asianamericapodcast.com/2025/11/ep-5... @vickiheart.bsky.social has written "Ask This Book a Question" which harnesses the power of #cognitivebias and #storytelling to make smarter decisions.

exploring some spreads for the card deck version of my book! 🃏depending on the nature of your question… draw 1 card for a quick gut check draw 3 for a big decision draw 5 for a life transition, and answer w/ a friend draw 13 for an irreversible life decision and answer w/ three different people 💫

On dealing with uncertainty – I had such a lovely chat with Carissa on the @peopleiveloved podcast about my book, “Ask This Book a Question" In her words, "🎱 it’s part magic 8 ball, part tarot, and part cognitive science 🔮" substack.com/@peopleivelo...

join me at San Francisco @creativemornings.bsky.social this Friday morning for a little adventure through space and time 🌀 no ai, just my crappy human drawings 👩🏻‍🎨 📆 august 15th ☕️ coffee pours at 8:30, talk begins at 9 sharp 📍 frog design rsvp here: creativemornings.com/talks/vicki-...

i'm curious – what is your relationship to wrath? i'm working on a little interactive flow (draft) and wondering if this makes sense as a way to understand and transform the feeling of wrath. what options am i missing? what could be better?

i'm working on a little piece about wrath!🔥 i was curious, what is folks' relationship with wrath? how would you describe the feeling? what causes you to feel wrathful? what happens when you feel it?

💫 @designobserver.com challenged me to write an interactive article to answer a question they are grappling with right now... "The world feels unpredictable, and everyone is overwhelmed. How can I design, create, and lead at a time like this?" 〰️ Take a peek! designobserver.com/how-can-i-de...

easy isometric pixel art is still coming... with a ton of new features! create anything with easymetric soon on @aseprite.org

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

How fun! My friend @christin.bsky.social (and ‪@wysr.xyz) reviewed my book Ask This Book a Question on their weekly show, OK Banger 🤩🤪🤭 "If you have a giant dog you will be stopped every 30 seconds to be asked the same questions over and over again" ฅ՞•ﻌ•՞ฅ www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5fT...

Hi SF Bay Area friends💫 I’ll be doing a little book talk at Blackbird Bookstore in the Outer Sunset tomorrow at 7pm 🙂‍↕️ Grab some hookfish, come hang, let’s talk about your life questions! #books #booktalk #sf

How I wrote a book, and why you should do that thing you’ve been wanting to do 🫶🏼 Ask This Book a Question is available now! Swing by your local bookstore and ask them to order it 🫶🏼✨ #design #bookstagram #book #books #process #illustration #graphicdesign #diy #writing

heyyy book friends, config friends, all friends! i'll be doing a little book talk On Waverly in SF Chinatown on May 9! would love to see you all there ✨ thethirdplace.is/event/book-t...

Thank you Rob Alderson and Design Week for a lovely feature of ASK THIS BOOK A QUESTION (UK paperback)! www.designweek.co.uk/pinterest-de...

I can hardly believe they are here! Unboxing these beauts 🤩

Hiiii! I’m doing a little AMA + book giveaway on Tuesday at 10am PST with ⁦‪@designbetterpod‬⁩ 🥰 If you want a free ticket, go to crowdcast.io/c/vickitan and use the code "dbfriend” ✨

Great convo on a truly unique and incredible book! @vickiheart.bsky.social’s ASK THIS BOOK A QUESTION is part memoir, part walkthrough of key ideas in behavioral psych, part Choose Your Own Adventure decision support tool. My fave book of the young year! theycallusbruce.libsyn.com/they-call-us...

Sometimes a project has to go through a few wildly different iterations before it finds its final home✨

my book is coming out in exactly 3 weeks!🌟 would you consider pre-ordering it? pre-orders in the weeks before the book’s publish date are super important. they tell the publisher and retailer that it's important to have them in stock and print more! ⛓ penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746335...

did not get the group photo memo

What if helpful books were as easy to use, as interactive, as personalized as our digital products are? I wanted to make an illustrated book because I felt like so much helpful information is trapped inside boring-ish books 🥱

I have the most amazing creative friends who are helping me shoot a trailer for my book!!! 🤩🙂‍↕️✨

yawning causes the tensor tympani muscle to contract, which pulls on the eardrum and dampens sound vibrations. this natural noise cancelling makes it so that when you yawn while wearing noise cancelling headphones, it cancels the noise cancelling headphones too 😂

Take a peeeek at the illustrations I drew for my book! 🥰

the manual labor of riso — separating channels, testing colors, alignment, mistakes, surprises, paper jams — make it all the more special when your the print is finally done✨

last night, i had the pleasure of giving a guest lecture at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design (PolyU Design)!! as someone who didn’t study design in school, this is a real proud moment 🤩 i am a big fan of finding your own way for doing whatever you want

just playing around with a little companion site to the book! think it would be fun to have modes based on states of water: calm, misty, downpour 🌧️

yesterday was International Day of Women and Girls in Science! i studied a soft science and then became a soft designer 😂 and I’m fascinated with blending it all here’s a wip flow chart shows how reframing cognitive bias could gently, curiosity help us learn to make more self coherent decisions✨

My favorite new place to sit and read is the Mill Valley library 🥰

TIL hummingbirds have special feathers with layers of hollow, air-filled structures called melanosomes. As light hits the top layer of the barbule, it refracts through a thin layer of transparent keratin and hits the top layer of melanosomes, cresting iridescence similar to soap bubbles!

I have an unspoken deal with my dog that when I get myself a snack, he gets a treat and it just works out for everyone involved

designing a book cover is hard 🤠

spent yesterday in the studio, printing these little Charlie bookmarks for book launch✨ it’s so satisfying learning something newish that makes use of skills you already have! feeling those synapses grow little new sprouts as I try to figure out what color and stroke need to be punched out 🌱

Chinese moms always calling you out for your weight. Even if you’re a dog. And it’s a bookmark 😂

Was eating baby carrots and almost ate my earplugs

I’ve been appending all my perplexity queries with “contemplative prompting” that I found somewhere on the internet and it’s waaay better

workplace crew doing a great job with the lunar new year citrus display! 🍊

brb discharging my negative ions as the beach

So many oranges and lemons in my moms suburban neighborhood! 🍊 I wonder how neighbors could signal they want to share or get help picking if they do? Seems like a good work/trade! 💛

💡 Why did a designer write a book about decision-making? Because I noticed that many of us lack a clear understanding of how to choose in a way that that genuinely aligns with what we want. By "redesigning" cognitive biases, I reframe how they can help us make more intentional, self-aware choices.

If AI is going to make things easier, pls make them easier for moms and caretakers! I was disappointed at the Perplexity Assistant examples of a single man watches sci-fi, goes on a date, reads behavioral science book, texts male friend, watches a bball game Same tech, could be much more impactful

in retrospect I think it may have been a mistake to make the work machine and the procrastination machine be the same machine

Found our light at the Headlands Center for the Arts

I don’t want operator or assistant or max! I want better ways to deeply connect, to show I care, for meaningful time — not just more time. I think history has shown us that more convenience does not bring quality time. These ai companies are making things easier. Who’s making things better?

The best gift — a hand proofed sourdough loaf made with love over 48 hrs from a starter named Cindy Loafer jk I made that last part up✨

Found a white duck billed platypus on the sidewalk

Made a prototype of a little display bookshelf to celebrate the prototype of my book arriving! 📘 I love how simple it is. The thin lips are cut from the plywood back, giving some of itself so it can support its own purpose ☀️

Who wore it better?

My mom just got eye surgery and her friends came over to keep her company. Everyone put on sunglasses including Charlie, who looks like an accidental mafia boss 😎