I’m bringing Perpendicular Angel Design to the forefront of my career starting in December of 2024.
The short-short explanation is that:
- There are multiple members of my family whose disabilities have worsened in the last 12 months.
- While most of us picture “caregiving” as handling the basic activities of daily living (ADLs) like eating or dressing the person involved, it’s actually the instrumental activities — managing medical appointments, managing the household, etc. — that eat up a ton of time.
- Those same activities mostly have to be done during “standard work hours” because the specialists we see work the same hours we do.
I’ve reached a point where it’s more important for me to project manage the Gibson house than it is for me to project manage a design system or a financial product.
But people gotta eat, right? The bills won’t pay themselves and the Mega Millions is stubbornly not picking my numbers.
Over the next few months you’ll see activity ramp up here, as I take on (and look for) what I call “odd jobs”.
Get in touch if…
- You want someone to consult on a startup you’re building, or provide (light!) design work.
- You’d like me to present a talk based on An Alphabet of Accessibility to your organization.
- You need someone to thoughtfully content audit or migrate some content from A to B for 10 hours a week.
- You haven’t touched your portfolio in two years and your employer’s hinting at layoffs.
- You want to migrate off of WordPress. (I’m still working on this one! Large learning curves ahead!)
- Something else! Let me know!
I’ve been doing freelance design and development work on occasion since the Geocities days, so when you reach out, you’ll know that you’re speaking to someone who cares about quality, accessibility, and common sense design. I look forward to it!
