Most productivity tools fail at the exact moment they’re needed most — when you’re deciding what to work on. They handle tasks fine. They’ll track deadlines, send reminders, organize projects into boards and lists and gantt charts. But ask them “should I take this project?” or “why does this feel off-track?” and you get silence. […]
Category: Personal
Intents All the Way Down
What if the future of design isn’t about interfaces, screens, or even journeys — but about intents? Not tasks.Not steps.Not features. Just: What does the user want to happen? Lately I’ve been noticing a pattern across AI, product design, crypto, and even my own daily life. Everything seems to be collapsing into a single primitive: […]
Century of the super self
Recorded just after having come back from Path of Love.
What Rough Beast? Web3 and the Future of Learning
John Helmer invited me onto The Learning Hack podcast in early February 2022 to talk about something that doesn’t get discussed enough: What does Web3 mean for learning and development professionals? The episode title – "What Rough Beast" – comes from Yeats’ poem "The Second Coming." The rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem. Something new and […]
15x15x15x15
15 x 15’s to raise £15k for my 15kth day So here’s the plan. In April, I’ll be 15,000 days old. That felt worth marking somehow. Separately, one of my goals this year is to raise some money for charity to give back more. When I posted on Twitter to ask for ideas on how […]
Weekly photos
To help get the creative juices flowing again this year, I’m posting a photo a week over on Instagram. I’d kind of like to do this for every week of my life going back as far as I can. Let’s call that a stretch goal! For now, I’m going to aim for this year – […]