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Design leadership plate tectonics
Issue 302: The underlying disruption that'll soon hit design leadership — multi-modal AI and a generational shift in the pipeline.
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A new MVC is emerging
Issue 250: AI is breaking the way we build (and it's exciting)
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Career reboot
Rebooting with the AI Incursion
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Operator Mode
Issue 212: Doing work as a non-founder and non professional management class
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Design Engineering
Thoughts on design engineering
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Building your designs
A better focus than, should designers code?
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40 things I learned in 40 years
Lessons from 40 years on this planet
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Choosing a company
A framework for evaluating your next role
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Keeping an advisory close
A modern approach to career updates
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Tech is going through a factory reset moment
The great tech reset of 2023
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The fog of war of company onboarding
Navigating the first 90 days
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The four types of software in the future
The different classes and classifications of what we use (and make)
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The obsession over craft
Craft is defined by the worst behavior you tolerate
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Waiting for AI's pull-to-refresh moment
The race to the interface
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IDDE: The infusion of design and dev tools
It's time to kill design handoff and create software differently
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Design's Seat at the (Cap) Table: Part II
Part 2: the value add design angel investors bring
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Design's Seat at the (Cap) Table: Part I
My journey as a design angel investor and why we need more
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The role of taste (and what it means)
A look at the most subjective skill and how to harness it
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Crafting a leadership portfolio
How managers should position themselves for success
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Creating value with artifacts
Issue 114: Making memorable documents
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Mastery for generalists
Issue 097: Becoming good when you're interested in everything
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Give users choice: Design ecosystems, not paths
A truly user-centered design journey that allows for a matrix of possible interactions and empowers users to create their own pathways.
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Jodorowsky's Product Roadmap
What happens when uncompromising visions collide with the production process
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