I just added a new article to northtemple.com, exploring the question: “What is the one skill that can make the most positive impacts in your profession?”
Give it a read and let me know what you think.
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I just added a new article to northtemple.com, exploring the question: “What is the one skill that can make the most positive impacts in your profession?”
Give it a read and let me know what you think.
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Can you teach me how to learn? I need that skill.
Great post! has me thinking and will probably keep me thinking for quite some time now. It’s tough to narrow down your skills when you’re just a hack. Maybe that’s my skill!
Thanks for putting those thoughts together John. I think one of the frustrations of embryonic designers is the lack of clarity in the answers to questions like, “how do I be a good designer?” I think one thing that your post has done is explain a little bit why we don’t get more clear answers.
Great article. Even though it was simple it was very profound and gets you thinking about the most important skill. One attribute that was repeated in your article was “listening”, which is hard for most of us to do, especially when the one you have to listen to doesn’t always know what is best. I guess that ties into the learning part of it.
that’s a long list of skills, that i say could all be summed up in two words “problem solving”. when you boil it down to its essence, whether interactive or print design, it’s nothing more than problem solving.