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Fog, Friction, and the Dark Forest
Looking at the dark forest through the lens of Clausewitz, and exploring whether we can get ahead of the super predators that lurk in the dark of the internet.
No Such Journey
Self help and consumption communities sell us journeys to become something we aren't. This isn't the way. There are some cleaner ways to realize ambitions, starting with discarding the narrative.
Mining Towns
Looking at the systems behind community identities, and how those identities are subverted and leveraged for profit. It's not great, folks.
Parasites, Symbionts, and the Scabs
Parasitism, or a way of thinking about products that will hopefully prevent you from unleashing something evil.
Building within an Ecosystem
A short (and evolving) writeup about building a rehype plugin in typescript
Legibility in Work and Fiction
My path to technology and design is rooted in fiction. I realized this by when I revisited the source material. Here's a little note about Cryptonomicon, being legible, and startups.
Systems Decay When Shared
Project Planning with and against core beliefs, with an illustrated example
Blocking the Entrance to the Rabbit Hole
A bit of a meandering path down the mechanical keyboard and alternative layout rabbit hole, and back out again.
Automating Research Recruiting
How to think about and implementation automation in a user research recruiting process.
Professional Warning People
A quick look at strategic warning intelligence and the professional Cassandra
A Spotter’s Guide to Social Product Ventures
Business Model Canvas-like tools for critiquing social enterprises building software