My Three Most Popular Stories from 2020

I didn’t quite make my goal of posting one long-form story per month, but I was close. Some of my stories were among the most popular I’ve written, though, so it wasn’t a total wash.

1

I would have liked my most popular piece to be something more than a listicle, but with 41K views and almost 1,000 fans, I can’t complain, right?

I Tried All the Mac Apps for Designers. Here Are the Ones I Can’t Live Without.

2

This was one of my favorite stories, and apparently 8.2K people liked it enough to view it as well.

I am the user; I am not the user

3

This one was a lot of fun to write, so its 5.2K views are icing on the cake.

Designers Live in a Hellscape Created by Other Designers

Honorable mentions

• Two Slack hacks that keep our design team connected
• Nothing is designed better than a toothpick
• How to have better design feedback sessions
• My last email to TED’s product team