Rob HoughinPrototyprDesigning at a Startup vs Designing at a Big CompanyMost of my career I’ve worked for startups or small agencies. I wanted to take the leap to a bigger company, so decided to go work at a…5 min read·Feb 4, 2021----
Rob HoughinPrototyprStop Estimating Your Design WorkHuman beings are terrible at guessing. Our ability to estimate is awful because we’re biased creatures. Our inclinations and opinions are…3 min read·Nov 18, 2020--1--1
Rob HoughStop designing pages. Start doing this instead.Reading technology has come a long way. A few thousand years ago, the first books were comprised of clay slab tablets, which were replaced…4 min read·Mar 4, 2020----
Rob HoughThe old agency model is dead.Businesses are getting higher and higher customer demands. Doesn’t matter what industry you’re in, you’re competing against the likes of…·2 min read·Feb 20, 2020----
Rob HoughVenture Capital for the PeopleThis week, 163 leading academics and economists including Thomas Pikkety wrote a letter to Financial Times to support Labours radical…6 min read·Nov 27, 2019----
Rob HoughThe Scientific Method for BusinessDone well, Design can be a scientific method for making better decisions, faster.6 min read·Oct 30, 2019----
Rob HoughWhy do we hate taxes so much?An argument why taxes shouldn’t be an assault on your liberty, but a willing social responsibility to build a better future.6 min read·Aug 29, 2019----
Rob HoughWe don’t need false optimism, we need radically new ideas.As quickly as he bumbled into Downing Street, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson™ was talking about ‘optimism’ and ‘a can do attitude’. It…5 min read·Jul 30, 2019----
Rob HoughWorkplaces should be a democracy, not a dictatorship.‘The history of human growth and development is at the same time the history of the terrible struggle of every new idea heralding the…4 min read·Jul 9, 2019----
Rob HoughAs we shift politically rightward, accepted liberal ideas become radical. Embrace it.Last week, I heard drive time UK radio station Smooth FM declare John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ as number 1 in it’s Top 100 Best Songs. For what…4 min read·Jun 27, 2019----
