i’ve spent years designing websites with whatever tools were available

now i’m slowly getting used to the fact that i can also make the tool

for this project i wanted to explore more directions for the brand

collecting references or creating each direction from scratch would already become a project of its own

so i built a small generator and started playing with it

each output gives me something to react to

keep this change that try one more

and then one combination suddenly feels like a direction worth following

it’s still rough and i keep finding small things to fix

but honestly this is the part i’m enjoying most

doing the design and building the tool that helps me explore different visual languages at the same time

Building the tool as part of the process is such a smart shift. Having something that generates directions you can react to changes the whole feeling of early-stage exploration - it's faster and less precious.

Department Workguides

Onboarding here is: “sit next to Sharon for a month.”

Great for culture. Risky for everything else.

A lot of teams are running on knowledge that lives in people, not in process.

The way things actually get done is scattered across habits, side conversations, old files, and whatever someone remembers when the next person asks.

That gets even messier once AI enters the picture.

Now the undocumented part isn’t just how the work happens — it’s also:

what people are allowed to use AI for

what information should never go into it

where human judgment still has to stay in control

and what the next person needs to know to work safely

I built Department Workguides for exactly that problem.

I turn scattered knowledge and unwritten AI rules into clear, practical guides your team can actually use.

What you get:

Capture what actually happens

Turn it into clear, usable guides

Include the unwritten AI rules

Reduce risk and speed up onboarding

The point is not to make your team depend on me forever. The point is to make the work clearer, more resilient, and easier to hand on.

Department Workguides — $1,800