I'm Q!
Designer. Maker.
Systems thinker.

I love crafting and scaling Design Systems to make things better, together.
Self portrait, sketched
PROJECTS
Stationary

I.M. Pen (230723)

The pen is a Pentel Kuro BL437. Black 0.7mm fast-drying opaque gel ink. Encased in a slim-profiled grippy barrel.

July 24, 2023
I.M. Pen (230723)
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Writing
Self-improvement

Choices

I woke up at 5:00 AM today, not as part of a "seize the day" productivity practice, but because I struggled to fall and stay asleep. Like many of us, I grabbed my phone and spent 30 minutes scrolling through it, a decision I knew I would regret.

August 8, 2023
August 8, 2023
Choices
Coding

How I learned to code

This is the story of how I learned how to code. In short, how I learned was by (no lie) reading through the entire source code of jQuery. I did this about 10 years ago.

July 27, 2023
July 27, 2023
How I learned to code
Productivity

On the line - Productivity ideas from restaurant kitchens

Before working in the tech sector, I spent several years working in restaurants. There were many things I learned from my time on the line.

October 24, 2022
July 21, 2023
On the line - Productivity ideas from restaurant kitchens
Tools

Analog Tools

Sometimes, the most productive thing you can do is to detach from the digital and return to the simplicity that is analog. There's profoundness in the level of productivity you can experience with some things so primitive.

July 26, 2022
July 21, 2023
Analog Tools
Design Systems

Creating a Variable System

Working with globalized variables maybe one of the trickier aspects to any design or code project. It’s sort of like accumulating a collection of a particular collectable, say Pokemon cards. It’s cool that you can collect these cards! I mean, who wouldn’t want an original 1st edition base set Charizard.

October 23, 2020
July 21, 2023
Creating a Variable System
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