To celebrate Labour Day, I finished the design of @museandmate - a practice journal for seriously enthusiastic musicians. Itโs 1 year+ of design labour. If production and shipping go as planned, it will be ready for sale around Christmas! A sneak peak ๐๐
Today we shipped one of the biggest projects Iโve worked on in my almost 6 years at Shopify:
Shopify Marketing Tools.
Everything (like, for real) you need to grow your email list and market to them, built right into Shopify.
To influence others and get alignment, someone has to be willing to go out of their comfort zone and intentionally ask what others care about and understand why they matter. It takes intention, humility, curiosity, and an genuine interest in seeing from a different perspective.
In craft-specific conferences, x-discipline collab is always a hot topic. #LeadDevLondon set a great example of getting the other disciplines to share their perspective directly. Thanks @TheLeadDev for trying this format, @jstanier and @janetbalneaves for the spicy discussions
During the office hour we got a lot of questions about how to even start bridging the gap between disciplines. We all want the other disciplines to appreciate what we do, designers and developers alike. But influencing doesnโt happen by accident.
Watch @ShopifyEng's engaging panel on "Building bridges: The art of crafting seamless partnerships between engineering, product, and design" at #LeadDevLondon with a digital pass. Learn to communicate effectively between teams and create beautiful & pow... https://t.co/ACtTHYfrND
One more day until the @TheLeadDev conf and 2 more until our panel about ENG/PM/UX collaboration with the most inspiring @jstanier and @janetbalneaves - a topic that never gets old because the way we work continues to evolve
Itโs not everyday that your product gets featured by one of the most prestigious music shops in the city. So honored that @Remenyi_Music is a retail partner of @museandmate ๐
If youโre in TO and looking for a gift for a musician in your life, you know where to get it๐