Betterment

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

It’s difficult to write directions. A user interface, a map or a recipe all require empathy. That’s because the person writing it knows something the reader doesn’t. In fact, that…

1960 article by theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Eugene Wigner

In 1871, George Eliot (real name Mary Ann Davis) published “Middlemarch" an 800-page masterpiece about a young woman whose grand plans all fell apart.

There’s a sharp little French slang word, “Bobo.” It’s short for “Bourgeoise Boheme” i.e the lifestyle that combines both the sexy “bohemian” bit about

There’s a phenomenon you’ll see a lot of on Instagram: a talented artist posting a video of herself working on a magnificent piece she’s been hammering

Our cultural fabric is unraveling before our very eyes. The question is: what is it that keeps a culture together in the first place? Strong cultures

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

"Stoicism is a philosophy of life that suggests that the best way to live a human life is to ask yourself what kind of a living organism human beings are."

The temporality of implementation uncertainty in software

What would you work on if doing the work felt easy?

The Seahawks have adopted several nicknames and slogans this year. Consider this your glossary for MOB Ties, EAT, the Dark Side and more.

Friction is not a friend. Friction is either an enemy or a beneficial evil. Don’t commit the Friction Fallacy! Set up your Zettelkasten so that it runs smoothly for the rest of your life.

Even though yeast is far more reliable than it used to be, many bakers still proof it before investing the time and materials to bake a loaf of bread. The extra few minutes waiting for it to bloom …

Are entrepreneurs professionals? In professional fields, like law, medicine or accounting, it’s expected that you’ve done the reading. A professional has seen what has come before, unde…

It’s a new year, which means people everywhere are making resolutions about what they’re going to add to their lives. More exercise. New routines. A fresh system that will finally get everything they’ve got going on dialed in. There’s nothing wrong with trying to add good things to your life. But there’s another, often more […]

In a world where AI can generate the solution to many problems, human creativity may depend on finding the right problems to solve.

Every year, on the first weekend of the year, it’s probably worth replacing the dried spices in your pantry. The best, freshest spices still taste like the spice that’s on the label, bu…

Bryan Cantrill: Love your customers At Oxide, we believe that the best companies—the most enduring ones—love their customers, and we have made this explicit in our mission. I had a mentor years ago tell me, "don't fall in love with the product, fall in love with the problem"

This post on Twitter is notable: This guy literally builds a full AI app from scratch in 45 mins First off, the app is not super useful and there is a lot of work to be done before this is ready for production, but hey, it’s still quite a

By the time you get around to embracing the fashion of the moment, it’s almost certainly too late. The leading edge is defined by the fact that most of us aren’t on it.

An essential feature of every bottle is the neck. No neck, no bottle. There are bottlenecks in every process, every project and every method. Something is limited. We can pretend that’s not t…

If you went back 45 years, the built world would be eerily similar–the clothes, the cars, even the haircuts. Except you’d quickly notice that there were no personal computers and no sma…

Discover 10 powerful books wealthy people read to build mindset, discipline, and success habits often overlooked by middle-class readers worldwide.

Perhaps this has happened to you: You’re at the reference desk of the library, with the answer to any question available–and you can’t think of anything to ask. And there’s …

Have you ever had that one colleague you just clicked with? You get how they think, they get how you think, you share a common vision, you're both honest