Practice, Practice, Practice
As you become skilled in a task, its demand for energy diminishes. Studies of the brain have shown that the pattern of activity associated with…
I lead teams at the intersection of strategy and design. Autodidact. Polymath. Barbecue acolyte. I start fires (the good kind).
As you become skilled in a task, its demand for energy diminishes. Studies of the brain have shown that the pattern of activity associated with…
The psychology of accurate intuition involves no magic. Perhaps the best short statement of it is by the great Herbert Simon, who studied chess masters…
I love watching the process of creation, whether it's pixels or fermentation. While I enjoy a good scotch, bourbon has become my liquor of choice,…
Design can’t speak for itself any more than a tamale can take off its own husk. You’re presenting a solution to a business problem, and…
no company has a culture; every company is a culture. A startup is a team of people on a mission, and a good culture is…
Startups operate on the principle that you need to work with other people to get stuff done, but you also need to stay small enough…
The thing you want to buy reflects a different way of thinking, which has value, but that difference is at odds with the culture you…
We have a little tradition in the Jones house most night before bath time, that I truly love. We load up YouTube on the TV…
Here are a couple of my recent highlights from Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, which resonated with me. Pay attention to “core…
A comprehensive list of command line settings to tweak your Mac
Generate embeddable charts using Google sheets, optimized for Notion.
This looks handy…
A handy list of user-submitted ideas, projects, formulas etc. for Notion.
Test tech job posts for issues with sexism, culture, expectations, and recruiter fails.
Fascinating and a bit scary
An open and collaborative resource for understanding the complex economic, social, and cultural factors shaping the design practice today in the United States.
“six core needs researchers find are most important for humans at work”
an open source tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue, and Angular. It makes building stunning UIs organized and efficient.