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The Myth of the Perfect Setup
Why Gear Acquisition Syndrome makes creators busy, but not better.
Nov 23, 2025
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Patrick Morgan
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The Rhythm of Creative Progress
What endurance training taught me about the cycles of creative growth.
Nov 16, 2025
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Patrick Morgan
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When Work Stopped Being a Place
How we gained flexibility and lost apprenticeship.
Nov 9, 2025
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Patrick Morgan
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Solitude Is No Longer About Being Alone
Solitude used to be a place. Now it’s a practice.
Nov 2, 2025
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Patrick Morgan
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The School of Rejection
Don't fear rejection. Become fluent in it.
Oct 27, 2025
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Patrick Morgan
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Power Law Careers
The collapse of tech's middle class in a winner-take-most world
Oct 20, 2025
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Patrick Morgan
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Picasso's Bull: The Art of Earning Simplicity
The iterative path from complex to essential
Sep 8, 2025
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Default It or Design It
How I learned to stop sweating every UI detail and ship faster
May 25, 2025
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10 Heuristics to Simplify Design Decision-Making
How I use industry wisdom to guide my work and avoid the paradox of choice
May 4, 2025
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Crafting Your Reality Distortion Field
Why feeling 'crazy' might just be your greatest asset as an innovator
Jul 21, 2024
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The Creative Cold Start Problem
Problems of starting and how you might unblock them
May 26, 2024
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3 Models for Framing Software Complexity
Using 37 Signals' visual metaphors to strategically approach software projects
Apr 21, 2024
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