making sublime
a collection of thoughts, musings, and ideas that inspire sublime
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making sublime
When I say “I don’t know where everyone went,” I know everyone’s out there surfing the web , of course, but it feels like it’s a different place now. When the algorithms are determining everything we should be seeing, it’s a much less personal internet. The “For You” pages of the world are right, I am interested in that content, but I’m not seeing... See more
I miss human curation
Making the Best Tool vs Capturing Users’ Time
KG • Letter #113: Allen Zhang (2019)
Writers have kept notebooks since time immemorial. The auctorial equivalent to the artist ’s sketchbook is the “commonplace book,” which can contain everything from newspaper clippings to grocery lists to attempts to capture those inspirational bolts out of the blue.
I’m sure that somewhere out there, there is a writer who is far more disciplined... See more
I’m sure that somewhere out there, there is a writer who is far more disciplined... See more
Cory Doctorow • The Memex Method
I’ve come to think of software applications as a form of digital architecture: some are places of concentration, others of collaboration, others clearly just for fun. Software’s emotional dimension is crucial: how it feels dictates how it’s used. (Architects hire environmental psychologists; tech companies hire user-experience researchers.)... See more
NON NEGOTIABLES
Of the place
Less is more
Vibrant collaboration
No repeat ingredients
Consolidation + speed
Confidence + competence
In + out service
Pursuit of excellence
Details matter
Know your shit!
FOCUS
Service
Time
Not about you
Perfect means perfect
No excuses
Respect tradition
Push boundaries
Clean as you go
Break down boxes
Shirts perfectly pressed
Personal
The Bear, Season 3
I don’t want to use a chatbot to write my sentences for me, but I sure would use AI to unfuck my second brain.