Continuing the trend, here are some things I learned this past week:

• The absolute importance of critique, and why we do it [1]
• Always ask "why?" to identify the root cause of an issue
• Be concise and polite when cold emailing; most people are willing to help [2]
• The bigger your sketchbook, the more room for ideas and iteration [3]
• Having a good idea is only half the work. Having the charisma and swagger to convince others to work on your idea is really the hard part. [4]

Thanks for reading.

Credits:
[1] Mitch Goldstein
[2] Michael Seibel
[3] Clare Adrien
[4] Life

Posted from London at 1:57 AM BST, 08/27/2018

I could never commit myself to write substantially on a regular basis, so I'm starting out small. Here's what I learned this past week (I hope to be doing this more often):

• Conway’s Law [1]
• Hong Kong's fascinating history
• Software design lore, including Bret Victor (and Dynamicland) as well as Alan Kay [2]
• How to lead without authority (yet to be applied) [3]
• Epiphany: I'd like to settle down in a house somewhere near Oakland hills or some mountain in Kansai ⛰

Thanks for reading.

Credits:
[1] Matt Bango
[2] Guillaume Ardaud
[3] Emily Maples

Posted from San Francisco at 8:33 AM PDT, 08/13/2018