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The screen isn’t the attention thief; it’s merely the scene of the crime.
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It is not constant effort that delivers results but a kind of constant, patient, unhurried focus that organizes the investigator’s attention when at work and is present but watchful during periods of ease.
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- What Tech Calls Thinking
- The Lessons of History
- The Will of the Many
- Red Rising
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The famous knock against tech startups is that about 90 percent of them seem aimed at answering the question, “What things isn’t my mom doing for me anymore?”
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“Toys are really not as innocent as they look. Toys and games are the preludes to serious ideas.” — Charles Eames
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Bookmarks
theprocessThis is the process. Every day sketches, brainfarts and ideas flying
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At this point - vibe coding is pretty much my entire design process
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Design for the journey, not just the destination. Don’t lament about the MVP—own it.
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What holds you back is rarely team size – it's the clarity of your focus, skill and ability to execute.
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Reading
A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain
Show Your Work
A weird thing has happened in software design. We seem to have largely decided that showing the exhaustive process of design is impressive.
AI-First Products Will Win
Maybe not today, maybe you have some lock-in for now. But in a taste test the focused product will win, and eventually that is going to matter.