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The lesson then is that this is not the worst. You can think. You can do. You are not without agency here.
Stoic Designer
Mar 16
Practice really hearingListen now | Getting inside of our users' heads provides context and evidence for the choices we make about what's actually in our control: the service…
Stoic Designer
Jan 20
The end of year reckoning is often a punch to the gut, but it shouldn't be.
Stoic Designer
Dec 30, 2019
Scipio's Villa and the Product Over TimeListen now (6 min) | I am resting at the country-house which once belonged to Scipio Africanus himself; and I write to you after doing reverence to his…
Stoic Designer
Dec 9, 2019
We make up deadlines, sure; we make up year ends, too.
Stoic Designer
Dec 1, 2019
It's Halloween 🦇 The Veil is ThinListen now (2 min) | Back in April I introduced Venerating the Grave UX (medium), which is about regularly “ritualizing” negative feedback. The idea is…
Stoic Designer
Oct 31, 2019
"Don't let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole." - Our boy, Marcus.
Stoic Designer
Oct 30, 2019
Goal-setting should be constrained to factors in your control: that is, pursue goals that best prepare that arrow’s trajectory.
Stoic Designer
Oct 28, 2019
The Ol' College Try is the GoalListen now (2 min) | We idolize a project that is complete in design work. We don’t organize portfolios around failed experiments, incomplete products,…
Stoic Designer
Oct 14, 2019
Adhering to design principles under pressureListen now (3 min) | When I meet with teams I’m sometimes asked to catch folks up on the progress of various feature requests in the system. I work pre…
Stoic Designer
Oct 10, 2019
Fear of Missing OutListen now (4 min) | Design is a performance of smart people among smart people where it’s easy to conflate merit with your in/ability to solve the kin…
Stoic Designer
Oct 9, 2019
The long-game of routine
Stoic Designer
Oct 1, 2019
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