Mike Parker
Mike Parker is a freelance UX designer based out of Los Angeles. Mike is a passionate digital nomad with experience in product management and interaction design. In 2019, he will be launching a new product of his own focused on the restaurant industry.
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Ready to Start Programming with AI? A Quick Guide for Software Engineers
Though we’re still a ways out from building machines that will take over the world with artificial superintelligence, AI is on the rise. To sum up the recent explosion of generative AI, Vijay Pande, a general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, tells the Washington Post: “There’s a lot of excitement about AI right now. The technology has… gone from being cute and interesting...
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Visual Design Portfolio Do’s and Don’ts (With Examples)
Think it’s time to update your portfolio? Trick question! The answer for most of us is a...
How to Build an Effective Product Design Portfolio
We are designers. We are Those Who Solve Problems with Interfaces. We are the ones who would take...
How Developers Can Turn a Side Project into a Business
Are you an engineer or developer who practices that two-for-one life hack of learning new skills...
Developers: Why and How to Add Animation to Your Toolbox
To stay competitive in a tough market, career driven developers know that they should always be...
How to Mentor Yourself Out of a Job (So You Can Get a Better One)
The nature of a how to mentor is a pretty simple one: someone with more experience helps someone...
Managing Up: The Essential Soft Skill for Success in a Rapid-Growth Company
Like it or not, many managers are under-trained and unprepared for the new role they find...
How to Avoid Common Pitfalls in Agile
What is Agile? Agile is a philosophy for approaching software development that focuses on fast,...
Effective Story Grooming in the Agile Process
Agile development is now a widely accepted and efficient method of software development. In short,...
Test Driven Development: What, Why, and How?
If you’re in the business of writing code (or leading teams that do so), Test Driven Development...
Preparing Your Software Team for Change
Change is one of the hardest things for humans to handle. We crave stability and fear the unknown....
Managers: How to Deal with Setbacks as a Team
No matter how much goal-setting, mission-driving, motivating, and process implementation you do,...
Resolve Conflict at Work: A Step-by-Step Conversation Guide
Conflict can be a stressful experience, but it doesn’t need to be. A healthy resolution to a...