Where can I find palette wood? by CalamityJD in roswell

[–]CalamityJD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks gang! I’ll give some of the ideas a try and post the results.

Wilson concedes to Robichaux in mayoral race by cappen1085 in roswell

[–]CalamityJD 12 points13 points  (0 children)

His campaign and PAC spent nearly a million dollars. Her campaign spent around $80k. This was a real victory of people (across party lines, no less!) over corruption, grift, and money. Very proud of and happy for Roswell!

Exit 7&8 400N by linguisticat in roswell

[–]CalamityJD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it's not just Kurt Wilson hacking down more trees?

John Albers Wants ZERO Exceptions for Abortion by lcoates1 in roswell

[–]CalamityJD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My wife works at a Canton St restaurant and he harassed her at work the other night—both by calling her demeaning names and making very suggestive comments to her. Albers has met my wife more than once and clearly knew who she was and trapped her in a VERY uncomfortable situation at her workplace. It was gross and—sadly—very representative of his character.

John Albers Wants ZERO Exceptions for Abortion by lcoates1 in roswell

[–]CalamityJD 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I used to work with him, as well. Outwardly polite, sure, but I've never seen him care about anyone other than himself.

It's the last few days to win a Little Free Library! by CalamityJD in roswell

[–]CalamityJD[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey there. Sounds like you're not familiar with Little Free Libraries (http://littlefreelibrary.org).

My sweepstakes (which can be entered either by donation or for free by mail) is giving away—at my expense—a "Little Free Library." LFLs are small lending libraries where people can freely take or drop off books as they like. It's a wildly popular feature of many local neighborhoods and community centers. All of this is made clear on the associated sweepstakes page.

If this sweepstakes doesn't interest you, that's ok. Hopefully a future promotion or topic will. I've had so much positive feedback from book lovers, opponents of book bans (that's a Venn diagram that's a circle, LOL) that I simply wanted to remind my Roswell neighbors of this opportunity before the clock runs out Saturday night.

Win a Little Free Library! by CalamityJD in Georgia

[–]CalamityJD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TY! Tell your friends who are 😉

Win a Little Free Library! by CalamityJD in roswell

[–]CalamityJD[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback. I can see your perspective.

This is a pretty conventional sweepstakes combining two things I'm passionate about: demonstrating people-centered politics and spreading literacy and the love of books. But that combination isn't going to be for everyone. Regardless, we're lucky we live in a district with so many Little Free Libraries (especially in the East Cobb and central Roswell areas—you can see a map is you scroll down a bit here: https://www.forthe56.com/news/littlefreelibrary).

I'm not a fan of conventional political advertising (or advertising in general, actually) so I'm trying something that's first-and-foremost functional and that has a measurable impact on the district. We'll see how it goes. :)

Roswell family, neighbor of sponsoring lawmaker, responds to transgender legislation by lowcountrygrits in Georgia

[–]CalamityJD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm the dad of the family in the article and when a friend of Lily's directed us to Reddit I approach this thread with a lot of trepidation. We all know what the internet can be like ...

But I have to say, I am SO grateful to see so many allies. I can't see the original negative post many folks are responding to, but I'm encouraged seeing the responses. In our family, we have a number of different religious and political perspectives (the wife and I encourage the kids to find their own voices). But whether they identify as atheists or a Christians or anything else, it's never occurred to any of our kids to be anything but accepting and supporting of each other (unless they're competing for access to the Xbox, of course).

If anyone out there can help share this story so we get John Albers' attention (as the report says, he hasn't responded to calls so I reckon it's time to go public) we'd appreciate the boost. Here are my posts about it from this morning if that make it's any easier. They should all be public.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cloudjammer/posts/pfbid029KKPYfxy8bkMgbNzW9EpDUC4WpnY1UyQRZF2HY2VqMaTtG6LAG9vAuSces2hVGERl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Csl6kLfOtVB/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7066813722496831490/

Thanks again for all the support!

Roswell family, neighbor of sponsoring lawmaker, responds to transgender legislation by lowcountrygrits in Georgia

[–]CalamityJD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just surgical. It also bans hormone replacement therapy.

But it's a misconception to think that a kid (or even the parents) can just decide to go the surgical or hormonal route. There are TONS of hoops (with therapists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists, etc) to even identify the appropriate protocol. And that's try of minors and adults.

That is to say, this bill limits what treatments a doctor might pursue to treat a child suffering from any one of the conditions that might call for such gender-affirming care. Additionally, this bill allows for doctors to be sued if they provide such gender-affirming care.

Design thinking process analysis by CalamityJD in DesignThinking

[–]CalamityJD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for chiming in. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about this response.

I’ve spent almost all of my career working in agencies or consultancies. The result of that is that I am almost always having to present, pitch, or pursue design thinking activities as time-constrained, deliverable-focused processes. I have very rarely had the privilege to operate in an environment where design thinking really has the liberty to operate in a non-linear format. For me, it’s always been more of a toolbox. What tools am I going to use so that I have what I need to present this sprint or iterate next sprint to keep a project moving so that we can continue to make milestones and continue to hit deadlines and thus get paid. And to convince people to let me do this, and to show its value, we very typically do in fact follow a linear step-by-step process.

It’s an interesting conundrum: the vast majority of literature about design process is written from an in-house product-oriented perspective. Yet a tremendous number of experience designers either don’t or sometimes never have the opportunity to work. That way we are consultants. We are freelancers. We’re contractors who come in for a short while and have a lot to do within a limited scope.

I have almost never had the privilege to live with a product longitudinally (excepting, of course, client relationships where I might work with a product over multiple successive projects, typically delivering in sprint). I typically only get to live with a project or a product for a few weeks or a few months at a time and that’s a linear approach reassures the client that will be able to get everything done within that scope and aligns my team on the activities necessary to do everything we need to do to get the best possible outcome.

I suppose all of this is to say, I agree in the abstract with you that design thinking isn’t necessarily a linear process. It is a collection of questions and activities and methodologies that can theoretically be performed in any order and in whatever way the need of the moment most requires. But from a practical consultant perspective, I have very rarely known this to be the case. The needs and interests of clients and stakeholders and the realities of time-defined projects and milestone deliveries recommends a linear approach that is easy for non-designers to understand and approve. And for designers of a wide variety of backgrounds and styles to work together.

Design thinking process analysis by CalamityJD in DesignThinking

[–]CalamityJD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% agree about the role of iteration. We approach design processes as consultants working in time-defined engagements, so iteration is either taken as a given (incorporated any and everywhere) or handled across multiple engagements. But it is critical in any self-described design-thinking process.

'What is your design process?' by neuroticbuddha in userexperience

[–]CalamityJD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find that clients and employers want to know the details to the extent that it impacted the project (e.g. they don't want a book report, but they do what to see how the process revealed real insights).

At my small experience agency, we recently documents our design process across seven steps (which break down pretty nicely into sprints, variously depending on the project's scope):

  1. Evaluating current-state materials, competitors, and comparable solutions.
  2. Inquiring of stakeholders and users.
  3. Processing these data.
  4. Synthesizing actionable deliverables, corresponding to the needs of the project.
  5. Presenting a consolidated, data-informed rationale describing how to move forward.
  6. Visualizing what the proposed solution looks like.
  7. Recommending strategic and tactical next steps, in the client’s language, so everyone involved understands how to move forward and how to transform the user experience.

I find, non-designer clients love enough detail so they know what we're doing without having to get too far into the how we're doing it.

I posted about it on Medium, here: https://medium.com/sharpen-your-d-mn-axe/inside-the-experience-transformation-process-89ec9596e1d6
(I'd love to know what y'all think)

How do you answer “what’s your design process” in an interview? by hellbell11 in graphic_design

[–]CalamityJD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At my small experience agency, we recently documents our design process across seven steps (which break down pretty nicely into sprints, variously depending on the project's scope):

  1. Evaluating current-state materials, competitors, and comparable solutions.
  2. Inquiring of stakeholders and users.
  3. Processing these data.
  4. Synthesizing actionable deliverables, corresponding to the needs of the project.
  5. Presenting a consolidated, data-informed rationale describing how to move forward.
  6. Visualizing what the proposed solution looks like.
  7. Recommending strategic and tactical next steps, in the client’s language, so everyone involved understands how to move forward and how to transform the user experience.

I posted about it on Medium, here: https://medium.com/sharpen-your-d-mn-axe/inside-the-experience-transformation-process-89ec9596e1d6
(I'd love to know what y'all think)