Despite all this, the world expects my skills and experiences to fit into a single title: Product Designer.
What a reduction.
The problem with profiles
Professional social networks capture a two-dimensional slice of who you are. LinkedIn shows your job history. Dribbble shows your visual work. Neither captures the full picture.
Most people maintain so many interest-specific profiles that new startups exist just to aggregate them all. Have we reached peak identity-fragmentation?
Enter the changelog
A good changelog sits in the Goldilocks zone between a feed and a static post. It's not as noisy as a commit stream or Twitter feed, and it's not as stale as blog posts or LinkedIn job changes.
At their best, changelogs are bite-sized updates—a few sentences at most—that can be easily skimmed and understood.
Why this format works
The professional networks of today are stuck on either side of this fidelity sweet spot: too noisy or too static.
A personal changelog lets you:
- Write a few sentences about what you're up to
- Organize updates in a way that gives people a real sense of what you're all about
- Feel more meaningful than tweets but not as stale as a resume
What goes in a changelog?
Everything that represents your work and interests:
- Projects you're building
- Skills you're learning
- Things you've shipped
- Events you've attended or hosted
- Ideas you're exploring
The practice
The exact format doesn't matter. What matters is having a living document that evolves with you—one that shows your professional and creative momentum over time.
Your resume is static. Your Twitter is noisy. Your personal changelog can be just right.