Has becoming a parent changed the way you approach design, and if so, how?
I don’t know if my approach has shifted to match this yet, but since Dashiell was born, I am suddenly very aware of my own mortality. Not in an anxious or panicked way, more like “I’m here now, but later I’ll be gone and my son will carry on.” I’ve always focused on building for users in such a way that eliminates as much misery as possible, and increases joy. Now I feel like I need to take that focus, and make certain that I’m contributing it to projects that will endure. Thanks to things like Wilson Miner‘s recent talk at the Build Conference, I’m recognizing that everything we design adds up, and influences the next generation – it builds the world we live in now, and the one my son will live in after I die. It’s powerful, heady stuff, and I think I’m still trying to figure out the best way to put it into practice.
(Source: domain.me)
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