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On Laocoön

The Trojans ignored Laocoön’s warning. We don’t have to.

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On friction

You need something to slow you down if you’re not intrinsically inclined to do it on your own.

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On Whac-A-Mole

There’s no “mole” emoji. Or mallet.

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On interpretation

This isn’t in any way related to Susan Sontag’s 1966 essay collection, Against Interpretation, though I did try to shoehorn that into the first draft of this piece. (It could have worked, but a writer is only as good as what they’re willing to cut.) UX writers are expert interpreters, like Mariko in Shogun.

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On directories

Our Work Directories and Life Directories compete for our attention. Does it have to be this way?

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On personal branding

About the looking-glass self, personal branding, and how I view myself.

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