it’s the smallest habits. how you spend your mornings. how you talk to yourself. what you read. what you watch. who you share your energy with. who has access to you. that will change your life.
“explain this gap in your resume”
i was doing side quests. creating lore. making moves in silence. cultivating an air of mystique. i was both plotting and scheming. i was monitoring the situation. studying the ancient texts
If you've not seen it before, the Whole Earth Index is incredible.
The entire collection of Whole Earth Catalog issues, CoEvolution Quarterly, and others. Each page scanned and available in high resolution. A treasure trove.
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Gas Town, Clawdbot, Moltbook, Ralph, CLIs, terminals on your phone, AI operating systems, self-mutating code…
The coolest thing AI has brought us is the feeling of endless possibility, just like the internet once did.
In my career it’s served me to well to lean into the eccentricity and embrace the edges. Enjoy these times, try it all out, ship cool things.
Today, under the leadership of President Trump, Secretary Kennedy, and Secretary Rollins, we announce the most significant shift in federal nutrition guidance in American history. For the first time, we're calling out the dangers of highly-processed foods and rebuilding a broken system from the ground up with gold-standard science and common sense.
National Design Studio is proud to introduce https://t.co/lvyAOa7EbE. 🥦
a mistake that cost me 5 years: thinking preparation was progress. reading every book. taking every course. planning every detail. meanwhile, someone dumber than me started badly and figured it out. preparation feels productive but it's often just fear dressed up as strategy. you learn to swim by getting in the water, not by studying water.
ChatGPT knows a lot about your work, remembers your preferences, and could easily check in on things you care about. But it just sort of sits there, waiting, like a super polite guest who won't speak until spoken to.
This is probably one of the most interesting design challenges right now. We have the most incredibly capable AI that could proactively help us, but it's not designed to be that way. We always have to make the first move.
Imagine if ChatGPT could say "hey, remember that research project? Here's new data that changes everything" or "how are you feeling today? you mentioned you had a headache yesterday"
This wouldn’t be a simple notification, it would be a moment of shared awareness, the AI noticing something, remembering the context, and choosing when to say something that feels timely and personal.
The challenge doesn't seem technical, it's social. There's this whole emotional intelligence layer to it. When does helpful become annoying? How do you build something that can "read the room"? This goes way beyond traditional UX into something more like social design.
Tools won't just need better interfaces, they'll need better instincts.
I'm feeling nervous about the potential glass UI trend that will be propelled forward after today. Not because of its novelty in iOS and the Apple ecosystem, but because it will be really hard to replicate and execute well.
The shift to flat design actually created an era where "good" design became more accessible. The things that made design "great" were foundational elements: type, layout, hierarchy, color.
This next era of design is going to critically rely on detailed shaders, lighting effects, and physics to execute well.
Getting these wrong will feel horrendous, but when done well, will feel delightful and futuristic.