Agalia Tan

For this reason, I suspect that many of my friends who write and publish rapidly are shortchanging themselves. They generate texts filled with hidden doors and move on before they’ve opened them.

Media never dies, it only morphs. The old way can only be understood as “compression” — the logical consequence of filtering ideas and people and stories through a tightly constrained broadcast feeding tube. What comes out feels like baby food. The late night talk format will surely be a casualty of media’s democratic revolution. Podcasts and their... See more

You know that lovely feeling when you know you have more to talk about than you'll ever have time for? That.

Communication failures like these make for good storytelling where we, the audience, get to watch the characters stumble towards understanding. But you shouldn’t live like someone waiting for the screenwriter of your life to arrange a convenient resolution. Functional people don’t let things linger unspoken — they name what’s facing them out loud.

‘Eno’ Review: Creativity, 52 Billion Billion Ways

I know how to throw a good party. Get everyone in large rooms, ideally one large room. Make it feel almost overcrowded, to increase social optionality and accidental touch. It should spill outside a little bit, weather permitting. Have good food and drink in abundance. The ideal volume level creates pockets of intimacy via noise but doesn’t require... See more

Technology doesn’t just make old tasks easier —it creates entirely new standards.

Before washing machines, families washed clothes maybe twice a year.

After that, weekly laundry became the norm.

Technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

We respond to technology.

I’ve personally felt this shift.

One of the litmus tests I use before releasing any work is—is ... See more

Create a "failure resume". Document your mistakes and what you learned from them. This helps normalize failure and turn it into a powerful tool for growth. You'll read it and be reminded