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1. The aim of my writing is never to make money. If there are opportunities, I will pay attention, but it is never the direct aim. I obsessively focus

I’ve come to think of software applications as a form of digital architecture: some are places of concentration, others of collaboration, others clear

You see — if software is to have soul, it must feel more like the world around it. Which is the biggest clue of all that feeling is what’s missing fro

Designing for Feel: Feel is not something we talk much about as digital product designers. It’s difficult to quantify in metrics or even describe in w

Richard A. Bartle: The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace

We’ve lost gradients of intimacy, a concept from architecture, the ability to loiter and meander through a space, engaging when we want in varying lev

As we spend an increasing amount of time out of the office, on our computers, and moving around the country seeking comfortable and affordable places

The way to maintain one's connection to the wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want. This is the sorting of the seed from the dirt. One of th

Infrastructure might be built by hands but culture is built by tongues. The person who changes the cultural conversation is someone who is able to ide

There are brilliant examples all over the place of people tweaking time subjectively. One of my favorites is the Uber map. It doesn’t change how long

I want them to take away from the book the same thing they would take from the concert. I want them to think, well, I feel better now. I feel upli

There's a feeling you get in the presence of beautiful buildings and bustling courtyards.