Art journal podcast by Rob Stenzinger, sharing thoughts on his various creative projects and adventures ranging from user experience design, creating comics, making video games, to interactive design.
As a guest instructor I recently taught a class about making use of visual storytelling to serve the product design process in a variety of ways - especially through sketching
As part of the Art Soundoff creative challenge, I explore this journal prompt "Outlets". I consider how guitar, drawing, and playing games appeal to me in some contexts as a way
As part of the Art Soundoff creative challenge, I explore this journal prompt "3 things about your art". Fantasy art, comics storytelling is something I found later than sooner,
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Polytechnicast - UX Mentoring Revisited and Guest...
Sharing your time to listen, learn, and help connect others to the community you've been part of is a worthwhile endeavor. In this episode of the Polytechnicast I reflect on
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Polytechnicast - Perfectionism in Making Video Games,...
Considering how I related to perfectionism in my creative projects making video games about 15 years ago. This influenced things I explored in UX design and in making comics and
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Polytechnicast - UX Portfolios as a Design Problem...
What's sharable, useable, and useful to put in your portfolio? Your UX portfolio is an interesting challenge. Doing the work that leads to a credible conceptual foundation for a
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Polytechnicast - 3 Ideas About Getting Useful Data...
Thinking about some things I've found helpful for building a useful shared understanding through conversations with your audience, your organization, and your team. Related
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Polytechnicast - UX vs Creative Voice (Practicing UX...
Thinking about creativity, the label of being a creative, and the relationship between service and expression as a designer. Related Links and Resources LIA Cast 294 - UX,
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Polytechnicast - How is Art Soundoff 2019 Going So Far
Even though there's a few more days to go in this year's Art Soundoff creative challenge, I'm looking at my experience of this year's challenge asking what went well and what
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Polytechnicast - Creative Work and Health Thoughts...
This summer indie creator and publisher Jaques Nyemb shared and 8-episode fascinating thoughtful and fun micropodcast series called Slow Dooown. Each episode Jaques asks a
While exploring the Art Soundoff journal prompt "what are you drawing?" I describe some of the drawings I'm working on now and how they are based on holiday gifts I created last
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Polytechnicast - Learning for Business and for Casual
While exploring the Art Soundoff journal prompt "what are you learning?" I share a few things I'm learning in both a business context and casual play context. Related Links and
In a recent conversation I shared with someone that I can identify with being introverted though in recent years consider myself an ambivert. As I've noticed in previous
At the start of a project I've already gathered things that help me commit. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design User Experiences, Gather Ideas, and
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Polytechnicast - Choosing a Favorite Tool is Difficult
I share a few options for my favorite tool and consider how I probably have a bunch of favorite things that help me with understanding, considering, and solving
I share an idea about making a game of exploring options and scenarios for combining different parts of a business to solve problems for the audience. Related Links and
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Polytechnicast - Stuck and Unstuck Creative Projects
Thinking about how I get moving again on creative projects feels related to how I got stuck in the first place. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to Design
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Polytechnicast - Serving Four Groups to Practice UX...
Continuing the UX for All series I talk about how the series is evolving beyond offering a starting point for UX tools. I describe four groups who each have goals that affect
Two mini-worksheets I made recently in collaboration with Kate Shields Stenzinger help simplify describing the goals and projects you're working on. We call them the Intentional
My approach and steps I take for making very yummy baked tofu you can add to so many kinds of dishes or eat as-is. Related Links and Resources Drawing User Journey Maps to
