Jonathan Simcoe

One of the things that surprised me the most was to see that for any piece of work being shared, designers would put together a keynote deck for it. It could be the smallest thing, like a quick look at the latest work progression, or big presentations, of course. At Apple, designers use the power of storytelling to influence others, instead of just

Feedback follows four rules: feedback should be given to help, feedback should be actionable, you should appreciate any feedback you get, and you should think carefully about if you should accept feedback or not.

The spiritual world provides a sense of wonder and a degree of open-mindedness not always found within the confines of science.

The pressure to perform and present a curated version of our lives is unbearable and unrealistic, and engagement based services have greatly altered how a majority of people in today’s world perceive their own value and worth.

this hushed space, witnessing this encounter, I realize something I hadn’t appreciated before, and probably can’t ever fully understand: a solidarity that spans centuries, a sympathy that transcends geography, this bond between Monica and mothers who weep and pray and chase their children—misunderstood, unappreciated, resisted, resented.

a persistent theme that has a deep Augustinian resonance weaves its way throughout Camus’s corpus. It could be named in different ways: exile, alienation, stranger-hood.

To map our roaming like that of the prodigal is not a cartography of despair or self-loathing and shame; to the contrary, it is a geography of grace that is meant to help us imagine being welcomed home.