Author: T Coe

On considering the color blindness of potential clients

As someone who designs layouts, I don't think nearly often enough about color blindness. What's worse is that I have a color blind colleague who regularly reviews my work! But I should worry about more than colleague: I should worry about potential clients. According to the National Eye Institute, one in 12 men has some … Continue reading On considering the color blindness of potential clients →

On ChatGPT as part of our future workplace

Over the past months, it's hard to think about the future of education and not consider how AI fits into it. K-12 teachers have fretted over whether homework is dead. College professors are worried the essay as assignment is a turn-of-the-century relic. ChatGPT (and its improved future versions and competitors) will generate essays, answers to … Continue reading On ChatGPT as part of our future workplace →

On the danger of asking your interview panel to take out their phones

There's a clip somewhere online of Simon Sinek bemoaning a new reality that many of us have come to groan about in this post-COVID era: QR codes for menus in restaurants. But Sinek doesn't wax nostalgic about paper menus or the poor structure of the new digital ones—he's concerned about how QR code menus are … Continue reading On the danger of asking your interview panel to take out their phones →

On loving “event time” but living on “clock time”

An NPR segment the other day made a distinction I'd never heard of before: there are two types of people—those who live on "clock time" and those who live on "event time." (I don't love "two types of people" claims, but the segment did clarify that we all have a little bit of both types … Continue reading On loving “event time” but living on “clock time” →

On learning to pay a different type of attention to toddlers

As my first kiddo crosses the threshold from baby to to toddler, I've been pondering what that transition means as a parent. The biggest shift I sense is the type of attention you give them. With a newborn (and later an older baby), a parent's attentional powers have pretty a clear directive: Keep this child … Continue reading On learning to pay a different type of attention to toddlers →

On celebrating anniversaries as planned (and leaving COVID out of it)

When I saw that the Telluride Bluegrass Festival was celebrating its 50th annual festival this year (2023), I had to pause and do some counting. Like so many events, the festival was cancelled in 2020—it would have marked the 47th annual occurrence. But they counted the year anyway—the next year was 48, 2022 was 49, … Continue reading On celebrating anniversaries as planned (and leaving COVID out of it) →

On the polished structure of Alvvays’ “Blue Rev”

The first time I listened to Alvvays' album Blue Rev, I made it through half the album before moving on. The MBV-style waves of distortion and fuzz (on many songs) made for a tough listen—tough in that the mix insists on your attention. In December, when all the best-of-year lists start rolling out, I was … Continue reading On the polished structure of Alvvays’ “Blue Rev” →

On making art in Japan as an American

An aspiring artist living in Japan my brother has spent the past several years developing his art network, meeting other artists and getting introductions to galleries and other plays in the Osaka and Tokyo art worlds. Recently, he'd been working on a series of pixel-style drawings of popular characters, including Japan's official "anime ambassador" (hard … Continue reading On making art in Japan as an American →