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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.
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Notes
The magic that’s coming now is the most powerful yet.
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Notes
The cursor has transformed from a simple pointing device into a
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"Calling Elon Musk a nazi is an absolutely ridiculous insult. The Nazis made incredible cars."
Design Journal
This project came from a long standing question I often return to in my sketchbooks and notes:
How do you document a design process?
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These apps are tools of power that masquerade as tools of agency… Design tools like Canva and Figma are tools of power that masquerade as tools of expression. Meeting tools like Zoom or Google Meet are tools of power that masquerade as communication tools.
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Sidebar.io
SidebarThe five best design links, every weekday.
One of my
Is Design Really That Creative?
The process of software design can be creative. It can feel like you are charting new lands. It can also be mind numbingly mechanical.
Themes
Hypothesis: CSS is hard for some designers to write. Lets make that easier.