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ai

A new MVC is emerging

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

career

Career reboot

Rebooting with the AI Incursion

career

Operator Mode

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

design

Design Engineering

Thoughts on design engineering

design

Building your designs

A better focus than, should designers code?

personal

40 things I learned in 40 years

Lessons from 40 years on this planet

career

Choosing a company

A framework for evaluating your next role

career

Keeping an advisory close

A modern approach to career updates

technology

Tech is going through a factory reset moment

The great tech reset of 2023

career

The fog of war of company onboarding

Navigating the first 90 days

software

The four types of software in the future

The different classes and classifications of what we use (and make)

craft

The obsession over craft

Craft is defined by the worst behavior you tolerate

ai

Waiting for AI's pull-to-refresh moment

The race to the interface

design

IDDE: The infusion of design and dev tools

It's time to kill design handoff and create software differently

design

Design's Seat at the (Cap) Table: Part II

Part 2: the value add design angel investors bring

design

Design's Seat at the (Cap) Table: Part I

My journey as a design angel investor and why we need more

craft

The role of taste (and what it means)

A look at the most subjective skill and how to harness it

leadership

Crafting a leadership portfolio

How managers should position themselves for success

craft

Creating value with artifacts

Issue 114: Making memorable documents

career

Mastery for generalists

Issue 097: Becoming good when you're interested in everything

design

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.

product

Jodorowsky's Product Roadmap

What happens when uncompromising visions collide with the production process