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Group UI Engineer Manager & UX/UI Tech Center Lead at #Esri • Author • Speaker • Husband • Dad • Soccer coach • #UX #UI #Apps #Maps #Design #California #Austria

Joined October 2025
VERY excited to announce the release of my latest book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Design" - a witty field guide to the world of #UX metaphors. #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books hitchhikersguidetodesign.com…
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NAME THAT PATTERN challenge: Week 5 (4/4)**** Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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Potemkin Village is a carefully constructed façade that creates the impression of a complete, successful, or functional product while hiding how little actually exists behind it. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com…
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NAME THAT PATTERN challenge: Week 5 (3/4)*** Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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NAME THAT PATTERN challenge: Week 5 (2/4)** Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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New week, new challenge: NAME THAT PATTERN: Week 5 (1/4)* Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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Don’t confuse what’s easiest to reach with what’s most valuable. Product design pattern: Low-Hanging Fruit hitchhikersguidetodesign.com…
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No winner in Week 4, NAME THAT PATTERN challenge :( Correct answers: 1) Walking on Eggshells 2) Iceberg Model 3) Analysis Paralysis 4) Recency Bias HitchhikersGuideToDesign.com
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NAME THAT PATTERN challenge: Week 4 (4/4)**** Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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Great Scott! Happy Back to the Future day!
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NAME THAT PATTERN challenge: Week 4 (3/4)*** Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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NAME THAT PATTERN challenge: Week 4 (2/4)** Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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New week, new challenge: NAME THAT PATTERN: Week 4 (1/4)* Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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No winner in Week 3, NAME THAT PATTERN challenge :( Correct answers: 1) Happy Path 2) Dark Forest UX 3) Brainstorming 4) Primacy Bias hitchhikersguidetodesign.com…
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NAME THAT PATTERN challenge: Week 3 (4/4)**** Drop your answer below 👇 * obvious ** easy *** medium **** hard
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🚀 New Hitchhiker pattern: If someone speaks or acts impulsively, without careful consideration or preparation, they are "Shooting from the Hip" hitchhikersguidetodesign.com…
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NAME THAT PATTERN challenge: Week 3 (2/4)** Drop your answer below 👇
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Michael Gaigg retweeted
𝘛𝘰𝘱 20 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘎𝘐𝘚 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 is now available in paperback and ebook format! Learn how to design and create visually stunning and highly functional map apps. 🔸Explore the book: ow.ly/rKVB50WjWU9
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