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What Disney’s UX Can Teach Software Teams About Designing for Behavior at Scale

Disney’s theme parks are more than just destinations for fun, they’re full-scale behavioral design engines. With tools like MagicBands, real-time location tracking, and the Lightning Lane Multi Pass planner, Disney crafts experiences that feel spontaneous, personal, and easy. But behind the curtain is a meticulous, data-informed design system. In this article, I unpack the UX…

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What RoboTaxis Can Teach Us About the Future of AI Editing

RoboTaxis aren’t just a tech upgrade. They change the way we think about movement, control, and experience. Same goes for AI in media. We’re not just cutting steps out of editing. We’re changing the creative process itself. RoboTaxis took out the driver and reimagined the ride. Our tools remove the manual grind and give creators…

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The Broken Promise of Design Systems

Design systems were supposed to solve the chaos. Instead, they often create more of it. What looks like a clean, scalable solution on the surface quickly becomes a frustrating maze of tokens, buttons, and undocumented logic. Developers don’t know when to use what. Designers rely on visual memory instead of shared rules. Product teams lose…

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Apple Glass. Love It or Hate It. Doesn’t Matter. It’s Changing Design.

Apple’s new Liquid Glass design language is here. It’s bold. It’s reactive. It’s emotional. Maybe even beautiful. Also? Maybe a little hard to read. Maybe not so friendly for accessibility. But will it change how people design? Yes.   Apple Doesn’t Just Signal. It Sets the Pace. Flat design shifted the way we built…

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Build the Why, Not Just the What

There comes a point where you stop asking what you’re building and start asking why you’re building it. That shift is where high-impact work begins. It’s when you move from shipping features to shaping purpose. Anyone can launch a roadmap, spec out a feature, or refine a UI. But the heartbeat of the product lives…

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Design Is Not Decoration: Why Product Designers Should Own the Problem, Not Just the Pixels

About fifteen years ago, when I graduated with a degree in Visual Communication, I saw design as a tool to help people and brands communicate more clearly through visuals. That mindset shaped how I approached my career early on. But over time, my perspective evolved. Today, I see design not just as a communication layer,…

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A Dent in the Universe: What the Ive-Altman Alliance Means for AI and Product Design

Jony Ive and Sam Altman are building more than a product. Their new company, io, may redefine how we interact with machines. This piece explores what that means for AI, product design, user experience, and the future of accessible innovation. Introduction: The Shift We Can’t Ignore In only a few years, AI changed the…

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Icom Powers 3Y0K : Ham Radio’s Most Ambitious DXpedition to Remote Bouvet Island Part 1
July 11, 2025

Bouvet Island sits at the edge of the world. It is frozen, uninhabited, and almost impossible to access. Fewer people have set foot there than in space. That level of remoteness is exactly what makes it so valuable to amateur radio operators. The island ranks tenth on ClubLog’s list of Most Wanted DXCC entities,…

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The Hidden Key to Entrepreneurial Success: Build Momentum Through Personal Branding and Authentic Networking
July 10, 2025

What if the biggest pivot of your career started with a conversation?  In this episode of Professional Quotient, host Jason Winningham welcomes Fanny Dunagan, CEO and Content Strategist of PathLynks, LLC. Fanny shares her journey from high-pressure consulting in Singapore to founding her own media and branding company — and why learning to network…

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RM Q2 2025 Wrap Up
July 9, 2025

Rogue Marketing continues to lead with intention in a space often driven by noise. Q2 2025 reflected a strategic focus on substance, where each initiative supported long-term brand growth. The team transformed internal recognition efforts into enduring brand assets and refined event strategies through immersive, results-driven experiences. Website launches during the quarter balanced visual…

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Hamvention Spotlight: Emergency Preparedness Led PrepHam Paul to Amateur Radios and a Rising Voice in the Field
July 9, 2025

PrepHam Paul (K5VLP) celebrated his first visit to Dayton Hamvention by marking a major channel milestone. He hosted a giveaway of the  IC-2370B mobile radio from Icom to thank viewers for helping him reach 10,000 subscribers. His passion for emergency preparedness, rooted in his experience as an Eagle Scout and later studies in emergency management,…

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The Invisible UX Researcher: How Modern Product Teams Listen Without the Role
June 2, 2025

A lot of teams don’t have a UX Researcher. We don’t either.a But that doesn’t mean we aren’t listening. In today’s product teams, having a dedicated UX Researcher is a luxury. One many growing organizations can’t justify right away. But the absence of a formal title doesn’t mean the absence of research. Some of…

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Leading Global Product Teams: How Designing Across Time Zones Made Our Systems Smarter
May 30, 2025

Back in college, I never thought time, tools, tech, and hours would be essential to design. But working with a team that spans the world changed everything. It forced me to rethink how we plan, how we collaborate, and how we build. This story is not about a single product or a perfect process. It…

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From the AIGA UX Roundtables: How AI and User Feedback Are Reshaping Design Teams
May 27, 2025

This week, I had the opportunity to join the UX Design Roundtables hosted by AIGA DFW, and I walked away inspired, challenged, and deeply motivated to keep learning, building, and connecting. As a Senior Director of Product Design at MarketScale, I attend events like the AIGA Roundtables not only to grow personally, but to…

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Leveraging UGC to Generate Trust: Tesla’s FSD Campaign
May 21, 2025

Audiences can spot the polish from a mile away, and they are tuning it out. What cuts through now are real people telling real stories. Trust is not earned with scripted lines. It is built on lived experience. People do not trust brands. They trust each other. That is what makes Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD)…

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Private Aviation Demystified: Fractional, Leases, and the Real Costs
May 20, 2025

Private aviation is no longer just for the rich and famous. Industry data shows that fractional jet ownership grew significantly during the pandemic, which is a clear indication that it is far outpacing traditional charter services and full ownership models. Amid post-COVID shifts in travel habits and corporate belt-tightening, the interest in private aviation…

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Aspen Was Quiet, But the Design Was Loud: One Month On
May 17, 2025

Back in April, MarketScale sent me to Aspen for something different. Not a content conference. Not a summit. Not a class. But an immersive experience to get inspired, to learn, and to reconnect with design in a deeper way. The trip was immersive, planned and invested in by the company, and came at the right…

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How Tesla Hacked UGC to Create a Marketing Machine (Without Spending on Ads)
February 12, 2025

Tesla doesn’t do traditional advertising. No Super Bowl commercials. No paid influencer campaigns. No Google Ads. Instead, it’s built one of the most powerful marketing machines on the planet—by letting its customers do the work. And the secret weapon? The Tesla Referral Program.   Elon Musk has turned Tesla’s referral system into a viral growth…

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From Stock Libraries to AI Co-Creation: Empowering Artists to Design the Perfect Image
December 6, 2024

The transformation we’re experiencing in the image industry goes far beyond a mere technological novelty. For years, the workflow in design and visual communication relied on a familiar pattern: the creative would search through stock image libraries, trying to find something that more or less matched their concept, and then adapt that material to…

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“My Resilience is Greater Than Life’s Resistance”: Cash “Bubba” Harris Inspires Change
October 30, 2024

Chase, Carly, Charly, and Cash are the most motivating people you will ever meet. Cash, born with spina bifida, shows the world every day that “Their Resilience is greater than life’s resistance”. He is a future Paralympian and a kid who is truly changing the world. Here’s a brief description from the Harris family:…

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