Sub-Second Orientation
Mar 13, 2023
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When a visitor encounters a web-page for the first time, they will ask and answer three questions within about one second: What is this
Friction Can Be Good
Mar 8, 2023
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Something I have noticed as content, software, and product design have attempted to eradicate friction is that friction is not necessarily a bad
Sunk Costs for Spite
Jun 18, 2018
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The city where I work just spent the last two weeks clearing out a few patches of land in between the four-lane main thoroughfare in and out of
Dada, Sit Here
Jun 14, 2018
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S said her first sentence this morning. I was sitting on the coffee table in the living room, putting on my shoes, when she climbed up and sat
Mind and Body
Jun 6, 2018
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Minds are complicated. We can think about so many things at once that to say that one’s mind and body are in the same “place” at all times is hardly
Design in a Vacuum
Jun 3, 2018
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The baby has been put to bed. There is still plenty of daylight left. There are many definitions of “design.” One I liked for a while goes like
Clocks
Jun 2, 2018
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Heavy rain. SA is napping; SE is swapping out our modem. I like clocks. I always have. I like the way they look, the way they work, and the way
You Are Here
Jun 1, 2018
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Hello from a silent office. No one is here but me. KM and I spent the day together as planned months ago. He’s on a serious sabbatical from work
Quietly Discoverable
May 31, 2018
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Hi from a quiet house that smells of roasting beets. I’ve decided that writing a semi-public journal might be an interesting experience. Public in