Andrei Stoica

Loewenberg notes that this design was incredibly simple and inexpensive to create:

‘‘it is the simplest box we have ever built, and in fact, the hardest part of the job was convincing the contractors that other than the cost of the materials to extend the balcony slabs this would be no different from building the basic box.’’ Ultimately, Loewenberg

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DC’s relative success can be traced to a few decisions made decades ago. In the 1970s, policymakers in Arlington County made a decision to adopt what’s known as ‘transit-oriented development planning’ ahead of the opening of DC’s Metro Orange Line, which runs between Arlington and Prince George County, Maryland (via DC). Arlington policymakers... See more

Disclaimer aside, the best answer I've come up with is that the most likable, charismatic, enjoyable people to be around are people who demand nothing of you. That's the best phrasing I can come up with after trying for two years. At first, I had "ask nothing of you" but it didn't quite feel right. It felt too detached, like they wanted nothing... See more

Imagine this machine, taking shape starting around 1250, being wound up like a clockwork toy, and being allowed to run for 700 years, and you get what we currently living generations recognize as our modernity. In terms of a technological metaphor, the machine was shifting steadily from one equilibrium point to another in a surprisingly controlled... See more

I also love how FLORA describes what kind of company it is towards the end of the manifesto.

Founded out of an art & technology graduate program called NYU ITP, FLORA is an applied HCI company with a mission to make it possible to speak your ideas into existence, with a high degree of creative control.

“...an applied HCI company...”

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The vibes are off, but they’re off fundamentally because they focus only on feelings and emotional connections that have already existed. They don’t provide or imagine pathways to new futures; they allow only for an understanding of what feels good or bad based on experiences that have already happened, things that have already been seen.

Case Study: The Aquarium of PMs

One extreme example is the “Aquarium of PMs” model. Imagine a division where all the engineers sit on one side together, and all the PMs/designers sit on the other side.

This is also reflected in the weekly cadence of meetings—product meets more with product (as a group) than it does with engineers.

When initiatives

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