Mike Industries
A running commentary of occasionally interesting things — from Mike Davidson.
Mike Davidson
Recent past: VP of Design for Twitter. Previously: Newsvine, NBCNews, ESPN. Currently: Taking some time off.
Latest Posts
Clocking Back In… at InVision!
As a designer, I owe my entire livelihood to tools.
Design-Driven Companies. Are We There Yet?
It’s fashionable these days for companies to proclaim their commitment to great design.
An Epitaph for Newsvine
Today, the creation I am most proud to have brought into the world disappeared from the internet.
How To Give Helpful Product Design Feedback
It may seem hard to believe, but only a couple of decades ago, it was nearly impossible to provide feedback on new or redesigned products…
Combine: A Design Studio and Venture Fund in One
Today, a couple of friends of mine, Soleio Cuervo and Adam Michela, took the wraps off of their new design studio/venture fund Combine. I…
How To Ask for the Truth
“I’m really sorry to hear you are leaving. I wish I would have known you were unhappy.”
The Five-Tool Designer
As someone who has managed and worked with designers for most of my adult life, I get a lot of calls from people looking to check…
Books to Expand Your Perspective
Over the course of the last year since leaving Twitter to take some time off, I’ve managed to catch up on a ton of reading. Real reading…
Behavioral Targeting is Getting Scary
This fascinating article about how an “election management firm” — under contract with the GOP — mined social network data and used it to…
“Is This Helpful?”
The first book I checked off my list this year was one I had heard about thousands of times since I was little but never actually read…
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