48: Death of a Cartographer 馃寠
What if I told you that nearly every island in Polynesia was discovered without maps or compasses by men in canoes who navigated by the stars?
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47: Change, travel, and other things
I was travelling again this past week. I left my cold, windy island for the first time this year and
46: Planning for Obsolescence
How companies conspire to make you consume more, and how you can turn obsolescence into a mechanism for productivity.
45: A guide for better gifts
How to give the best gifts to your past, present and future selves.
44: What you feel in your bones
A note from my journal on conviction and mimesis.
43: Searching for easy answers
Pattern-matching and robust thinking are more important than tactics and abstraction.
42: How to fail exquisitely
How to give the best gifts to your past, present and future selves.
41: The quest for white space
Finding clarity in the gap between objects of focus.
40: Rage against the machine
We're failing to design equitable systems. Will machines be better or worse?
39: A stitch in time
Anticipatory measures, sunk costs, and the endowment effect.
38: Trust the troops
Thoughts on leadership, experimentation and learning.
37: Time, output, and consumerism
Unpolished notes, thoughts and ideas for navigating the world around us.
