Robot Loves Kitten

Why Does Robot Love Kitten? The name is an homage to the classic ASCII “zen simulation” game Robot Finds Kitten. To me, it’s as succinct a metaphor for the integration (and interdependence) of technology into our daily lives as I’ve discovered.

My name is Tim Barkow and I’m an experience designer and web developer. I have a background in art and journalism, which expresses itself through curiosity, a thirst for learning, and the ability to easily step into and understand users’ contexts and goals.

These days, I focus on UI and UX design. I usually take a more bootstrapped, lean approach to projects, creating enough documentation to support team needs, while moving to functional prototypes as quickly as possible and testing and interviewing actual customers.

My experience spans design, editorial, product strategy & management, and programming. I wrote and edited at Wired magazine, and led the technology news desk at Wired News. I’ve written for national magazines, including Wired, Inc., Fast Company, and more. In 2009, I co-founded online storytelling & web comix community SMITH magazine, creator of the NYTimes bestseller “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-word Memoirs By Writers Famous & Obscure”.

Contact me via robot {at} robotloveskitten(.)com