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How it Ought to Be
There is a quote I came across some years ago that stayed with me: “We don’t design things for what they are, but for how they ought to be.” It struck me because it capt…
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Great Products Have Soul
Great products are not accidents. They are not created by rushing something into the market, copying what others are doing, or trying to make noise with weak ideas wrapp…
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Organising things to be useful to humans
Some people choose missions that sound dramatic when said out loud. Saving humanity. Building the future. Reinventing industries. Mine sounds quieter, almost unimpressiv…
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How What We Eat Affects Our Work
Most people underestimate how much their output is tied to what they eat. They think productivity is about discipline, motivation, or tools. That’s the surface layer. Th…
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As a man thinketh, the Book
I’ve been reading As a Man Thinketh for about a year now. Not continuously. More like returning to it. The way you revisit something you suspect is important, even if yo…
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About Closed and Open systems
Most discussions about open vs closed systems start in the wrong place. They begin with ideology; freedom, control, community, ownership. But that’s not where the real d…
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On Taste
Yesterday I saw a new update to a system. The update was poorly implemented. Certain parts of the system didn’t work anymore. Simple things broke, which suggested the up…
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How Consistency and Cohesion Build Unbreakable Identity
In 1998, when the iMac was introduced, it did not just look different. It sounded different. The name was soft, almost playful. A lowercase “i” attached to a familiar wo…
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Why Experience Is Worth the Pain
In January 1984, a young man in a black bow tie stood on a stage and pulled a small beige box out of a bag. The room erupted. The machine spoke: “Hello.” It was the Maci…
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