Analog
Analog formats are seeing a resurgence in popularity. Why is that? Some quick thoughts on the tactile benefits, and results of my recent foray into film photography.
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Motivation
What drives you? The other weekend, I kicked a piece of the railing on our back deck and it disintegrated; I was compelled to fix it. It took me all weekend, and I had to buy a new mitre saw, and learn how to properly cut the balusters and railings
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People don't understand design
I was reminded by a few different but curiously similar events over the past few weeks of a simple but striking fact: The vast majority of people do not understand design. At least not in the way designers do, and at the very least not as well as designers tend
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Architecture, design process, and the Bauhaus
A few thoughts on the Bauhaus exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum: on process, fidelity, and art and design.
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The Everyday Magic of Models
An ode to the value and power of modeling: from the simple calendar, to architecture, to poetry, to computer science, all the way to the progress of civilization.
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A Process Has No Name
Thought of the week: there is power in a name. And there is perhaps even more power in no name. I was inspired last week by one of John Cutler's tweets, as I often am: Great team session today. What a vmix of traditions! #xp #leanux #servicedesign #devops ... Crucial Conversations,
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