Spreadsheet Portfolios for UX Designers An Article by Erica Heinz ericaheinz.com The “case study?” column was the whole point of the spreadsheet — identifying which projects I still needed to write up for my portfolio — but at this point I looked at the sheet, and thought “This is honestly a better overview of the work I do than any ‘portfolio’ I’ve seen”. So I tweeted a screenshot, joking/trolling that it WAS my portfolio (I didn’t include any winks or notes that I was still planning a “real” portfolio), but people didn’t respond with the lulz I expected — they got the idea, or took it at face value and said they were going to do their portfolio this way too! My Anti-Resumé uxworkwhimsy
Re-learning to learn An Article by Erica Heinz ericaheinz.com Pause at the end of each chapter and try to recall it (Recall) Highlight relevant passages for later comparative reading Analyze the book once I’m finished Explain it to unfamiliar audiences (The Feynman technique) Review topics I care about at regular intervals (Space repetition) learningnotetakingmemory
Writing is one way to go about thinking And the practice and habit of writing not only drains the mind but supplies it, too. William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White, The Elements of Style Expressing ideas helps to form them thinking