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Essays on design, engineering, AI, and building products.

A new MVC is emerging
Issue 250: AI is breaking the way we build (and it's exciting)

Career reboot
Rebooting with the AI Incursion

Operator Mode
Issue 212: Doing work as a non-founder and non professional management class

Design Engineering
Thoughts on design engineering

Building your designs
A better focus than, should designers code?
40 things I learned in 40 years
Lessons from 40 years on this planet

Choosing a company
A framework for evaluating your next role

Keeping an advisory close
A modern approach to career updates
Tech is going through a factory reset moment
The great tech reset of 2023

The fog of war of company onboarding
Navigating the first 90 days

The four types of software in the future
The different classes and classifications of what we use (and make)
The obsession over craft
Craft is defined by the worst behavior you tolerate

Waiting for AI's pull-to-refresh moment
The race to the interface

IDDE: The infusion of design and dev tools
It's time to kill design handoff and create software differently
Design's Seat at the (Cap) Table: Part II
Part 2: the value add design angel investors bring
Design's Seat at the (Cap) Table: Part I
My journey as a design angel investor and why we need more

The role of taste (and what it means)
A look at the most subjective skill and how to harness it
Crafting a leadership portfolio
How managers should position themselves for success

Creating value with artifacts
Issue 114: Making memorable documents

Mastery for generalists
Issue 097: Becoming good when you're interested in everything
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.

Jodorowsky's Product Roadmap
What happens when uncompromising visions collide with the production process

A new MVC is emerging
Issue 250: AI is breaking the way we build (and it's exciting)

Career reboot
Rebooting with the AI Incursion

Operator Mode
Issue 212: Doing work as a non-founder and non professional management class

Design Engineering
Thoughts on design engineering

Building your designs
A better focus than, should designers code?
40 things I learned in 40 years
Lessons from 40 years on this planet

Choosing a company
A framework for evaluating your next role

Keeping an advisory close
A modern approach to career updates
Tech is going through a factory reset moment
The great tech reset of 2023

The fog of war of company onboarding
Navigating the first 90 days

The four types of software in the future
The different classes and classifications of what we use (and make)
The obsession over craft
Craft is defined by the worst behavior you tolerate

Waiting for AI's pull-to-refresh moment
The race to the interface

IDDE: The infusion of design and dev tools
It's time to kill design handoff and create software differently
Design's Seat at the (Cap) Table: Part II
Part 2: the value add design angel investors bring
Design's Seat at the (Cap) Table: Part I
My journey as a design angel investor and why we need more

The role of taste (and what it means)
A look at the most subjective skill and how to harness it
Crafting a leadership portfolio
How managers should position themselves for success

Creating value with artifacts
Issue 114: Making memorable documents

Mastery for generalists
Issue 097: Becoming good when you're interested in everything
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.

Jodorowsky's Product Roadmap
What happens when uncompromising visions collide with the production process
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