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Default It or Design It
How I learned to stop sweating every UI detail and ship faster
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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
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Crafting Your Reality Distortion Field
Why feeling 'crazy' might just be your greatest asset as an innovator
The Creative Cold Start Problem
Problems of starting and how you might unblock them
3 Models for Framing Software Complexity
Using 37 Signals' visual metaphors to strategically approach software projects
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Earn the Right to Abstract
Learning from Picasso's bull to avoid empty minimalism
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The Extremes Inform the Mean
The power of exploring the fringes to unleash creative progress and innovation
10 Heuristics to Simplify Design Decision-Making
How I use industry wisdom to guide my work and avoid the paradox of choice
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Understanding Market Readiness with the Overton Window
Exploring how shifts in public perception shape tech innovation and how we can influence progress
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Default It or Design It
Cutting through design decision complexities with a no-nonsense heuristic
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How to Find Balance as a Maker and Manager
Improving your workflow with ideas from Paul Graham's seminal "Maker's Schedule versus the Manager's Schedule" concept.
The Single Most Important Thing
Practice the art of focus and prioritization with the help of a simple heuristic
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