✨ Where great ideas come from

everytime i feel uninspired i re-read @ryolu_'s writing https://t.co/zX310F4otq

one of my favorite parts about living in the heart of nyc is the ability to walk literally everywhere. i usually walk ~25k steps every single day—it is one of the best methods for thinking & re-thinking (along with long showers). most ppl do not acknowledge this huge upside of nyc living en... See more

If you think the next big idea in your field will come from inside the field, you're probably wrong. https://t.co/hx6gG2jGi3

how to make something people want https://t.co/hgO9oMisfz

Invest 30 minutes of that in building your vision for the future. That's just 2% of your day, but if you do it for a year, that vision may become your reality.

• Read or write


• Build a prototype


• Meet one new person


• Learn a new skill

The idea of putting things in a box just doesn’t work for me. It worked for a generation that was supposed to be where they are. My story starts from immigrant parents from Ghana in West Africa. On the will of my dad making it to America, I was afforded the range of options opposite from a third world country.

Being an outsider allowed Abloh to appr... See more

Abloh’s approach was often to make a small “3% “change to the original form. He wasn’t changing something by 3% just to change it by 3%, though. He was adding his personal 3% touch (in a world of generative AI, I really want to emphasize the personal touch aspecthere).

My favourite example of Abloh's approach was a collaboration with Nike on “The T... See more