“It’s not just the economic crisis. The UX Research discipline of the last 15 years is dying. The reckoning is here. The discipline can still survive and thrive, but we’d better adapt, and quick.” #Technology [Link] | Continue reading
This is why it's such a crime that the NYT got rid of Donald MacNeil. This piece belongs in the NYT, not on a Medium site that almost no one sees. | Continue reading
The name of the podcast I co-host with Kara Swisher is “Pivot.” I don’t like the name, but I’ve had my hands on the wheel for so long at my… | Continue reading
In solidarity with NPR, I am pausing my use of Twitter. On April 12, 2023, NPR announced that they are suspending their Twitter accounts in… | Continue reading
Plus what if your OS was a calendar? And how big of a team do you really need?Continue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
Pseudocode is a fantastic way to sketch programs using informal, natural language, without worrying about specific syntax. It’s like… | Continue reading
Plus a retrospective on Silicon Valley bank and my thoughts on imagined fears vs real risksContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
Sixty years ago, Ayn Rand wrote Atlas Shrugged. The book is set in a dystopian United States on the brink of economic collapse. Exhausted… | Continue reading
Plus a new way to think about systems and a funny story to lighten life upContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
TL;DR — Great, but Can’t Replace Expert Mentors, Yet! | Continue reading
In 1907, amidst rising interest rates and a declining stock market, two New York bankers attempted to corner the stock of a copper company… | Continue reading
Carbon emissions are believed to be the mother of all negative byproducts. But there’s something worse: Converting attention into profit. | Continue reading
The only metric that matters is that users love your software. | Continue reading
Plus a call to mend the fast disappearing unique bits of the worldContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
Affection, both emotional and physical, is what it means to be a mammal, to be human. | Continue reading
Plus how to handle the intersection between business and personal life and underrated career adviceContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
Three years ago today there were 53 known cases of Covid-19 in the United States. The first U.S. death was recorded five days later at the… | Continue reading
A dispatch from my effort to conquer my college foe: data structures and algorithmsContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
TL;DR: JavaScript + React + Redux still dominate by a landslide. Pair with Next.js & Vercel for best results. AI is exploding. Web3 growth… | Continue reading
Plus how our online privacy fell apart, a blast from Kendrick Lamar’s past and a touching new bookContinue reading on The Curious Coder » | Continue reading
Plus an admission of the fallibility of remote life and advice for youngsters getting their startContinue reading on The Curious Coder » | Continue reading
I’ll do approximately 25 speaking gigs in 2023, down from 47 in 2022. The primary reason for the decline is that I live in London now… | Continue reading
Plus shameless foomerism, Zillow’s iBuying flop and why there are so many stupid apps.Continue reading on The Curious Coder » | Continue reading
Capitalism aims to convert ambition to success. Its alchemy of incentives fosters a relentless pursuit of economic opportunity from things… | Continue reading
AI helps expand definitions of literacy In The Gutenberg Parenthesis ( my upcoming book), I ask whether, "in bringing his inner debates to print, Montaigne raised the stakes for joining the public conversation, requiring that one be a writer to be heard. That is, to share one's t … | Continue reading
Plus the history and culture of poop, learning Go, and a mystery book | Continue reading
More brains, more ideas. However, we’re in danger of running out of ideas because we’re running out of people. | Continue reading
Click through to find out how Google detects AI blog posts, how to work fast, and which books I’m digging. | Continue reading
The need to protect democracy, the antithesis of monarchy, has never been more urgent. | Continue reading
Plus an interview with the world’s richest man and a reflection on 34 years of mistakes with Ryan Holiday | Continue reading
Yesterday’s iconoclasts pull the ladder up behind them the moment they become today’s icons | Continue reading
What I dug up last year and recommend for the next year | Continue reading
Cut through the confusion and get the building blocks you needContinue reading on The Curious Coder » | Continue reading
I’ve been writing and speaking about higher ed for years now. Specifically, how it’s turned into a luxury good: exclusive, scarce… | Continue reading
Every year we make predictions. The purpose is to inspire a conversation. We also try to hold ourselves accountable. Here are some of our… | Continue reading
Plus, the people behind virtual influencers, how to build a tiny audience, and rethinking operating systems. | Continue reading
TL;DR: Use Cuid2 so you don’t need to worry about all this identifier complexity. | Continue reading
Plus a fascinating look back at the Alex Jones trial, Netflix’s bold move into theaters, and the subtle influence of ports on LA | Continue reading
Plus the best summary of the Twitter situation, how big tech companies pick tech, and the stupid latency that holds us all back | Continue reading
Every year we make predictions for the coming year. We try to get them right, but the real objective is to catalyze a conversation. As I am… | Continue reading