Attempting to maintain some structure in my life with this weekly blog — With my undergraduate coursework finished and 9 months to go before I start grad school, I’ve decided to take a leave of absence from Penn for the spring semester! I’ll be on campus in an off-campus apartment in Philly but will not be taking classes. I also decided not to…

musings and reflections from my first ‘design’ hackathon — Originally published at https://jesstan.me on November 27, 2019. A few weeks ago, I traveled to Princeton University with my good friend Linda Ting to design at Rehack, the first ever collegiate reverse hackathon. We were challenged to “think deeply about [our] interactions with technology and redesign consumer tech products in…

Why I started to write about design — Originally published at https://jesstan.me on October 26, 2019. I’ve sat down to write my first blog post more times than I’d like to admit. Starting a blog to document my progress has been a goal of mine since starting college a year ago. …