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Dark patterns in plastic

In UX design we often talk about dark patterns. Maybe it’s a cancelation flow that’s hard to get out of (looking at you NY Times). Usually it’s a digital product or service that tricks you into doing something you didn’t understand. These are bad. They make

Back to Apple defaults

My friend Saadia has been gently challenging me to try Apple default apps for as many things in my life as possible. He’s been right in every case. It started with Apple Calendar. I switched from Google to Apple, and suddenly most things worked better. Events showed up on

Leaving social media for blogs

It’s 2025. Blogging was supposed to be dead years ago. WordPress market share is shaky. Social media continues to be all consuming as things have moved into short form video. Text form content isn’t doing great when it comes to the most popular forms of media out htere.

Write it down to remember

Field Notes Notebooks comes with a message, “I’m not writing it down to remember later, I’m writing it down to remember now”. This is, of course, a handy message for a company selling paper. They want you to write down more so you’ll buy more. And I

The future of websites

I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of websites over the past few weeks. To save on costs I just shut down a WordPress server that I’d been running for 6-7 years. This was something that had been sitting in the back of my mind for a

What I want in the new year

Many years I’ve made lists. Goals, resolutions, plans. I’ve done them all. Some years the effort pays off. That’s how I ran my first marathon, making a plan and using the new year to kick the habit into gear. But this year I’m not so sure

Studio Ghibli

I’ve started watching more Studio Ghibli films. starting to think they are more about atmosphere than the typical heroes journey. I kind of like it. So far I’ve seen Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and half of Ponyo. A little weird, but a nice change in movies I’

Grateful

As we wrapup this year I want to share a few things I’m grateful for—which frankly are evergreen topics for me. This list isn’t even close to exhaustive, but it’s fun to share. I’ll be off from writing—unless something strikes my fancy—until January

Delights in breathing

You can do a thing with haste or meaning. Just today I was sitting down to do my daily body and neck stretches. In the last month or so I’ve noticed an improvement in pain levels and generally feeling better in my neck; a huge win given a previous

When too much becomes twitchy

I’ve been thinking a lot about energy output and feedback loops. For the last few days I’ve been reading The Rational Optimist. It’s an old book at this point, and perhaps it’s been greatly refuted in the time since it’s been published. With that said,