Notice where something is confusing, repetitive or unnecessarily difficult. A good question is usually worth more than a fancy first solution.
◎01 / A SMALL INTRODUCTIONNOT A LINKEDIN BIO ↗
I like useful
things. And ridiculous ones.
I'm Stef. I like understanding how things work, finding the friction nobody enjoys, and building something better. Sometimes that something is a practical tool. Sometimes it's an arcade game about surviving Monday.
02 / TWO SIDES OF THE SAME INSTINCTUseful doesn't have
Useful doesn't have
to mean boring.
OBSERVE / SIMPLIFY / VERIFY
Start with the actual problem.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about data, workflows and operational questions. I'm interested in solutions that make someone's work easier to understand and easier to do, rather than simply adding more software.
Explore practical thinking ↗BUILD / BREAK / LAUGH / FIX
Some ideas should just be fun.
Interfaces have personality. Games teach timing, feedback and fairness. And sometimes the best excuse to learn a new technique is simply that you want to make a silly, satisfying thing somebody can play.
Play EVE: Inbox Inferno ↗03 / THE WAY I APPROACH THINGSNotice. Make.
Notice. Make.
Try again.
An experiment you can touch or test reveals more than a perfect-sounding plan. I like practical prototypes and direct feedback.
⌘Sometimes it's the underlying system. Sometimes it's a button that feels wrong. Either way, improving the details is the enjoyable part.
↗04 / ENOUGH TALKING ABOUT ITSee what happens