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It’s easy to think of someone as other, less than, a villain. In the movies Infinity War and Endgame we see the plight of the Avengers as they attempt to stop a galaxy alterning blow. We agree with them, we want them to win and stop the bad guys.

Fast forward to 2025, and Apple offers 128GB as the base storage tier for most iPhone 16 models. That might sound like a lot by comparison, but it's becoming genuinely problematic... When I’m recommending a new Apple hardware device to my non-techy friends I’m looking

I had a fantastic conversation with my therapist where I asked her how to deal with anxiety, that uncertain pit in your stomach, the feeling of absolute chaos and dull pain. It seems that as I get older I’m building up more and more historical examples of things gone

Author Mary Childs shares some of her “stress-designed” drafts: On Trying (and Really Failing) to Design My Own Book Cover. “It’s a miracle any cover is ever good.” I absolutely love seeing the ideation taken to arrive at a book cover design. I’m a designer myself, and

Listening to a recent episode of Connected, I loved the discussion about saving things to read later. At one point a host (maybe Stephen) asked in aghast what Myke would do if he lost an article by unsaving it in his RSS reader or bookmarking app. Myke’s response was

Do you publish immediately after writing, or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft? Immediately. If I don’t get a post out in the second it feels important then I know it’ll languish in drafts forever. I’ve often looked back on a note though

Do you use the same password for every service? Or maybe you have an easy-to-remember formula for each one — something like the name of the service with the vowels replaced by numbers? Those passwords are easy to guess and break into. It’s time to install a password

So to correct the record, I don’t necessarily believe in drafts either. It’s where stuff goes that I would rather see published, if it weren’t lacking in one or more ways. Because I’m with Wouter here: get your ideas out there into the world. I’ve

The past is a place, but the present is where life flows. It’s sad but you got to move on. I try to think about the past with a smile. It’s nice to think on the past, but where we are and where we’re going matters. We