Morgan HolzerInterview
Information architect (NYPL)
Adapted from Morgan Holzer's interview on Uses This, published 29 April 2014. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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I have giant red headphones from Urban Beatz that dwarf my head but keep out noise nicely.
Markers and Paper Mate Flair felt-tipped rainbow pens for color coding, children's craft scissors, string, sticky notes.
I write a lot in pencil, and the Paper Mate Pink Pearl eraser is sometimes my best friend.
Productivity
Almost all of my work ends up in some sort of Google Doc or Sheet.
Notes
Design
I use Balsamiq for all of my wireframes.
Media
Desktop Rdio set to a random song station every morning means one day I'm listening to Pavarotti and the next it's rappers who sample 70s soul music.
Storage
Other
I really like OptimalSort for online card sorting as well.
SurveyMonkey is great for getting real-time feedback from Library staff and patrons, and I really love the filtering options in the admin.
Some days I feel like I am knee-deep in Google Analytics for the site.