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To be creative is not to execute a preconceived idea; it is to continually learn, discover, and try out new possibilities. It is to pursue vulnerability—to embrace not knowing what to do.

Visual Inspiration

Product Inspiration

I love 37 Signals & when I saw Hey I dived right in. It's great, of course.

But what I'm excited about right now is what's coming next:

It's time to share that we're working on something big and new for HEY.

A calendar. The top request.

HEY Email isn't email like everyone else's email, and the HEY Calendar isn't like everyone else's calendar. It's very HEY.

Human Inspiration

Bret Victor

Another incredible designer with a big goal:

I intend to invent a humane medium in which the thinkers of the next century will see, understand, and create systems.

Bret is Founder & Design Lead at DynamicLand. Just check out that CV.

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Reading "The first 10 years of your career are for learning what you want to do. The next 10 are for getting great at it. The next 10 are for making an impact and making money.” The worst-case scenario is someone looking up to pop stars or athletes for

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Reading Career paths aren’t linear progressions. They’re complex graphs of relationships, often invisible until you step back and map them. Each node represents not just a job or a skill, but a person who took a chance, offered guidance, or simply showed up at the right moment. Don’

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Reading * This great story about how the calculator was designed on the Mac. * Things like this are why I am not too concerned about AI, there will always be humans making wonderful things just because they can. * Things are feeling really gloomy in UX right now At Linear, I’ve

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On Quality Great design springs from personal conviction, not just objective analysis. Instead of striving for objectivity—which can compromise your vision and potential—design something that inspires you. The quality of your designs is directly correlated to how well you understand the underlying problem. More often than not we