Hi, I’m Chris. I’m a digital product designer based in Portland, Oregon.
My focus is on data product design and high-level design strategy. I’ve designed enterprise social platforms, consumer mobile apps and web-scale analytics products.
I’m currently working at the intersection of cloud computing and finance at Cloudability.
I’ve spoken on a variety of design topics at ASIS&T’s Information Architecture Summit, EuroIA, JiveWorld, and many local user experience and product design events. I’m the organizer of pdxUX, a 1,600+ strong group of UX professionals in Portland, OR.
When I’m not designing software, I can be found in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest skiing, climbing, or running.
This site is mostly about my mountain adventures, thoughts on product design, along with a few book reviews. Hope you enjoy reading!
I’m also here:
- http://linkedin.com/in/chrisrivard
- http://twitter.com/chrisrivard
- http://www.strava.com/athletes/chrisrivard
- http://instagram.com/chrisrivard
- https://angel.co/chrisrivard
- https://github.com/chrisrivard [fresh and new for 2018]
- https://github.com/clearwired [abandoned, lost my 2FA keys]
I can be reached at: clearwired @ gmail
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The blog title is named after the lyrical work by Gaston Rébuffat, the late French alpinist and mountain guide.
Rise early. Fix a time-table to which you must try to keep. One seldom regrets having made an early start, but one always regrets having set off too late; first for reasons of safety-the adage ‘it is later than you think’ is very true in the mountains-but also because of the strange beauty of the moment: the day comes to replace the night, the peaks gradually lighten, it is the hour of mystery but also of hope. Setting off by lantern-light, witnessing the birth of a new day as one climbs to meet the sun, this is a wonderful experience.
– Gaston Réfuffat
The header image was taken from Columbia Crest on Mt. Rainier during a successful summit climb of the Disappointment Cleaver route in July 2018.
