31, 2020Work-life balance is all wrongIn a world where so many people are working from home, what does “working” from home really mean anyway? — Working from home isn’t a new thing — not by a long shot — but it feels pretty novel right now. This spring’s closure of schools as well as child care facilities, wearing masks, and blue tape on the ground spaced to six foot (social) distances as a result of…Work Life Balance12 min read
Jul 7, 2020Using design thinking to move across the countryThis is the second of two articles where I talk about a couple of the specific challenges we encountered while planning to move from New York City to San Francisco Starting in July of last year, my family and I began the process to relocate from the east coast to…Design Thinking6 min read
Jul 7, 2020Using design thinking to move across the countryThis is the first of two articles where I talk about how my wife and I made the decision for our mode of travel, originally published on the thoughtbot blog Starting in July of this year, my family and I began the process to relocate from the east coast to…Design Thinking7 min read
Published in Runner's Life·Jun 29, 2020What I’ve learned running during quarantineTwo lessons from running 80K meters in June — This is the second of two (so far) articles on my re-entry into running. The first one is here: https://itsyourturnblog.com/what-ive-learned-running-during-quarantine-63467f916740. After running 50K last month, my goal for June was to run just a little bit more, 60K. And to help get me there, I signed up for Nike Run…Running5 min read
Jun 25, 2020Half in and yet half outThis is about being half Korean and half white during this time of surging support for Black Lives Matter (BLM), and in the face of institutionalized racism, segregation, and discrimination — second of two articles Why am I writing this? A couple weeks ago, I said to my wife, “I…Asian American9 min read