A better loom would have closed the mill
Buffett hoped a new loom would fail — and the reason explains why AI won't grow your business if you don't have a moat.
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What designing 54 computer science cards taught me about graphic design
Algorithms, data structures, and mental models — computer science distilled into a physical deck of 54 cards, designed entirely with code.
Launching Algodeck
Computer Science. Card sized.
Terminal.app
Terminal.app is getting updated!
The browser is eating itself
What is a web browser in a post-HTML and post-document era?
What happens when everyone writes well
Will AI Writing Tools shape new languages and influence how we communicate?
URLs for blogs & personal websites
What is the best URL path format for your blog or personal website?
In Praise of the Mac
How to achieve a Zen state by embracing the Mac.
Notes from Monki Gras 2024
Notes from Monki Gras 2024
Success
Being successful vs. feeling successful
Is CSS Nesting a good thing?
Here is why I’m not a fan of nesting.
2023 Retrospective
What I have been up to in 2023?
Notes from ffconf 2023
Notes from ffconf 2023
TV series & software versioning
What if we approached software applications the same way we do with TV series?
Meso meridiem
What is in between the AM or the PM?
Marketware
What hides behind an open-source license?
Global warming emoji
Why we need emojis for talking about climate change and the environment.
Folkfact
A *folkfact* is a fact that is handed down through generations.
On maps
Mapping is an essential tool for designing and problem-solving.
2022 Retrospective
What I have been up to in 2022?
On Japanese tools
Finding the right tool is about preparation and gathering knowledge and experience. When you find the best tool, using it becomes a ritual and grants you membership to an exclusive club.
Material attachments or sticky objects
Did you ever have this feeling? Sometimes I get obsessed with something that I need to acquire. I try to walk out of it, but I can’t resist. The last time this happened, I bought an eraser.
You probably won't read those books
Do you have a massive pile of books you wish to read? What can you do about it?
Types and categories
An exercise in making small differences obvious.
Algodeck updates
Some progress on the way.
Interesting journal #12
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Keep on trying — why you should not judge things on intermediate steps
Cooking a new recipe taught me something about perseverance.
The Chair, an HTML poem
The Chair is an HTML poem. Just a plain HTML file with some CSS and words.
Interesting journal #11
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Monoculture
Monoculture of thought strangles the sub-canopy of innovation.
Interesting journal #10
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Interesting journal #9
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Tetracono
I got obsessed with Bruno Munari’s Tetracono after reading A *New* Program for Graphic Design. Tetracono is an industrial product made of a steel box and four aluminium cones with the function of showing “forms while they are in the process of becoming.
Interesting journal #8
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Interesting journal #7
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Interesting journal #6
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Interesting journal #5
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Pandemic walks
Don’t underestimate walks.
Book: How to Take Smart Notes
My reading notes.
Book: The Mushroom at the End of the World
My reading notes.
Interesting journal #4
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Interesting journal #3
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Interesting journal #2
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Book: Finite and Infinite Games
My reading notes.
Book: Who Moved My Cheese?
My reading notes.
Interesting journal
Various notes on things I found interesting.
Barry Monster
Generate monster with an algorithm inspired by genetics.
Sunny day, 4 PM
An experiment in generative art. Sunny Day 4 PM is a Twitter bot that uses feedback to create the perfect illustration of an ice cream cone.
Internals of Digital Useless Machine I
Digital Useless Machine is a virtual musical instrument that I created. They way it produces sounds is not obvious and it invite people to play and try to learn how to interact with it.
Monkey café
I painted and created some props for a coffee shop!