I'm Nick Disabato, but you can call me nickd.

Support Distance on Kickstarter.

I'm a product designer and publisher from Chicago, which is the best city in the world. I like good beer, classic techno, thinking about how people read, mentoring, long walks on the beach, Twitter, and .

Projects:

  1. Distance (Twitter).
    A place for us to write and read better. Support us on Kickstarter.
  2. Cadence & Slang (Twitter).
    A small book about interaction design.
  3. You are Destroying the English Language.
    Woefully arranged words.
  4. Shitty Portmanteaux.
    Precisely what it sounds like.
  5. Butt Firkin.
    A beer blog with my awesome girlfriend.

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I write stuff on my blog, but I also occasionally save links to Pinboard and images to Dribbble. I have an account on Flickr, but I don't update it very much anymore. I also have a vCard.

Recent talks include…
October 2011: SketchCamp Chicago (handout)
October 2011: O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo (slides)
April 2011: Refresh Chicago
March 2011: SxSW Interactive (slides)
February 2011: UX Book Club