On my birthday, I appended to a long list of life lessons. The new lesson I shared: things take the time they take. Projects you think you’d tackle quickly? That important deadline? Things you’d think you’d have sorted out by now? Things take the time they take.

In that spirit, over the weekend I finally finished an artwork on a 5’x4’ canvas that I started ~13 years ago.

I’ve been reflecting on all that’s transpired between the time I started painting this canvas until I finished it this weekend. I’ve loaded this canvas into 4 U-Haul trucks, I’ve experienced some high highs and some low lows, I allowed myself to call myself an artist, I had a daughter…

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Join our next AI & Design Systems jam session tomorrow Thursday, August 13 at 10:00 AM ET.

(Even if you are already registered, you should re-register because we had a duplicate jam session floating around that was causing confusion. Sorry about that!)

There's A LOT of great stuff to cover, and TJ and I are excited to hear what's on your mind with AI & Design Systems. Bring whatever you've got:

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Holy crap, it's been nearly two months since I've published a newsletter or substantive blog post. To which I say, “No sir, I don't like it.”

I'm tired of saying I'm busy (it's unhealthy, not a badge of honor), but it continues to be the truth. Just how busy, you ask? Well, I had a fantastic conversation with Don Norman (one of my all-time heroes whom I owe my career to) and literally haven't talked about it at all. Oof.

I've had to learn the hard way that there's a reason why people seclude themselves in cabins to create big projects. So while I'm still hunkered down with my big projects, my alarm clock went off so I need to come up for air, say hey, and share some big updates.

Exciting news: my website looks like crap!

Hey there!

If this email looks different, it’s because I just migrated over to Buttondown. I’ll save that story for another day; for now I’ll just say, “hooray markdown!”

I also have a ton of really amazing conversations and ideas I’m desperate to share, but if it’s alright with you, today I’d like to put on the ol’ business hat and share some updates on the course work that’s feeding our families.

Chapters 1 & 2 of our AI & Design Systems Course are live! 🎉