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making things true: design is the practice of seeing through the surface of things to understand their underlying structure, then rearranging those elements into new forms that didn't exist before. most people think design is about aesthetics – making things look good, choosing

Amen.

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Man parts of tech are SOUR about the Browser Co acquisition. The common complaint is that Dia/Arc doesn't have enough users or revenue to justify the acquisition. First I think this line of bitching assumes that Atlassian's corp dev team are dingleberries when in fact they're

Everyone says storytelling is a founder’s superpower. They forget the harder part. You can’t tell a great story without first daring to live one. That begins with the one question nobody wants to answer: what would you do if you weren’t afraid?

everytime i feel uninspired i re-read @ryolu_'s writing

Dan recently hired 2 designers out of 1,000+ applicants 😮 So I did my best to dig into what exactly those 2 did to stand out as well as the 8 skills Dan is evaluating during the hiring process When I asked what he looks for first, he said you might not like the answer 😬 “The

You can literally change the world forever with a MacBook and some creativity

rules, boxes, and the big game most people think the boxes around them are permanent, but they're just constructs. rules exist everywhere and yes, you need to learn them first — but most are just little games pretending to be the big game. if you're just starting out, you're

companies like Facebook record every imaginable interaction their users have with the platform. they log each of your clicks and taps. they keep track of how long your gaze lingered on a post, whether you were on the same WiFi as that woman who might be your friend, which

Quality is never an afterthought…

stay true to the medium the “liquid glass” approach to design is peak “design system” gone wrong — when you optimize for visual consistency over interaction fidelity, you lose the soul in each medium. each input method has its own physics and affordances. touch needs bigger

don’t build slot machines don’t fake humans don’t hide the messy truths don’t create black boxes don’t make people feel stupid don’t extract value or attention don’t optimize for vanity metrics don’t gatekeep knowledge don’t make tools that divide don’t sacrifice agency for

If you ask AI to give you ideas, your brain will atrophy. If you ask AI to audit your ideas, your brain will get sharper.

It’s either so over or we’ve never been so back

Steve Jobs : how to design perfect products.

china does not practice capitalism. they practice commerce which is a related but insufficient thing

"'Classical' architecture — that is, buildings designed with a sophisticated understanding of mathematics and visual harmony — is a touchstone of advanced culture. Vernacular architecture, however, has a different kind of value: a form of cultural memory. Traditional societies

You are not a generalist. You just leave things when the depth and details go beyond your interest and IQ.