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Putting your name on it
A small habit that twice came close to killing my company.
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Personal stories, hard-won lessons, and observations from the edge. The unfiltered takes on creativity, entrepreneurship, and life that didn't fit anywhere else - but probably needed to be said.
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It nearly got through mine
I didn't love it. Couldn't have told you why, though. Not enough to stop.
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Tight But Polite
There are two people on a nightclub door and neither is on your side. Which is why the guy on the gate in Brooklyn threw me completely.
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The Feral Hope
The Knicks just ended 53 years of hurt. England's at 60 and counting. Two fanbases, same affliction.
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1,500 greatest song intros
An algorithm can tell you what's popular. It can't tell you what's great.
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Clear Fountain, Population 26
France released their World Cup squad announcement as a slice of Americana. Population: 26.
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Choose life. Choose Scotland
Adidas' new ad featuring Scott Tominay is a delight
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The tricky bit about LinkedIn riffing
Stuck in the middle. With you?
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Playtesting
What I learned at the fringe bit of London Games Festival.
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Pressure is a Privilege - but not because it's rare
Tom Hiddleston says pressure is breathing rare air. He's right - kinda.
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Interconnected Agency
Agency is a real word. It means something - or it used to. And now Silicon Valley has it.
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Saturday mornings
The loop that builds senior judgment is closing. The institutions can't move fast enough. So what happens in the gaps?
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Madri: A Beer from Nowhere
A "Spanish" beer brewed in Burton-on-Trent is now the UK's fourth most popular. How did they figure this out?
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Chicken or Egg?
A touch of Grafitti wisdom
Creative Business
Boredom created Bond
Ian Fleming wrote his Bond novels at a villa with no hot water and no glass in the windows. I think I've found my equivalent.
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I'd love to work with you
Someone offered to help without showing they'd read what I sent. One detail would have been enough. Which makes it stranger when it's missing.
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The Sphere Wasn't Built for Rock Bands
A side project from an Italian techno duo is now selling out 18,000-seat venues with robotic cellos and an AI character rendered across a 16K dome.
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The Meta Post
What Claude Code saw after reviewing dozens of my blog posts. TL;DR: A lot.