2 October 2025
The Creative Leadership Paradox
Creative • Design • Leadership
A designer who likes to write.
Selected posts
21 September 2025
The Value of Design Direction
10 August 2025
Systems Over Surfaces
AI • Design • Design Systems • Technology
Recent posts
26 September 2026
Making my website agent-ready
AI • Process • Technology
23 September 2026
Out of beta
6 September 2026
I Failed at YouTube
Archive
2 September 2026
How we rebuilt my website
8 August 2026
All in on AI
AI • Design • Leadership
1 January 2026
Welcome to 2026
19 December 2025
December 2025 Site Updates
15 November 2025
Digital Shaped a New Kind of Creative Director
Career • Creative • Design • Leadership
13 November 2025
Creative Direction vs Creative Director
Career • Creative • Leadership
30 October 2025
There should be outrage
30 October 2025
Leadership Is Earned Through Experience
23 October 2025
The Overlooked Sidebar UI
17 October 2025
Living in the Maker’s Mind
16 October 2025
Onboarding is everyone’s job
15 October 2025
Moving On Professionally
14 October 2025
What DJs Taught Me About Valuing Design
14 October 2025
Career Insurance
10 October 2025
Products Need Vision
Creative • Design • Leadership
8 October 2025
Content Builds Communities
8 October 2025
Apps in ChatGPT Will Redefine Interaction
8 October 2025
Opportunity and Talent
3 October 2025
Product Producers
2 October 2025
The Creative Leadership Paradox
Creative • Design • Leadership
24 September 2025
Adaptive Interfaces Powered by AI
AI • Design • Design Systems • Development • UI
22 September 2025
Design Growth After Hours
21 September 2025
The Value of Design Direction
7 September 2025
Let Designers Design
4 September 2025
Today I turned 50
3 September 2025
Design is the problem to solve
1 September 2025
Good Work Attracts Good Work
27 August 2025
Startups, You Don’t Need a CDO Yet
26 August 2025
Design Was the Skillset I Chose
19 August 2025
Does your CV tell me what you actually do?
18 August 2025
Halfway Through My 90-Day Video Challenge
10 August 2025
Systems Over Surfaces
AI • Design • Design Systems • Technology
5 August 2025
We Dance The Freelance
4 August 2025
Digital creatives it’s time to move on
3 August 2025
Create the Future of Design
31 July 2025
Recruiters should be talent agents
30 July 2025
The client is your friend
25 July 2025
Interviews Should Be Conversations
22 July 2025
Beyond the Job Title
18 July 2025
Stop. Collaborate. And Listen.
Design • Development • Process
17 July 2025
My Cookie Popup Fantasy
Online • Technology • Thoughts • UI • UX • Worthy Causes
16 July 2025
Building my site with AI
13 July 2025
The Designers Code
12 July 2025
In Good Company
Career • Creative • Design • Leadership
11 July 2025
Design Systems Should Power Prototypes
7 July 2025
The Writings on the Wall
4 July 2025
Back to Working Together
3 July 2025
Considering Fractional Leadership
Creative • Design • Leadership
1 July 2025
Learning and Leading by Design
25 June 2025
Agencies need to learn to surf the AI tsunami
Advertising • AI • Creative
21 June 2025
How to Get Hired After Graduating
19 June 2025
Beyond Design Systems
AI • Brands • Design • Design Systems • Writing
16 June 2025
Performance Is Professionalism
Design • Development • Process • Products
13 June 2025
A designer who likes to write
12 June 2025
The Death of the UX Title
11 June 2025
Whining Doesn’t Build Anything
8 June 2025
The Invisible Interface
7 June 2025
Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right
6 June 2025
The True Weight of Creative Leadership
Creative • Design • Leadership
5 June 2025
Don’t Make My Portfolio Mistakes
4 June 2025
Keeping Remote Teams Connected
Culture • Design • Leadership
2 June 2025
Show Don’t Tell
30 May 2025
Be a Kind Creative
Creative • Culture • Design • Leadership • Life
28 May 2025
A Cautionary Tale for Designers Who Want to Lead
27 May 2025
Invisible AI, Visible Impact
26 May 2025
Your Next Creative Shift
22 May 2025
The Missing Brief
21 May 2025
Fly Your Own Flag
Advertising • Agency • Agency Culture • Awards • Social Media
19 May 2025
What They Won’t Teach You at Design School
16 May 2025
Creatives Need a Manager
15 May 2025
Balancing Time, Freedom, and Output
14 May 2025
The Three Piece Portfolio
13 May 2025
Build Your Backup Plan Before You Need It
12 May 2025
Your Product Agency Is a Dev Shop
Agency • Design • Development • Products
8 May 2025
The Best Creative Leaders Are Experienced
Creative • Design • Leadership
7 May 2025
Is Serving Algorithms the New 9–5?
6 May 2025
Creative Leaders, Speak Up About Equality
5 May 2025
Good Enough to Best
2 May 2025
Why I Wear Black T-Shirts
1 May 2025
CEO’s Your Design Team is Broken
Culture • Design • Leadership
30 April 2025
Why I Write on LinkedIn
29 April 2025
What Do I Call Myself Now?
Career • Design • Leadership
28 April 2025
Designers, Let’s Talk
27 April 2025
Doing Creative Work, Daily
26 April 2025
Built On Quality
25 April 2025
Be a Monday Person
24 April 2025
Ignorant, by design
23 April 2025
Not Just Designers
22 April 2025
From Pixel Pusher to Problem Solver
21 April 2025
Where are the groupies?
20 April 2025
Show Me the Autonomy, Not the Money
19 April 2025
The Open Plan Office Is Killing Creativity
19 April 2025
Be a Good Design Leader
18 April 2025
The Truth About Career Gaps
17 April 2025
Relax, It’s just a Job
16 April 2025
What I Want AI to Do for Me
9 April 2025
Week 15 – 2025
9 March 2025
Why I Don’t Want to Start a Business Now
8 February 2025
My Journey Growing LEGO Channels
Content • Lego • Social Media
13 December 2024
Week 50 – 2024
29 October 2024
Bali 2024 – Week 3 & 4
21 October 2024
My 2024 Social Media Count
18 October 2024
Exploring Rives Potential
17 October 2024
Advice for Non-US Designers
16 October 2024
Bali 2024 – Week 2
15 October 2024
Imposter Syndrome Doesn’t Resonate with Me
8 October 2024
Bali 2024 – Week 1
28 September 2024
Week 39 – 2024
20 September 2024
September Site Update
14 September 2024
Week 37 – 2024
7 September 2024
Week 36 – 2024
3 September 2024
I quit smoking 21 years ago
27 August 2024
Using AI to Build My Site
11 August 2024
Design’s AI Revolution
AI • Design • Technology
8 August 2024
A Book Apart is Closed
7 August 2024
AI writing tools
27 July 2024
Week 30 – 2024
24 July 2024
Portfolio Updates
18 July 2024
July 2024 Updates
21 June 2024
3 Years at MOHARA
17 June 2024
AI logo experiments
17 June 2024
Reviving my sites design
25 May 2024
Week 21 – 2024
11 May 2024
Week 19 – 2024
27 April 2024
Week 17 – 2024
13 April 2024
Week 15 – 2024
30 March 2024
Week 13 – 2024
2 March 2024
Week 9 – 2024
3 February 2024
Week 5 – 2024
13 January 2024
Week 2 – 2024
6 January 2024
Week 1 – 2024
30 December 2023
Week 52 2023
25 December 2023
Week 49 2023
30 November 2023
Week 48 2023
22 November 2023
Week 47 2023
3 November 2023
New YouTube Channel
20 September 2023
10 Vital Hacks for the Active 40-Something-Year-Old
14 September 2023
7 latest books read to me
10 September 2023
Farewell Media Temple
26 May 2020
People Over Profit
25 May 2020
A Decade of Responsive Web Design
16 May 2020
Make America Safe Again
15 May 2020
The rebellious loner
14 May 2020
Remote should be the norm
13 May 2020
Random thoughts during the pandemic
5 April 2020
Live Lightly
31 March 2020
This is everything
28 March 2020
Simply fall in love with life
27 March 2020
An imagined letter from Corona to Humans
27 March 2020
Just Pause
21 March 2020
Back on Twitter
20 March 2020
COVID-19
17 March 2020
Recording your life
6 March 2020
RIP Boosted Boards
22 February 2020
Moldy Whopper
21 February 2020
LEGO Masters
21 February 2020
Coca-Cola Feel It
20 February 2020
Durex Rebrand
19 February 2020
Durex Font
14 February 2020
Do what you love
13 February 2020
Selling Out
Design • Technology • Videos
11 February 2020
Content Designer
10 February 2020
Versioning & Visioning
9 February 2020
Portfolio Critique
8 February 2020
Ideas
7 February 2020
Power Outage
5 February 2020
Digital Minimalism
4 February 2020
Dan Mace Remixes
Inspiration • Maker • Music • People • Videos
4 February 2020
Design Leadership
Design • Leadership • Videos
3 February 2020
Freelancing
2 February 2020
Be a kind Designer
Design • Inspiration • Leadership • Self Development • Thoughts • Videos
1 February 2020
What is an ECD?
Career • Design • Leadership • Videos • Vlogging
1 February 2020
Struggle
31 January 2020
Free Year in NYC
30 January 2020
DoubleTake
Apps • Technology • Videos
29 January 2020
Do you need talent?
28 January 2020
Pantone’s Color of the Year
26 January 2020
Working Remotely
Career • Design • Leadership • Remote
25 January 2020
IGTV is failing
Apps • Social Media • Videos • Vlogging
24 January 2020
Unknown wisdom
23 January 2020
Fear of flying
Drones • Geek • Technology
22 January 2020
Design Books
21 January 2020
Be my friend
20 January 2020
TGIM
19 January 2020
I need your questions
18 January 2020
Internet is broken
17 January 2020
Brian Feeney Quotes
16 January 2020
2020 Design Trends
15 January 2020
An Ordinary Life
14 January 2020
Forgot to blog … again
10 January 2020
The Sneaker Shack
8 January 2020
How to design with content
7 January 2020
Oops … I forgot to blog
4 January 2020
Binge Watching Casey Neistat
3 January 2020
Weekly or Daily vlogs?
2 January 2020
366 1 second videos
1 January 2020
My 2020 Goals
26 October 2019
Help plant 20 million trees
24 September 2019
You’ve got to show up
6 July 2019
The world needs a tech diet
3 July 2019
2019 MacBook Pro wishlist
28 June 2019
Google’s Creative Canvas
27 June 2019
2019 Product Design Hiring Report
20 June 2019
RecordScreen.io
20 June 2019
Swiss Miss
19 June 2019
Three Things Matter
18 June 2019
Sustainable Web Manifesto
31 December 2018
50 things I’m grateful for in 2018
Inspiration • Life • Thoughts
18 December 2018
Bali
Adventure • Craig Jamieson • Inspiration • Life • Thoughts • Travel
18 May 2018
London Day Trip
17 May 2018
New York 2018
6 May 2018
London 2018
22 February 2018
I’ve started vlogging
Blogging • Craig Jamieson • Design • Leadership • Thoughts • Vlogging • Writing
13 January 2018
What is a design system?
Design • Design Systems • Development • Process • Products • Style Guides
12 January 2018
GoPro, Pros & Cons
Cameras • Photography • Technology • Videos
9 January 2018
Do more in 2018
Adventure • Blogging • Craig Jamieson • Inspiration • Life • Maker • Thoughts • Travel
24 December 2017
2017 Site Maintenance
Blogging • Craig Jamieson • Design • Development • Writing
23 December 2017
Live the Adventure
Adventure • Inspiration • Life • Maker • Travel • Worthy Causes
23 October 2017
Let the Connection Be What It Is
28 August 2017
New York 2017
28 April 2017
Freelance TV
Business • Career • Craig Jamieson • Design
20 April 2017
Lego minifigure display
31 January 2017
System design: Block builders
Design • Development • Products • Strategy • Style Guides • UI • UX
20 January 2017
Designers: learn to code
12 January 2017
KLM iFly 50
Design • Development • Finds • Inspiration • Online • Travel
3 January 2017
Intentions for 2017
31 December 2016
50 Things 2016
Adventure • Books • Design • Education • Events • Finds • Fitness • Geek • Hacks • Health • Inspiration • Life • Movies • Nutrition • Play • Social • Social Media • Thoughts
29 December 2016
Launch It
22 December 2016
5 Admin things to do for 2017
28 October 2016
Transparency
Advertising • Career • Craig Jamieson • Design • Digiguru • Education • Inspiration • Leadership • Life • Thoughts
24 October 2016
Creative Mornings
Career • Design • Education • Hacks • Inspiration • Leadership • Thoughts
31 August 2016
41 Charity Water Campaign
12 August 2016
Living style guides for new team members
6 August 2016
Freelance Creative Director Success
4 August 2016
Design Disruptors
1 August 2016
50+ Things they won’t teach you at Design School
Career • Design • Education • Hacks • Inspiration • Leadership • Life • Online • Thoughts
26 July 2016
Designer Ego
16 July 2016
What makes you tick?
14 July 2016
LinkedIn username
13 July 2016
Why I subscribe to UX, but don’t call myself a UX Designer
17 June 2016
Mobile Input Types
Development • Finds • iOS • Mobile
16 June 2016
Purpose
Finds • Inspiration • Life • Quotes • Thoughts
10 June 2016
Learn all about Type
Finds • Hacks • Inspiration • Online • Tutorials
9 June 2016
National Freelancers Day
2 June 2016
It’s ok to …
Finds • Hacks • Inspiration • Leadership • Life • Thoughts • Tutorials • Workspaces
30 May 2016
The most important meal of the day
19 May 2016
Web Designers in 2016
Career • Design • Development • Online
22 April 2016
How to BOLD text in your messages
14 February 2016
Day of love
7 January 2016
The Letters of Gratitude
1 January 2016
Hello 2016
Adventure • Events • Fitness • Health • Inspiration • Play • Social • Thoughts • Travel
31 December 2015
15 epic moments in 2015
Adventure • Career • Fitness • Health • Inspiration • Life • Play • Thoughts • Travel
14 October 2015
2 out of 3 device updates from Apple
4 October 2015
3 device updates I’d like to see from Apple
25 September 2015
iOS CarPlay UX Fail
4 August 2015
Be Kind. Expect nothing in return.
31 July 2015
Fuck Lorem Ipsum
24 July 2015
The 32-Hour Workweek
Agency Culture • Culture • Education • Hacks • Inspiration • Life
28 June 2015
Nobody Tells This To Beginners
Career • Design • Inspiration • Process
27 June 2015
GOBAG
22 June 2015
The color of Craig Jamieson
17 June 2015
Freelancing Creative Director Failure
Advertising • Agency Culture • Career • Design • Development • Education • Leadership • Thoughts • Writing
13 June 2015
Spoken
31 May 2015
Humility
30 May 2015
10 Years Ago
25 May 2015
Shorty Interview
22 May 2015
Pursue the things you love doing
19 May 2015
Available for hire
17 May 2015
2015 Web Design Trends
Design • Development • Inspiration • Technology • UI • UX
15 May 2015
Make it easy to give
6 May 2015
Professional websites on a small budget
4 May 2015
Star Wars Day
26 April 2015
7 Supplements
18 April 2015
Learn to study
Career • Design • Development • Inspiration
12 April 2015
Social recognition for online learning
11 April 2015
Reducing phone reach
Life • Mobile • Social Media • Technology
8 April 2015
Writing badly
7 April 2015
Productivity & being chained to your desk
Agency Culture • Career • Culture • Design • Leadership • Process • Thoughts
25 March 2015
Non-responsive web design
Design • Development • General • Mobile • Technology • UI • UX
18 March 2015
The only thing that’s constant, is change
4 March 2015
11 Lives
Career • Design • Digiguru • Inspiration • Leadership • Strategy • UI • UX
3 March 2015
Material Wealth
Apps • Design • Development • Inspiration • Mobile • Strategy • Technology • Tutorials • UI • UX
28 August 2014
Creative in Business
Advertising • Agency Culture • Business • Culture • Process
23 August 2014
Increasing Followers on Twitter
8 August 2014
Focus on the project, not awards
Advertising • Agency Culture • Career • Culture • Design • Development • Inspiration • Play • Process
18 July 2014
Legocy
Advertising • Design • Development • Inspiration • Play • Worthy Causes
3 June 2014
Handoff
8 May 2014
Add a domain as your location in Instagram
6 May 2014
Treehouse
3 March 2014
Minifig Mondays
8 January 2014
Use the force wisely you must
31 December 2013
The better part of 2013
Advertising • Culture • Events • Inspiration • Social Media • Sport • Technology
6 December 2013
Nelson Mandela
20 November 2013
Crafting Digital
Advertising • Agency Culture • Design • Development • Inspiration • Technology
22 October 2013
Not so appy
9 October 2013
Tossing Tables
Advertising • Agency Culture • Business • Culture • Workspaces
30 July 2013
Donate to Charity Water
24 July 2013
Bean counting …
15 July 2013
FNB site redesign
Design • Development • Digiguru • Mobile • Process • Social Media
15 July 2013
Clone Wars
12 June 2013
Don’t be a square
12 April 2013
Friday free social media tips
5 April 2013
Academy of Design Professionals
3 April 2013
My current Audible books
9 February 2013
Harlem Shake Agency Challenge
30 January 2013
The Digital Diet
General • Mobile • Technology
9 January 2013
Downsizing
7 January 2013
7 things I’d like to see in digital for 2013
Business • Design • Development • Social Media • Strategy
31 December 2012
Reflecting on 2012
21 November 2012
Fighting words!
26 March 2012
Tips when naming images for SEO
15 March 2012
An alternate approach to building a website
Design • Development • Process
12 March 2012
My current Kindle reads
Books • Design • Development • Inspiration • Process • Strategy
9 March 2012
FNB are quick to respond but are they responsive?
Apps • Design • Development • Digiguru • Social Media • Technology
17 February 2012
Social Media Etiquette
9 January 2012
2012 resolutions need not be a revolution
31 December 2011
2011 a short look back
Business • Career • Digiguru • Digital Monarchy • General • Inspiration • Social Media • Technology
9 December 2011
What clients need to know about time
Business • Design • Development • Process
31 October 2011
Social Responsibility
21 October 2011
Why I don’t care much for SEO
12 October 2011
The brilliance of 140 characters
1 October 2011
My current iBooks reads
Books • Design • Development
20 September 2011
Digital Copywriting
Agency Culture • Blogging • Career • Social Media • Technology • Writing
14 September 2011
Digital Monarchy website
25 August 2011
2011 September Birthday Campaign
15 July 2011
Friday finds + friendly tips
Design • Development • General • Social Media • Technology
9 July 2011
Is Google+ the first real social network?
4 July 2011
Google+ first impressions
3 July 2011
Remember to be more social & less social media
30 June 2011
Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte
Books • Design • Development • Process • Tutorials
24 June 2011
Design Professionalism
16 June 2011
Business advice I should have taken
31 May 2011
Get your head out of the clouds
13 May 2011
F*ck You. Pay Me.
30 April 2011
Digiguru 2011
Books • Design • Development • Digiguru
29 April 2011