The biggest problem with having your own blog is that it’s pretty difficult to write and publish anything. You likely don’t have a fancy Medium-style interface if you want complete control over every little detail and you’re probably writing things from within a CMS or a code editor. Right now I’m writing this blog...

If habits define identity, then given the amount of time so many of us devote to reloading Twitter, opening Netflix, checking reddit, et cetera, are most of our identities that of media addict? This essay by Craig Mod about the resilience of books deals with how we’re forsaking our attention and intelligence for...

Giving advice about design systems is almost impossible. Every team and codebase is wildly different from one another and what works for one company now might not work for the same company in the near future. I’ve noticed this at Gusto too, where lessons that I learned in the very beginning no longer apply to what...

I’ve been reading Chip Scanlan’s newsletter for the past couple of weeks now and I adore it. With each issue he looks at the writing process, at what works for him and other popular writers, and then he digs into a few stories. If you’re ever interested in becoming a better writer then this is certainly a very good...

The longer I work on making large web apps, the more I get this feeling, a kind of sixth sense as I’m navigating an interface. It flickers on whenever I stare at a UI for long periods of time, and the more I pay attention to it the easier it is to see the shape of the organization that built it. Weird, huh? I can...

Garrett Dimon on quitting Google analytics: Some time ago, I removed all the tracking from my personal site, and I haven’t missed it. What started as a whimsical idea that was part performance-based, part referrer spam overload, and part backlash against Google evolved into a realization that analytics aren’t always...

Ed Yong: Defenders of the prize note that the Nobel committee is bound to the conditions laid out in Alfred Nobel’s will—the document that established the awards. But the will calls for the recognition of “the person”—singular—who has made the important discovery in their respective field “during the preceding...

I’ve been following Scott Galloway’s work for the last couple of days; reading his excellent blog posts about the collective madness of WeWork and how we should be kinder than our parents, as well as watching his videos on how Amazon’s HQ2 was nothing short of a fiasco or why startups have bonkers mission statements...

The other evening I got to reading this old rant about and how most companies don’t understand platforms, being far too focused on building short-sighted products instead of the underlying infrastructure that ties it all together. However, the writer of this post doesn’t make the distinction between ‘platforms and...

It’s an evening of clear skies, big hearts, and extremely good Internet. I’m listening to Cabin and working on a project that is suspiciously shaped like a book. As I type, my good friend Trent Reznor is playing the piano in my apartment and soft clouds are rolling behind the tree that happens to be perched in front...

I’ve been going to the gym every day for the past three months and I’m finally starting to enjoy myself. Although yes I’m still technically obese, and I’m taking pictures of my physical progress as I go this time, it’s not really about losing the weight. It’s not like the last time. I’m trying to control my emotions...

I just finished listening to this episode of the Mystery Show that investigates how tall Jake Gyllenhaal is and it’s outstanding. It’s a dumb mystery but one that I adored following. Also I had no idea how funny Gyllenhaal is.