When you tell people you wrote a book, you get a lot of “I’ve always dreamed of doing that!” Well, I didn’t. — In fact, I couldn’t get past a ten-page fanfiction. My 80-page Master’s thesis took a year and a threat of losing a scholarship, my essays always ended before the minimum word cutoff. I knew I could write but raging ADHD and multi-directional focus never allowed me to even dream of…

Approaching software design like math and mountain climbing to fight the routine. Our most enjoyable time in life is productive hyperfocus. We are happier at work than on a beach with a cocktail, and there’s research to prove it. This idea and the supporting research belongs to the papá of…

What will the world look in 50 years if we reverse climate change, get our shit together, keep our hands off the nuclear bomb launcher, and not get into petty civil wars. In design, we call a prediction like this the “happy path.” Laptops. While nice and convenient, they are…

Meet Suzy. She works for a small company of 10, where she’s the only writer on the team. A year later the company hires another writer. Now, whether or not Suzy mastered anything in her role, beyond missing the accountant’s head when playing darts, she is now a Senior Writer…

Six years ago, Ukraine had its first violent revolution since independence. More than one hundred people died near the central street, shot by Russia-backed snipers and our own policemen. The protesters burned old car tires and smashed police shields with pavement bricks they cut out right from under their feet…