china
Gloomy Guangzhou
Thoughts and questions from my first trip to Guangzhou since covid.
economics
Why I post reviews on centralized corporate platforms
Why I post reviews on platforms I don't own...
hong kong
Voting in the 2023 Hong Kong district council election
I tried to vote in the district council election and all I got was a greeting card.
health
Day 33: Our ability to learn is mind-blowing
Learning something new is the best drug. Give it a try!
sailing
Day 32: Good skippers ask what's next
The GTD behavior of defining a next action is the hallmark of a good skipper.
sailing
Day 31: To command effectively, always say the name
One of the easiest leadership skills to learn is to always say the other person's name.
internet
Day 30: URLs and composability
Musings on URL composability in web apps.
hong kong
Day 29: The great Hong Kong floods of 2023
The great Hong Kong floods of 2023 were not entirely unexpected. What went wrong...
ux
Day 28: The best seat selection UI ever
Airline website developers could learn a lot from the Eurostar seat selection interface.
newsletter
✍️ Week 3 of my writing challenge
Hi friends! I've finished week 3 of my month long writing challenge and am well into the final week. Below, find the new posts since my last email. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the one about Stacks being the Paypal Mafia of bitcoin was by far the most popular and generated
travel
Day 27: Are airlines buses or experiences?
Airlines are unable to decide if they are in the transportation or the experience business.
projects
Day 26: Four questions I ask before starting new projects
When considering a new project, I first ask myself these four questions.