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#89: Rebuilding my social circle

A pledge to try harder plus 3 books on communications and more

Sep 6 • 

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May 2025

#88: Technology-driven anxieties

I’m writing my way out of it. for now, at least.

May 18 • 

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#87: Why clear thinking matters

And what it feels like to live in a world with a shortage of it

May 1 • 

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March 2025

#86: A very opinionated piece about job hunting (in the time of chaos)

"know thyself", first and foremost

Mar 13 • 

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February 2025

#85: I'm back.

A piece about writing, agency and the 7 core focuses of my year

Feb 5 • 

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October 2024

#84: The new non-negotiables

“How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don't want?” - Jerry Collona

Oct 14, 2024 • 

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September 2024

#83: The restaurant that made me

Extremely timely and universal business lessons from childhood

Sep 21, 2024 • 

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August 2024

#82: /now

Books I've read + "Half-baked" ideas I'm incubating

Aug 22, 2024 • 

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June 2024

#81: I have some questions about AI.

On the IPs of AI-driven creative work, economics and that Helen Toner interview

Jun 22, 2024 • 

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#80: Updated tools for self-reflection for people who don't have time (like me)

Diagramming and writing as an antidote to chaos

Jun 9, 2024 • 

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#79: The impossible work of navigating changes

Early thoughts on the current state of the free market, design and the future

Jun 2, 2024 • 

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May 2024

#78: The long game

Design & AI, AI & design

May 15, 2024 • 

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