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When Work Stopped Being a Place
How we gained flexibility and lost apprenticeship.
Nov 9 • 
Patrick Morgan
Solitude Is No Longer About Being Alone
Solitude used to be a place. Now it’s a practice.
Nov 2 • 
Patrick Morgan

October 2025

The School of Rejection
Don't fear rejection. Become fluent in it.
Oct 27 • 
Patrick Morgan
Power Law Careers
The collapse of tech's middle class in a winner-take-most world
Oct 20 • 
Patrick Morgan

September 2025

Picasso's Bull: The Art of Earning Simplicity
The iterative path from complex to essential
Sep 8
Mac Miller: The Hollow Promise of Success
On wealth, work, and why comfort without connection leaves us empty
Sep 2

June 2025

Finding My Way Back to Unknown Arts
Why I'm choosing curiosity and authenticity over career content
Jun 30
Be a Skill Surfer
Ride the waves of your curiosity to a more fulfilling career
Jun 15
Why I Went Video-First With My Design Portfolio — And How You Can, Too
A practical guide to how I restructured my portfolio around video presentations.
Jun 8
I Tried Three Ways to Ship a Design System. Here's What Actually Worked.
Shipping a successful system takes more than aesthetics - it takes a strategic rollout plan.
Jun 1

May 2025

Default It or Design It
How I learned to stop sweating every UI detail and ship faster
May 25
No Country for Junior Designers
The structural reality behind disappearing entry-level design roles and some practical advice for finding ways in
May 18
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