I try really hard to seem put-together when I meet new people. The inside of my fridge (and this essay) tell a different story!

I flinched at "I've suffered for my Art," "Pushbutton Words," and "Countersinking".

Read on if you're a writer and want to feel personally attacked. cc: @CrittersDotOrg

A reminder that staying human and embracing new technology are not mutually exclusive . (From @andrew_burt, who seems to have dropped of X!)

a piece for @every a few months ago:

When Venetian scribes in the 1470s watched the printing press arrive, they didn't just fear unemployment—they mourned the end of a craft they loved. Today's knowledge workers face the same grief. We know our skills our changing, but we can’t name what we’re reaching for just

@arcinternet @diabrowser @danshipper @browsercompany Watch or listen here: And if you prefer to read:

I loved @arcinternet! I still do. But yesterday, I switched to @diabrowser—and now it's my default browser. @danshipper's conversation with the cofounders of @browsercompany convinced me to make the change—it's the very honest, very real inside story of their pivot into

I’ve never cared that much about WHAT I’m writing about—what gets me is HOW I'm writing it. In my experience, there’s no such thing as a boring topic. Every time I’ve gone deep enough, I’ve found something textured, strange, or unexpectedly beautiful. The details always glow.

I send a personal Substack to 71 people every week. It pays $0, but somehow pays the "bills" that matter. 68 of these subscribers are people I actually know in real life. (Not sure how the other 3 people found me, but I'm so glad you're here!!). The permission to write about.

familia 🫶

I'm reading The Garden of Beasts by @exlarson and it’s the first book in a long while that’s got me this excited to keep turning pages. (I think I got stuck in a substack long-form essay rabbit hole for a bit—which was also nice!—but this pulled me out.). It’s such a vivid

You have to hand it to the @backmarket marketing team -- I'm not interested in anything they're selling but I always end up opening their emails!

RT @danshipper: 🚨 NEW: . What if your inbox was just. handled?. That's why we built @CoraComputer: the AI chief-of-staff for your email th….

"Simplify until it's obvious" as seen on @wwwsublimeapp!

Think hard about what you love!! And do more of it just because!! That's it. That's the whole essay.

I’ve spent surprisingly little time in my life truly alone. Wrote about why I think that needs to change—and what solitude might have to teach me :)

I'm working on a piece about the early internet and thinking about the first email I ever sent. I had to call my friend to ask if she got it. She hadn’t. So we just. waited on the phone together, refreshing her inbox until it appeared. When it finally showed up, we both.