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Setting the stage for Status Hero 2.0
This release makes managing your account faster and easier, and unlocks excit...
Apple's Vision Pro, Anthropology, and Modern Work
While Apple's headset may not be suitable for in-person social interactions, ...
The cure for micro-management
How to use goals to get things done without telling people what to do.
Google's Crackdown
With Google's severe new return to office policy, will this mean the end of r...
The End of Rest
In a world forever accelerating, the rarest resource will be meaningful rest.
The power of the walkie-talkie
Getting straight to the point with structured communications.
Building vs. optimizing
Inside every software company there are two modes.
The Price of Innovation
The AI boom is only now possible because of... COVID??
The Problem with Github's "Contributions" Chart
Commits to GitHub are inputs. Working code in service of a solution is an out...
The black box
A metaphor for the importance of communicating intent.
Outsourced Mind
Outsourcing your writing to AI is brilliant -- until it isn't.
Don’t go chasing Waterfall
Two principles that'll help you build better software, faster.
The Paradox of Miserable Data
Common sense tells us we should manage from data -- so why are all of us so m...
Making off-brand, on-brand
A quick example of how you can use a “brand lens” to create on-brand design f...
What an AI researcher taught me about defeating professional depression
Neither robot nor researcher is immune to the professional blues - so let's f...
“Craft at scale” is a white whale
Designers and product-folk like to think of ourselves as craftspeople. We *ca...
Simple tips to rejuvenate how you schedule projects
How to do project management and schedules in a way people will actually enjo...
Professional Priorities in the Age of AI
As an AI researcher do you keep digging -- or do you cash in?
AI and LLM Generation vs. Summarization
Functional knowledge bases represent critical thinking, so they are not a goo...
Meeting Fatigue vs. Making Human Connections
Don't kill your stand-up, but hold it less often and change the agenda.
It's not the AI that's hallucinating
Whether you think AI will replace us, or it's just a passing fad: you're right.