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"A common source of uninformed despair is when a too-brief effort doesn't bring a desired result"

Visual Inspiration

Product Inspiration

Sora

Ok it's not a product yet, but it will be and I'm more excited about this than the text and image generators that have come before it. Certainly this will change a lot of things, good and bad. The barrier to creating great video like this is just so much higher than images and text.

Human Inspiration

Lenny Rachitsky

There is perhaps no better example of the niche creator economy than Lenny. From newsletter -> podcast -> production company -> author. Impressive.

Music Inspiration

Little Simz

I became aware of Little Simz in 2021 but never went deep into the catalogue. This album is a stripped back, raw and brilliant piece of UK hop hop.

Seeya 👋

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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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Basement Files 90

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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Basement Files 89

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