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  • Annual Review 2023

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    I’m writing this review sat outside of Green Tree Coffee in Dali, China. Despite the tradition of Christmas being fairly weak in China, something is deeply comforting about escaping the Singapore heat and wrapping up in several layers of clothing. Dali seems like the perfect place to slow down and reflect on a busy year.…

  • I’ve started asking people what behavior we engage in today will be seen as bizarre or possibly illegal in 100 years. The answers are intriguing so I will anonymously document them here. When duplicates are found I add the individual reasoning as a sub-point. Sex people are more distracted by easy digital entertainment (more immersive…

  • To quote Ryan Singer, author of Shape Up “every design file is destined for the trash.” To take the notion even further, all (digital) products are designed for the trash. Software is never done. For disciples of iterative development, current production software is just a prototype. App > design files Karri, co-founder of Linear (design…

  • Regular feedback on our work is the clearest path to mastery. Author and psychologist Carol Dweck rose to fame with her book, Mindset, which demonstrated the importance of disassociating our ego from our work. She defined the terms fixed and growth mindset. A fixed mindset often inadvertently develops through people we respect praising us. In the…