Productive procrastination is real. But understanding why we avoid the work we actually love might be the key to getting more of it done.
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- Apple's Liquid Glass: When aesthetics beat function
Apple's new transparent design system has obvious readability issues that Apple's own design standards should have caught.
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- The graveyard of unfinished side-projects
Why unfinished projects cloud your mind, and how our innate need for closure is used in design everywhere.
- Stop adding touch screens to everything
Touch screens are versatile and intuitive, but in some scenarios, they can be dangerous and unfitting. A look at where the lazy default choice is making things worse.
- I create and therefore I am
What a pretentious title. I am aware. But it fits.
- I tried reading a book every week in 2025
I set an ambitious goal to read 52 books in 2025. I read 36. Here's what made the cut.
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- Apple trapped me in their ecosystem — and I love it
Apple won by building a system where every device seamlessly works together, from auto-unlocking my Mac to my doorbell appearing on the nearest screen.
- 'Atomic Habits' on one sheet
A friend said James Clear's book could have been one sheet. Here's that sheet.
- You'll start noticing this effect everywhere
A cognitive bias where you notice a specific concept more frequently after recently becoming aware of it. And yes, you'll notice it after reading this.
- The dangerous comfort of AI answers
Large Language Models are sophisticated pattern-matching tools, not truth machines. The difference matters more than most people realise.
- Artificial, not intelligent
How rushed and unwanted AI features are making software worse and more expensive.
- How to turn getting water into rocket science
A coworker dared me to make a cup of tea using our new office water boiler. Challenge accepted.
- University wayfinding: A master class in confusion
I went to meet a professor of Human-Computer Interaction at a university. The irony was not lost on me.
- Food delivery fiasco
Moving house, hungry, and the app delivered to my old address.
- The Scissor Paradox
Scissors sold in packaging that can only be opened with scissors.
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