Writing

Ideas worth sitting with.

Perspectives on design systems, governance, accessibility, and the work of building things that last — written for practitioners, not algorithms.

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How to Build a Landing Page That Wins

Most businesses understand that a landing page and a website are different things. What they don't know is how to build a landing page that actually out-performs — how to take the structural advantages of a conversion page and turn them into a measurable edge.

  • Web Strategy
  • Digital Marketing
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The Economics of Scale: Federated Design for Higher Education

Most institutions don't have a design problem. They have a fragmentation problem — and it's costing more than anyone has stopped to calculate.

  • Governance
  • Design Systems
  • Operations