manifestos and principles

Here are 13 things that every skilled chaos-surfer understands:

1. How something appears to you may not be how it is.


2. What is said or shown may not be all there is.


3. What is true for me may not be true for you.


4. The same words may mean different things to different people.


5. What people say may not be what they mean. Because comms is lossy and language is

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The problem with raging against the machine is that the machine has learned to feed off rage

Impact over refinement

When building something, focus on truly creating an impact before releasing and refining it.

Then, consider focusing on other impactful work before refining your prior releases.

Here is a simple test to see if you're building something impactful: Can you write a blog post about what you're releasing and how it will change your... See more

Instagram's original product principles are beautiful in their simplicity: 1. Community first 2. Do the simple thing 3. Do fewer things better 4. Ride the wave