David (@hellodavidryan)

Before paul graham’s essay was Joel Spolsky’s blog (cofounder of Stack Overflow and Trello). This blog post was so iconic when I was at Red Hat that we used it as a guide when designing the fit-out of the Brisbane office that expanded over additional floors over the years. Private pods and offices rather than open plan. It was bliss. Tech Threads

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This combination of soundproofed offices connected to large common areas yields a hub-and-spoke architecture of innovation in which both serendipitous encounter and isolated deep thinking are supported.

Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

From Chawton Cottage to the Cubicle; or, Why Knowledge Workers Should Do Fewer Things

Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Scott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons

Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that