Hey, I’m Brian.

I’m a product designer, podcaster, and writer, living in San Francisco. I’m currently building native mobile apps at GitHub.

Moved Security Checklist to personal siteNovember 24, 2020

Over the years domains and side projects accumulate. It takes mental overhead to keep things updated, running, and paid for. I’m going to start slowly integrating personal projects like Security Checklist into this codebase as a more future-proof way to tinker.

Rebuilt site with Tailwind.cssNovember 22, 2020

So far, so good! The migration was painless (except for a few cases where outdated tutorials led me down the wrong path for CSS purging solutions). But here we are: as I slowly start to memorize the syntax, I feel like I have super powers.

Published new postNovember 16, 2020

Design to Save People from Themselves

How software can prevent people from making mistakes, causing permanent damage, or bringing about the collapse of democracy.

Created Waves wallpapersNovember 15, 2020

Waves

A custom-made set of 10 phone wallpapers, each with a unique color palette and design. I think they’re beautiful – I hope you like them, too!

View the collection

preview of waves, a custom made set of phone wallpapers

Twitter conversationNovember 14, 2020

Are any designers out there making good passive income outside of your day job? What are you trying?

There were some really inspiring ideas in this thread about how to generate passive income as a designer. I didn’t realize there were real businesses being built on top of Figma plugins.

Published new postNovember 9, 2020

True Respect is the Difference

True respect is the difference between a fantastic collaborator and an asshole.

Visited YosemiteNovember 9, 2020

Published new postNovember 1, 2020

Writing Better Self Reviews

My tips and strategies for writing effective self reviews.

Work in progress...More timeline entries coming soon