Kotsiuba
Reader & Writer

I dedicated this month to reading books personally recommended to me. Some were hits, others misses, but as always: a book passed along...

I've written before about wishing I'd let myself love sci-fi earlier (my braces, nasal spray, and frizzy hair seemed like enough against...

I just finished Freud's On Creative Writing and Daydreaming, as well as a handful of essays analysing his analysis. Freud's main focus is...

You should start a blog. No, really. I know, it seems like everyone has a medium nowadays: podcasts, Instagram platforms, LinkedIn...

I mean, I had to read it. Tabitha Carvan's book, on the surface, is about her midlife fascination with Cumberbatch: every film he's in,...

I'm in a weird spot. The war against Ukraine isn't "mine", even by generous definitions. Yes, I'm affected by it in that I can't go home,...

If your childhood was anything like mine, you heard a variation of the same idea on a daily basis: you become what you're around....

I don't like grey areas. I'm a planner; I prefer yes or no answers, clear guidelines, and written expectations. So why the hell am I in...

Most of May's pages were read in airports and metro stations, which is fitting: my feelings on these books are all over the place. 1....

...that I keep to myself. A good specialist knows what they're talking about. They also don't try to hide it. Hoarding doesn't create...

I became a better UX Writer once I started asking questions. My first month or so, I was afraid to ask anything; I thought it would...

I've visited 20 countries, lived in 2 (or is it 4? Does 6 weeks in Turkey count? How about 2 months in Bulgaria? Probably not, but they...

If you haven't watched HBO's Barry, stop reading and go binge all three seasons. Now. Spoilers for season three ahead. Barry is an...

Once you enter the world of UX, you can never go back. I can't open an app without having an opinion about its menu navigation. I...

I love finding product flows that can be massively improved with just a few changes in the copy. Some features take a lot of work–looking...

I've decided to start reflecting on what I've read over the past month to see if it affects what I read in the next. Hopefully it will...

Like any good English major, my first job after college was at my local library. I applied because I loved books, and wanted to be around...

It's a pandemic story, but hopeful. It's sci-fi, but also a romance, and a space opera, and...oh, about four other genres are packed in...

I'll choose a novel over a memoir or history book any day of the week, but I've come to love nonfiction nearly as much in the past few...

I admit it: I can be a bit of a book snob. If a series is ridiculously popular, I tend to turn my back on it. It look me forever to read...