Karen Cheng

I’m going to try something different in this post. Up until now I’ve kept anything personal out of this blog, cause it’s meant to be more of a “professional” blog. You know, to keep people at arm’s length. My friend Amy recently pointed me a short article which says: when you have the choice between doing the scary thing or the safe thing, always do the scary thing. That’s how you grow as a person.

So here I go.

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520 or 90 is an app that helps Seattle drivers decide whether to take the 520 or 90 bridge by calculating time and cost. The first screen you see is simple. When we tested it, people knew how to use it. Looking at it, it seems pretty obvious that it should be designed this way, right?

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Back in 4th grade, I remember the teacher made us do a class exercise to write New Years resolutions. The kid next to me had written down a few, and turned to ask me how many I’d written. As I was furiously scribbling, I smugly announced: 27.

I guess I’ve always been pretty competitive. Sometimes it means I completely miss the point of what I’m doing. I doubt I followed through with any of the resolutions that year – if I did, it was probably by accident.

So how do we fare as adults? What percentage of people would you guess actually stick with their resolutions all the way through the year?

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