|||
Popular Tags
Work
Design
Experiments
Career
Life
Tools
Productivity
About
All Posts
Search
↑
Precious M's White Journal. This is where I share and express.
Entries
Making an App to Optimise Focus & Attention
Dec 18, 2022
Experiments
, Design
, Work
Toctic is a focus-time-blocking app that combines the Pomodoro technique and the power of 40hz gamma sound to enhance focus. If you find it hard to focus or find yourself easily distracted, this may be your antidote.
Continue reading
SpaceBar - Download Recorded Twitter Spaces
Jun 25, 2022
Experiments
, Design
, Work
SpaceBar lets you download recorded Twitter Spaces.
Continue reading
Basicons 2.0 - Basic icons for product design & development
Jun 11, 2022
Experiments
, Design
, Work
Basicons is a growing collection of 24 x 24 pixel-perfect icons, handpicked for basic product design and development needs.
Continue reading
From a Security Officer to Product Designer at Facebook - How my dream to be world-class came true
Jun 1, 2021
Career
, Design
, Work
Five years ago, when I made the transition to product design, my inclination to become a world-class product designer made me look out for where design was leveraged to make a global impact. I admired designers who worked at Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Netflix and some of the top tech companies on the planet. My desire was to be amongst the best and to design on a global scale. Today, my dream has come true, and I thought I should share my story with the hope that it inspires someone.
Continue reading
I’m leaving Booking.com
May 31, 2021
Career
, Design
, Work
After almost two years, today marks my last day at Booking.com. My experience at Booking.com reinforces one of my beliefs that the best things that happen to us are things we never plan for.
Continue reading
The Business Impact of Design
Jan 20, 2021
Design
, Work
My goal for writing this article is to amplify the business value that design can have beyond product and UX. It's an attempt to broaden perspectives on the role of design in business, and what people think about when they hear or say "Design", especially in the context of startups/businesses. I hope that after you read this article, you'll be more informed on how to leverage design beyond product and UX.
Continue reading
Subzero — Stay in control of your subscription payments
Oct 2, 2020
Experiments
, Design
, Work
Subzero gives a unique virtual debit card for every subscription, bringing all your recurring payments in one place so that you can stay in control.
Continue reading
Basicons - Basic icons for product design & development
Jul 22, 2020
Experiments
, Design
, Work
Basicons is a curation of basic icons for product design and developement. Designed with care & precision. Updated & refined weekly. Basicons is designed on a 24x24 grid, with the strokes intact for high customization.
Continue reading
Random Naval - Tap into Naval Ravikant’s wisdom, thoughts, and quotes
Jul 3, 2020
Experiments
, Design
, Work
Naval is a relic of technology, cryptocurrency, and business. His wisdom transcends any specific industry or topic, and lays a blanket of awareness over concepts like the self, systems thinking, constructing meaning, and thriving in life. His understanding of these topic is arguably unrivaled amongst the living.
Continue reading
Nature’s loop
Jun 5, 2020
Life
Every idle moment strikes me with pain The thought that every second must count Things I must do lined up in chains When I look at my calendar, I
Continue reading
How to put up the right UX Design Portfolio for your Dream Job - Part 2
May 5, 2020
Career
, Design
, Work
In this part, I'm sharing my perspective on the primary stuff that makes a great UX portfolio based on my experience, conversations with some senior designer friends who interview designers for the UX Design role, research, and the portfolio that got me my dream job.
Continue reading
An idea that can help you save time, and maybe alleviate some anxiety
Apr 7, 2020
Life
, Work
With a crisis like Covid-19 – people dying, jobs being lost, a diminishing economy, and a high level of uncertainty; anxiety and fear are bound to take their place, leaving us in a bad state. One can agree that our phones are the go-to place when we have negative emotions, but the irony is that our phones might worsen the situation – impacting our productivity and stealing our time. Working from home, I found a trick that helps me stay away from my phone to focus on the important stuff.
Continue reading
From Chaos to Sanity — How meditation is changing my life
Mar 3, 2020
Life
I started meditation practice in late 2017, and it came from a feeling that I was losing my mind, my cognition, my ability to stay focused on one thing at a time. Fear, anxiety, and worry overwhelmed me. My productivity was impacted, and so was my confidence in myself, my joy, my work, my relationships, and my emotional states, but a 10 minutes daily routine is changing all that.
Continue reading
How to put up the right UX Design Portfolio for your Dream Job - Part 1
Dec 6, 2019
Career
, Design
, Work
A while ago, I put up a question on my Twitter and Instagram timelines. The question was: “Are you struggling to put up a portfolio for your dream job? Let’s chat.” Within 24 hours, my DMs were full of messages from various Designers indicating their struggle to put up a portfolio. Why did I ask in the first place?
Continue reading
On Taking a Break. 6 most important lessons I’ve learned, and what’s next.
Jan 10, 2019
Life
In 2018, I decided to take a break from the world and spend time with myself; following a lack of motivation with the work I was doing. In the end, taking a break helped in finding back that spark, and here are the most important things I learned.
Continue reading
10 Tools & Apps That Made Me A Better Designer In 2017
Dec 27, 2017
Tools
, Productivity
, Design
, Work
2017 was a profound year for me as a designer. Amongst many things that propelled me to becoming a better designer were some tools and apps.
Continue reading
The Role of a Designer in Early-Stage Startups
Nov 15, 2017
Design
, Work
Before working for startups, I always thought the work of a Designer in a product-focused startup is solely to design the product — the UI and UX as most people would call it. But I was wrong. Working for startups, here's what I've learned.
Continue reading
Design is done when the problem is solved
Jul 5, 2017
Design
As a Designer or a client, what does it mean to design or redesign something? What does our client want from us, and how can we as designers make a meaningful impact and amplify our work's worth?
Continue reading
Finding the right problem
Apr 24, 2017
Work
, Career
Coming from a design agency world where we focused on visuals and mostly what the client wanted, curiosity and constant learning made me realize that my work as a Designer is far more than what the eyes can see. This led to my search for a deeper purpose of making an impact in the world.
Continue reading
© 2020 Precious M. All rights reserved.