Winnie Lim
Paik Jong Won
…is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of...
6th Oct 2024
…is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of branches mainly in korea with some splattered all over the world. I first knew of him...
Rubenerd
Uniform boolean definitions in DB schemas are good!
I worked briefly in process control when I was younger, and saw Things.™ One of those Things™ was a...
1st Jul 2026
I worked briefly in process control when I was younger, and saw Things.™ One of those Things™ was a wall of LEDs to indicate statuses of various valves and sensors across the entire plant. It was old school, but it worked. It also made you feel like you were on a 1960s-era sci-fi...
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
What is a City Super App and Why Every City Needs One
Why I believe every city needs a super app and how it will transform the way we engage with digital...
1st Dec 2025
Why I believe every city needs a super app and how it will transform the way we engage with digital devices.
Rubenerd
Maximum connections have been reached
I was going through my drafts folder, and came across a post I’d written way back in 2018. I’m not...
4th Apr 2026
I was going through my drafts folder, and came across a post I’d written way back in 2018. I’m not sure what site I was browsing at the time, but it was still a fun observation. If I came across this error in a more modern context, I’d assume site owners are placing limits to...
Letters of Note
Diaries of Note
Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
11th Jul 2025
Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
Tech and Tea
Coaching Toolkit: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
3rd Apr 2025
How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
Laetitia@Work
5 toxic forces that prevent you from quitting when you should
Laetitia@Work #56
27th Feb 2023
Atoms vs Bits
Short Posts
Why are posts so long?
14th Feb 2024
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Mental Spacecraft: Two Contradictory Views from Space
Fifty years after humanity’s first steps on the moon seems like a good excuse to imagine the view...
24th Jul 2019
Fifty years after humanity’s first steps on the moon seems like a good excuse to imagine the view from space. You are floating, weightless, taking in the beauty of Earth, a tiny blue marble dangling below. An umbilical cord tethers you to your spacecraft.
Nat Eliason's...
The Most Useful Feedback Hurts
Plus a sci-fi novel update
14th Aug 2024
Plus a sci-fi novel update
The Works in...
Issue 24: How smashing the NIMBYs created modern capitalism
Works in Progress Issue 24 is out today.
1st Jul 2026
Works in Progress Issue 24 is out today.
Diaries of Note
This is not Nineteen Eighty-Four
Wigtown is a coastal town in south-west Scotland so in love with books that its approximately 900...
1st Mar 2023
Wigtown is a coastal town in south-west Scotland so in love with books that its approximately 900 (presumably) well-read inhabitants have an incredible sixteen bookshops on their doorstep(s), an annual book festival that runs for ten days, and the official title of Scotland’s...
Passing Time
An Ode to Manchester Wall
A 19th-century bridge's contribution to climbing culture
9th May 2024
A 19th-century bridge's contribution to climbing culture
Laetitia@Work
Flowers of Fire: How South Korea’s Feminists Inspired the World
Laetitia@Work #77
8th Jan 2025
Farza's Newsletter
me and george lucas just made a sound cloud hit
Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my...
7th Feb 2021
Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my thoughts here, ignore this :). — I hear this really often from friends: I am currently doing X I really really want to do Y In order for me to leave X to do Y, I need to first do A, B,...
The Intimate Mirror
Power, Vulnerability, and Soulful Collaboration
A Conversation with Dechen McSweeney on the Nine Mistakes We Make in Relationship to Power
8th May 2025
A Conversation with Dechen McSweeney on the Nine Mistakes We Make in Relationship to Power
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Most Powerful Life Hacks I’ve Found
Shortcuts to a life full of freedom, more money, more time, and a kickass network
1st Apr 2025
Shortcuts to a life full of freedom, more money, more time, and a kickass network
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Pseudo Sacrifice vs. Speculation
Observers are stunned when they witness a queen sacrifice. For a chess player to abandon their most...
1st Apr 2017
Observers are stunned when they witness a queen sacrifice. For a chess player to abandon their most powerful piece seems like a daring risk. The sacrifice is followed by a decisive combo resulting in checkmate. Bravo, the crowd goes wild.
The Intimate Mirror
You Are Invited
On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
14th Jun 2026
On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
Winnie Lim
scenes from tsukiji & asakusa
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at...
1st Dec 2023
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at 740am because I read that the crowds will start to get crazy at...
Laetitia@Work
How much rest do we really need?
Laetitia@Work #52
20th Oct 2022
Farza's Newsletter
me and satoru iwata were chilling at target and bought some beef jerky
I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our...
7th Jun 2021
I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our understanding of the product, problem, user. We’re following the data and have numbers we can point to when making a majority of our decisions. We’re focusing on growth.
DYNOMIGHT
The real data wall is billions of years of evolution
Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you...
3rd Oct 2024
Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you wanted to speed up the development of AI, what would you send back? Many people suggest attention or transformers. But I’m convinced that the answer is “brute-force”—to throw as much...
RhysTranter.com
A New Role at St David’s Catholic College, Cardiff
I have just started a new role as a pastoral tutor at St David's Catholic College in Cardiff. Over...
14th Dec 2019
I have just started a new role as a pastoral tutor at St David's Catholic College in Cardiff. Over the last two years I have been looking for a secure full-time job that would allow me to draw on my teaching skills and experience, while also offering an opportunity to serve my...
Sherman's Food...
Naniwa Okina なにわ 翁
Wanting to go for something light, we decided to hit up Naniwa Okina in Osaka. This Michelin Bib...
1st Dec 2025
Wanting to go for something light, we decided to hit up Naniwa Okina in Osaka. This Michelin Bib Gourmand spot is small and cozy featuring handmade soba noodles. It was a bit of a walk from the Kitahama Station, especially in the scorching heat (in July). Glad their A/C held...
Mind Mine
the mind is a trap
be careful what you convince yourself of
13th Feb 2025
be careful what you convince yourself of
Winnie Lim
43
I wrote this time last year that I felt like I was coping better than the year before. This year I...
6th Apr 2024
I wrote this time last year that I felt like I was coping better than the year before. This year I don’t feel like I have made much progress, and perhaps I...
Hickman's...
Culture is Friction
How Convenience Kills Human Relationships
12th Mar 2026
How Convenience Kills Human Relationships
The Map is Mostly...
Everything I know about gardening
I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies...
2nd Jul 2023
I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies and roses, or my fields, and several people have asked me to write about gardening, or for gardening advice. But this request encounters a ridiculous shortcoming: I know almost...
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify 1.2: Calorie and Macronutrient Goals, Breakdowns and 57 New Foods
Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57...
28th May 2024
Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57 new foods in Nutridex. Available on the App Store.
Daniel Bourke
Silent idols
Showing without telling.
11th Jan 2023
Paul Cudenec
Remembering the fires of revolt
A book review
1st May 2026
Luxagraf:...
I Like New Orleans Better
After Galveston we headed north, bound for New Orleans. We broke up the drive with a stop at one of...
7th Dec 2022
After Galveston we headed north, bound for New Orleans. We broke up the drive with a stop at one of the gates of hell, located in Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Sea Grim as we call it. Do not go there. Ever. For any reason. We had to abandon the bus there that night and retreat to a...
Wait But Why
Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch
So heavy but so worth it
The post Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch appeared first...
16th Oct 2024
So heavy but so worth it
The post Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch appeared first on Wait But Why.
Laetitia@Work
Desperate for more male nurses, teachers and cleaners
Laetitia@Work #57
19th Mar 2023
Charlie Becker
13 Lessons from 37 Years
My Gift to You for my 37th Birthday
1st Oct 2024
My Gift to You for my 37th Birthday
skin contact
San Francisco Sketchbook
It is hard to tell this story without it starting here: when I was in high school, I developed a...
18th Mar 2026
It is hard to tell this story without it starting here: when I was in high school, I developed a habit of walking around and drawing what I see.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
On Being a Slow Thinker
For a long time I considered myself a slow thinker. Meaning, I felt I wasn't particularly good at...
2nd Jan 2023
For a long time I considered myself a slow thinker. Meaning, I felt I wasn't particularly good at thinking on the spot and articulating what I wanted to express. Probably one of the reasons why I never do podcasts and why job interviews are met with such trepidation. But I...
Scarlet Ink
Your Career Isn't a Meritocracy. It's a Trustocracy.
Trustocracy sounds funny, but it's a more accurate representation of how we're measured. We aren't...
a week ago
Trustocracy sounds funny, but it's a more accurate representation of how we're measured. We aren't (and can't) be measured objectively on what we accomplish at work. But we are (unavoidably) measured by the trust we've built with our co-workers.
Isabel Unraveled
How to embrace the seasons of your life without guilt
You’re not wasting time when you’re in alignment
12th Mar 2026
You’re not wasting time when you’re in alignment
Stoic Simple
The Stoic Fable Book
PUBLISHER EXCLUSIVE: Limited First Edition Copy & 25% OFF 17 reviews "Delightful little stories...
22nd Feb 2025
PUBLISHER EXCLUSIVE: Limited First Edition Copy & 25% OFF 17 reviews "Delightful little stories filled with timeless wisdom." — Kyle Gray, The Story Engine Podcast The Stoic Fable Book is a collection of charming little tales that explain the enduring wisdom of Stoicism, an...
Nat Eliason's...
Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing
The siren song of subs
9th Oct 2023
The Map is Mostly...
Viscerality
some notes on pleasure
2nd Nov 2025
Atoms vs Bits
Anti-Rivalrous Goods
the rivalrousness s-curve
3rd Jul 2024
the rivalrousness s-curve
Farza's Newsletter
went to buy a bag of fresh air at the store but got rejected because i didn't have an iphone air wow...
Donde esta la leche de chocolate
27th Oct 2025
Donde esta la leche de chocolate
The Honest Broker
In 2024, the Tension Between Macroculture and Microculture Will Turn into War
And I can already tell you who will win
6th Dec 2023
And I can already tell you who will win
Jason Crawford
Announcing Progress Studies for Young Scholars
Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of...
19th May 2020
Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of technology: Progress Studies for Young Scholars.
Daily online content, plus a speaker series featuring Tyler Cowen, Patrick Collison, Max Roser, Joel Mokyr, Deirdre McCloskey, and more....
Stoic Simple
Stoicism: Things Don’t Upset Us, Our Judgments Do
From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “If we...
8th Aug 2024
From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “If we limited ‘good’ and ‘bad’ to only our own actions, we would have no call to challenge fate, or to treat others as enemies.” — Marcus Aurelius A toad and a mouse came upon a puddle of ...
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum
A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants...
19th May 2026
A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants the country says it needs.
Laetitia@Work
Why AI can make work painful: see customer service
Laetitia@Work #71
20th Jun 2024
Scarlet Ink
Confidence: A Legal Performance-Enhancing Drug for the Office. 7 Manipulation Tips for Winners.
You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others...
1st Dec 2025
You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others instinctively follow. Because, yes, we're all sheep.
Nat Eliason's...
Proof You Can Do Hard Things
An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
10th Jul 2023
An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
Farza's Newsletter
started eating pea protein and wtf this makes my shakes taste like peas its literally made of...
Hello my friends.
12th Aug 2025
Both Are True
2025 recap
what a year it's been
7th Jan 2025
Sherman's Food...
Kavita
You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then. Well, it isn't hard to find...
1st Feb 2026
You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then. Well, it isn't hard to find good Indian food in the GVRD, especially Punjabi cuisine. There is a smattering of South Indian and some Goan spots as well. One of the newest Indian restaurants in town is rather...
Daily Stoic
12 (Stoic) Rules For Life: An Ancient Guide to the Good Life
It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always...
16th Feb 2022
It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always do right. But that’s not how the world is. That’s not who you are. If left to our own devices, with enough opportunities, eventually we’ll mess up—we’ll drift, we’ll stray. That’s...
Passing Time
Reasons Not to Burn Coal That Have Nothing to Do with Climate Change
You don't need to talk about CO2 to have reasons to stop using coal for electricity generation
12th Sep 2022
You don't need to talk about CO2 to have reasons to stop using coal for electricity generation
Charlie Becker
For Richer or Poorer
A Love Letter to Weddings
2nd Aug 2023
A Love Letter to Weddings
Thu Le
Why I rebuilt this site
The journey of building this site.
31st Oct 2024
The journey of building this site.
The Intimate Mirror
Spirituality is Secure Attachment with Reality
When God Becomes Safe to Love (Breaking Open: Part 2)
1st Jan 2025
When God Becomes Safe to Love (Breaking Open: Part 2)
Both Are True
The meet-cute (rom com, Act One)
a tale of two idiots who fell in love as told by one of those idiots, full of sound and fury,...
5th Mar 2024
a tale of two idiots who fell in love as told by one of those idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying everything
Atoms vs Bits
Modern Noble Lies
The high price asked for harmony
1st Jan 2025
The high price asked for harmony
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
5th Mar 2026
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Boiling Your Kermit
Drop a frog in boiling water and it jumps out in shock. Place him in room-temperature water and he...
5th May 2018
Drop a frog in boiling water and it jumps out in shock. Place him in room-temperature water and he won’t mind if you slowly crank up the heat. He’ll look you square in the eye, absorbing the heat until it all goes black. Sorry, Kermit.
Winnie Lim
my body is a temple
The people who brought me up have a sweet tooth, so I was allowed to snack on unregulated amounts of...
3rd Aug 2025
The people who brought me up have a sweet tooth, so I was allowed to snack on unregulated amounts of chocolate, sweets, chips and carbonated drinks whenever I wanted. I used to...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Pissing in the Wind
Questioning the results of a study criticizing Dyson's hand dryer.
7th May 2016
Questioning the results of a study criticizing Dyson's hand dryer.
Wait But Why
What’s Our Problem?
a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But...
2nd May 2023
a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But Why website
The post What’s Our Problem? appeared first on Wait But Why.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Care in Design
Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of...
1st Sep 2022
Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of users—of humans. It is designing product details that you might randomly discover (sometimes even years later) rather than only designing what should be seen. Care in design is worrying...
Charlie Becker
"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet
A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
1st May 2024
A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
The Map is Mostly...
quests, failure, desire
or: contra defensive postures
9th Aug 2024
or: contra defensive postures
Raptitude.com
How It Seems vs How It Is
The other day I replaced an old, cracked mirror in my bathroom. When I took the existing one down,...
6th Dec 2024
The other day I replaced an old, cracked mirror in my bathroom. When I took the existing one down, suddenly the room seemed to lose half its size. Turns out it’s just a claustrophobic little room with a toilet, sink, and tub. The sense that there’s open space in front of me while...
bookbear express
passive obsession
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
1st Sep 2025
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
The Honest Broker
Here's Why I'm Telling Young Musicians to See the Dylan Biopic
And an update on transformative songs around the world
1st Apr 2025
And an update on transformative songs around the world
Laetitia@Work
Why I'm tired of goals
Laetitia@Work #55
12th Jan 2023
Winnie Lim
chronic unease
Some people are good at denial, forgetting, and moving on. I am good at none of those. I accumulate...
5th Jun 2023
Some people are good at denial, forgetting, and moving on. I am good at none of those. I accumulate trauma, remember them deeply like they are etched into my bones helpless as...
The Intimate Mirror
Emptiness and Values Realism
Beyond the False Dichotomy
1st Apr 2025
Beyond the False Dichotomy
The Honest Broker
Beauty Is Stone Cold in the Arts, but Hot as a Consumer Product
The state of aesthetics in the 21st century is very, very strange
1st Jun 2025
The state of aesthetics in the 21st century is very, very strange
Atoms vs Bits
Is This Anything? 11
getting mad + drinking occasionally
1st Aug 2025
getting mad + drinking occasionally
Isabel Unraveled
how good will you let it get?
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
1st Apr 2025
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
124 months: deliberate togetherness
today didn't start well — i said that it is the worst anniversary we've had for the past 10 years....
2 weeks ago
today didn't start well — i said that it is the worst anniversary we've had for the past 10 years. is it perimenopause? i've found it harder to cope with my sensitivity and she's finding it harder to cope with fatigue. yet we persisted in celebrating even though we are both...
The AI Underwriter
Who told you you couldn't do that?
To those who said it couldn’t be done
1st Jan 2026
To those who said it couldn’t be done
Farza's Newsletter
eating a pesto pasta salad in dubai but how can you grow salad in a desert wow
Hey all :).
9th Dec 2025
Mark Manson
40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20)
Today is my 40th birthday.
When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to...
9th Mar 2024
Today is my 40th birthday.
When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to survive your 20s and crowd-sourced advice on how to excel in your 30s. And apparently you guys loved it.
So, here's more of the good stuff: 40 life lessons I now know at 40 that I...
Farza's Newsletter
drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a...
3rd Oct 2023
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a society, no matter where you're from -- we have a tendency to look at those that did something really hard, but didn't figure it out as a person who "failed".
Mind Mine
being more available to myself requires me to be less available to others
& other patterns i am trying to notice and break within myself
9th Aug 2024
& other patterns i am trying to notice and break within myself
Raptitude.com
Humans Are About to Learn Like Never Before
Humans aren’t good at predicting the future, but sometimes you can see a trend that promises...
22nd Nov 2024
Humans aren’t good at predicting the future, but sometimes you can see a trend that promises something great — like “a genie is granting your wish” great. I think this might be happening right now with one of my genie wishes, maybe yours too. For me it has to do with the piles of...
The Intimate Mirror
Become the Blade
AI, Right Action, and the Liberation of Human Purpose
6th Feb 2026
AI, Right Action, and the Liberation of Human Purpose
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
15 Years of Loving Curation
In my previous post, I mentioned that Minimalissimo was coming to an end and that I'd be embarking...
1st Oct 2024
In my previous post, I mentioned that Minimalissimo was coming to an end and that I'd be embarking on a new adventure with FormFeelingFunction®. Well, I think it's worth explaining the site's journey, impact, and inevitable sunset. Because it has played a significant role in my...
DYNOMIGHT
Heritability puzzlers
The heritability wars have been a-raging. Watching these, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s...
7th Aug 2025
The heritability wars have been a-raging. Watching these, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s near-universal confusion about what “heritable” means. Partly, that’s because it’s a subtle concept. But it also seems relevant that almost all explanations of heritability are very,...
Farza's Newsletter
i was in the boiler room with fred and we were eating eggs agains
Hey all, really short one today :).
8th Sep 2025
Hey all, really short one today :).
Raptitude.com
Do Quests, Not Goals
South Island, New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle-Earth If you were to make a list of what you want to get...
8th Aug 2024
South Island, New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle-Earth If you were to make a list of what you want to get done this week, it would mostly consist of things you have to do. Get groceries. Book a hair appointment. Get back to so-and-so. Read that health and safety thing for work. If you...
Paul Cudenec
Welcome to the New Resistance!
I introduce my latest book
1st Jun 2026
I introduce my latest book
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Introducing Whisper, A New Way To Write For The Web
Today I want to tell you about a writing tool called Whisper that I created for authors who don't...
10th Feb 2018
Today I want to tell you about a writing tool called Whisper that I created for authors who don't want to let their art touch the gunk. But before I get to that, I need to describe my writing process.
David Senra
Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind the Inditex Group
My top 10 highlights from the book:
1. Ortega has created a business model that is studied in...
1st Dec 2024
My top 10 highlights from the book:
1. Ortega has created a business model that is studied in universities he could not access.
2. “One afternoon, after school, I went with my mother to a store to buy food. The store we walked into was one of those old-time grocery stores,...
RhysTranter.com
The Meaning of Logos
Taken from Fr John Nepil‘s To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail: “Creation...
11th Apr 2026
Taken from Fr John Nepil‘s To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail: “Creation felt symphonic Everything from the wildflowers below to the stratus clouds above spoke of order and design. The ancients had a word for this-one that would in time become intensely...
Charlie Becker
Get into Character
Characters drive the story
8th Mar 2023
Characters drive the story
bookbear express
the art of getting laid: a review of the game, 20 years later
and some announcements :)
7th Oct 2025
and some announcements :)
Paul Cudenec
When knowledge is stupidity
[Plus audio version]
3rd Jul 2026
Daily Stoic
Stoicism and Christianity: The History of the Stoics and the Christians
It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the...
5th Jan 2022
It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the same time. That’s right, Seneca and Jesus were both born in the year 4BC. Not only that, they lived roughly parallel lives despite being separated by geography, culture, and social...
Nat Eliason's...
Only 1 Week Left for the Husk Preorder Bundle
And preorders end next week!
13th May 2025
And preorders end next week!
Passing Time
Bits from Boulder
Three true stories from the People's Republic
5th Aug 2024
Three true stories from the People's Republic
The Intimate Mirror
I'm Married
It Takes a Village to Raise a Marriage
2nd Aug 2026
It Takes a Village to Raise a Marriage
Winnie Lim
because we are both pessimists
It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is...
2nd Mar 2025
It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is almost 9 years, a little less than a quarter of my life....
Tech and Tea
Transformed into a couch
On taking this time to slooooooow down
28th Dec 2022
On taking this time to slooooooow down
The Prism
The Rise of Neotoddlerism
Why activists are behaving like infants
8th Aug 2024
Why activists are behaving like infants
RhysTranter.com
The Letters of Thomas Merton
I have recently finished re-reading Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain, one of my favourite books....
12th Jun 2020
I have recently finished re-reading Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain, one of my favourite books. Now, I am dipping into the multi-volume edition of his letters...
The Ruffian
The Last Lunch
A Short Story
1st Aug 2026
Passing Time
Aridity Incarnate
The American West, Fiction, and Water
1st Oct 2024
The American West, Fiction, and Water
The Map is Mostly...
Love Grows
The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
8th Feb 2025
The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
Atoms vs Bits
Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters
Some newsletters just tell you the same few concepts again, and again, and again
5th Apr 2023
Some newsletters just tell you the same few concepts again, and again, and again
Luxagraf:...
Wagoneer
My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved.
As we've slowed...
1st Mar 2023
My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved.
As we've slowed down our travels though, spending more time in an area makes it nice to have a car to go exploring, run errands, and get to places the bus can't. For that reason we bought a 2006...
Passing Time
The Hardo-Normie Alignment Graph
I don't know how I get invited to anything either
1st Apr 2024
I don't know how I get invited to anything either
The Convivial...
Re-sourcing the Mind
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
1st Aug 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
Isabel Unraveled
a return to soul
bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
9th Nov 2024
bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
What To Cook
a VERY BIG pre-order giveaway!!!!
ONE OF YOU IS WINNING A TRIP TO CARMEL!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon,...
14th Jul 2024
ONE OF YOU IS WINNING A TRIP TO CARMEL!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon, because the book will BE IN YOUR HANDS IN LESS THAN A MONTH! But until pub day on August 13th, it’s pre-order city, baby.
And to show you just how SERIOUSLY, UNENDINGLY GRATEFUL I am to...
Raptitude.com
What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now?
Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If...
6th Feb 2025
Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If you spent most of your day preoccupied with thoughts about a past failed relationship, for example, that makes for a different kind of day than one in which you’re preoccupied with...
The Convivial...
The Work of Art
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
11th Jun 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
The Convivial...
Waiting Is a Revelation
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
1st Jan 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
Both Are True
rare is this feeling
i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
21st Apr 2026
i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Ajde (climbing diary)
I first met Manu Moreale (online) about five years ago when I asked for his help to rescue the...
6th May 2022
I first met Manu Moreale (online) about five years ago when I asked for his help to rescue the Minimalissimo website after an unnamed agency created a shit-show that left me down a similarly named creek without a paddle. Since then, we have worked together on various projects and...
Winnie Lim
42
Last year, I wrote I wanted to learn how to cope. I don’t think I have learnt to cope well yet, but...
6th Apr 2023
Last year, I wrote I wanted to learn how to cope. I don’t think I have learnt to cope well yet, but I do think I have made some progress compared to...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Best Lawn in the Entire Post-Apocalypse
What kind of an idiot am I that I would be doing lawn maintenance during the zombie apocalypse? Let...
1st Oct 2016
What kind of an idiot am I that I would be doing lawn maintenance during the zombie apocalypse? Let me tell you.
Charlie Becker
Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3
Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.
5th Apr 2025
Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.
Herbert Lui
Choose to trust yourself
Some businesses—not all, and not even most!—don’t trust you. They design their products and...
1st Jun 2026
Some businesses—not all, and not even most!—don’t trust you. They design their products and marketing to lock you in and make you feel reliant on them. The incentive for them is to have lots of steady customers; if you can come and go at any point, then that business isn’t as...
Passing Time
Stop using your health wearables
Against the tyranny of data
17th Sep 2025
Against the tyranny of data
The Tao Of Wealth
A Prayer For The New Year
God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I...
31st Dec 2021
God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I can,and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time,enjoying one moment at a time;accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;taking, as Your Divine Incarnations...
Atoms vs Bits
11 Universal And Objective Truths About Making Friends
the reason we are here
2nd Jul 2026
Hickman's...
The ‘Do or Die’ Days
If the Bell Tolls on the American Hinterlands, Will You Answer It?
3 weeks ago
If the Bell Tolls on the American Hinterlands, Will You Answer It?
RhysTranter.com
Rome Pilgrimage: Jubilee Year, 2025
This July, Jenn and I journeyed to Rome as part of a Jubilee Year pilgrimage with a group of...
21st Jul 2025
This July, Jenn and I journeyed to Rome as part of a Jubilee Year pilgrimage with a group of colleagues from St David’s Catholic College. We passed through the Holy Doors of St Peter’s, St John Lateran, St Paul Outside the Walls, and St Mary Major, where the remains of Pope...
RhysTranter.com
“In these dark times…”
In these dark times
we look for the light
5th Oct 2019
In these dark times
we look for the light
Jason Fried
We increased conversion ~30% and we don't know exactly how
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows.
The aim was...
3rd Feb 2025
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows.
The aim was to increase conversion from trial to paid by smoothing out the initial experience of getting going, doing a better job of quick-teaching the basics, and making a few things a...
Jason Crawford
Who is Scott Alexander and what is he about?
Scott Alexander is my favorite blogger. I’d like to recommend him to more people, but it’s hard to...
13th Feb 2021
Scott Alexander is my favorite blogger. I’d like to recommend him to more people, but it’s hard to know where to start, since he’s written over 1,500 posts. A little while ago a friend asked me to make a list of my favorite pieces of his. So, here is a beginner’s guide to the...
The Ruffian
Why I Won’t Reply To Your AI-Generated Email
The Email Exchange That Radicalised Me
a week ago
The Email Exchange That Radicalised Me
Jason Crawford
The lessons of Xanadu
One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in WIRED...
7th Aug 2022
One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in WIRED Magazine in 1995. On the surface, it’s a piece of tech history, a story of a dramatic failure. But look closer, and you can find deep philosophical insight.
Xanadu was a grand vision...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Qualifying for Boston in 2021 Will Be Harder than Ever
Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for...
22nd Oct 2019
Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for analysis. If you are one of the runners who was accepted, congratulations! Qualifying for Boston is not easy, and as we will see shortly, it shows no signs of getting easier.
Passing Time
Mixing Memory and Desire
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
29th Jun 2023
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
Laetitia@Work
You Can't Be A Smart Sycophant
Laetitia@Work #97
7th Apr 2026
Sherman's Food...
Soi Ram
You have probably heard me go on and on about how good the Portland Thai food scene is compared to...
1st Nov 2025
You have probably heard me go on and on about how good the Portland Thai food scene is compared to what we have here in Vancouver. Well, that doesn't mean we don't have good Thai food at all. In fact, some of my favourites include Song, Siam Le Bien, Zab Zaab and Silom. ...
bookbear express
first days of summer
"self-portrait at 28"
25th Jun 2025
The Map is Mostly...
Californias
The first time I went out to Silicon Valley, or California for that matter, or anywhere at all west...
29th Jul 2025
The first time I went out to Silicon Valley, or California for that matter, or anywhere at all west of New York state, was after college.
Thu Le
Pen and paper
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
11th Apr 2025
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
The Honest Broker
How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
6th Oct 2024
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
Charlie Becker
Courage and Moonshots
On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
16th Dec 2024
On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
Lefineder’s Substack
The Finite Faculties of Man
What is the extent of human cultural variation?
16th Jul 2023
What is the extent of human cultural variation?
Atoms vs Bits
Risk-of-Ruin Goods
In 2018, the US Supreme Court legalized sports betting (or rather, legalized states to legalize...
7th Apr 2025
In 2018, the US Supreme Court legalized sports betting (or rather, legalized states to legalize sports betting), which led to a flurry of new sports bets and online casinos. Anyone who listens to US podcasts has probably heard the consequences: a flood of companies desperately...
Passing Time
Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
9th Feb 2023
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
Winnie Lim
biometrics pre, during & post-covid
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health...
3rd Sep 2023
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health trends from the health app: Obviously this is because I had covid: being...
DYNOMIGHT
Let’s stop counting centuries
Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now:
The Enlightenment is conventionally placed...
4th Jul 2024
Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now:
The Enlightenment is conventionally placed in the last two-thirds of the 18th century, though it flowed out of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Reason in the 17th century and spilled into the heyday of classical...
Laetitia@Work
The Mystery of Mastery
Laetitia@Work #64
20th Dec 2023
Laetitia@Work
Why we need more older female role models at work
Laetitia@Work #92
11th Feb 2026
The Ruffian
The One Weird Trick That Gave Humans Language
An Extract From 'A Brief History of Intelligence' by Max Bennett
2nd Aug 2025
An Extract From 'A Brief History of Intelligence' by Max Bennett
DYNOMIGHT
Why I’m skeptical of minimum prices for ride-sharing
The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies...
2nd Jan 2025
The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies must be paid at least $32.50 per hour.
Now, if you’re a hardcore libertarian, then you probably hate the minimum wage. You already disagree with this policy, so you need no convincing...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Bimodal by design
I've worked with Photoshop for an age. Back in 2022, I created a small business called 099, offering...
2nd May 2026
I've worked with Photoshop for an age. Back in 2022, I created a small business called 099, offering a focused collection of minimal PSD mockups and web tools for creatives.
Although I still appreciate the demand for PSDs, especially among seasoned designers, I wanted to explore...
Passing Time
Reconsidering Reading
While it may feel good to be able to say you've read something, that doesn’t mean it’s the most...
10th Jan 2022
While it may feel good to be able to say you've read something, that doesn’t mean it’s the most effective way to learn.
Winnie Lim
different realities under the same blue sky
My partner and I were were surprised we had radically different interpretations of a particular...
1st Oct 2023
My partner and I were were surprised we had radically different interpretations of a particular scene of a kdrama we had just watched. She had thought the lines were full of hope...
Daniel Bourke
Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing
The controlled accident.
Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing".
Because the...
4th Jun 2023
The controlled accident.
Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing".
Because the characters 无为 (wu wei) mean nothing (wu, 无) and doing (wei, 为).
So although a literal translation would be doing nothing, it doesn’t mean the same as sitting
Tech and Tea
How to know the right next step when everything feels uncertain
A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering...
10th Sep 2025
A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering filmmaking
Daniel Bourke
AI Anxiety
A walk into the unknown.
28th Apr 2023
Isabel Unraveled
Change is a matter of feeling safe enough to let go of who you are to become someone new
Also, I’m going to Paris.
11th May 2026
Also, I’m going to Paris.
Scarlet Ink
Twelve Career Lessons They Don’t Put in Onboarding
A few hard-earned lessons about people, politics, consistency, and the parts of work we pretend...
8th Dec 2025
A few hard-earned lessons about people, politics, consistency, and the parts of work we pretend aren’t part of the job. But really are.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Resignation Letter I Couldn’t Send
Writing a resignation letter is easy. Knowing whether or not to send it is the hard part.
16th Feb 2015
Writing a resignation letter is easy. Knowing whether or not to send it is the hard part.
Hickman's...
How to Live on $432 a Month in America
(For All Expenses)
19th May 2025
Scarlet Ink
Wishing for a Better Outcome Isn't a Mechanism. The COE Approach to Continual Improvement and...
Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen,...
7th Jul 2025
Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen, the right question is: Why did your system allow it? How could you have influenced that result?
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Brainstorming Advice from a Long Lost Isaac Asimov Letter
When a writer like Isaac Asimov talks about creativity I take note. What can a lost letter about...
19th Jan 2015
When a writer like Isaac Asimov talks about creativity I take note. What can a lost letter about creativity written by Isaac Asimov from 1959 teach us?
DYNOMIGHT
Taste games
I bet you like it when beautiful people laugh at your jokes. And I bet you like the taste of sugar....
15th Feb 2024
I bet you like it when beautiful people laugh at your jokes. And I bet you like the taste of sugar. I sure do.
But what about camping or dubstep or chain restaurants or installation art? What about blue cheese or pick-up trucks or reality TV? Me, I like some and loathe others....
The Prism
How to Find Good Information
And some examples of "Good Information"
19th Sep 2023
And some examples of "Good Information"
The Convivial...
Vision Con
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
9th Feb 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The slow death of all that is known
The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant...
2nd Sep 2017
The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant education. What little new insight is gained is but a footnote to that framework of original knowledge, the dusty document of knowledge canonized long ago when his education was...
Both Are True
batcave schedule for november!!!!
it's here and so are we!
3rd Nov 2025
Daniel Bourke
ZTM 2023 State of AI Tools & Coding Report
How are developers using AI tools?
2nd Aug 2023
How are developers using AI tools?
Wait But Why
The sights and sounds of Bhutan
Stories from my visit to the mysterious Himalayan kingdom
The post The sights and sounds of Bhutan...
25th Nov 2025
Stories from my visit to the mysterious Himalayan kingdom
The post The sights and sounds of Bhutan appeared first on Wait But Why.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalissimo 6.0
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you...
6th Apr 2022
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you like. The sixth iteration of Minimalissimo is here and it's probably the strongest one to date yet probably the most raw and uncompromising. But before I break down what is new, I want...
Isabel Unraveled
the mind is a trap
be careful what you convince yourself of
13th Feb 2025
be careful what you convince yourself of
Passing Time
Incommensurate Goods in ESG
When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
28th Apr 2022
When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
Letters of Note
Please consider my own position
The King's Final Plea
2nd Jun 2026
Mark Manson
How to Make Friends as an Adult
Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as...
12th May 2023
Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as important—if not more so—for our health and happiness.
Just like with romantic relationships, creating fulfilling, lasting friendships as an adult can be really hard.
But… Why?
I mean, sure,...
Both Are True
let's talk about ai, baby
become an ai wizard without losing your soul
17th Feb 2026
become an ai wizard without losing your soul
Winnie Lim
happy birthday to my favouritest person
Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east...
7th Jul 2024
Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east to west so we can’t do any local travelling. Travelling is vital...
Rubenerd
Blog questions challenge: TV shows
The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this blog post challenge, which I will not take sitting down....
13th Apr 2025
The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this blog post challenge, which I will not take sitting down. That’s a blatant lie, I’m 100% sitting down as I write this. I’m also drinking coffee, in case that was never obvious.
What TV character from a beloved show do you wish you could be...
Passing Time
The Consciousness Box
Sorry for the inconvenience.
11th Dec 2023
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Tech and Tea
Making Space After Burnout
What to know if you’re considering a sabbatical
2nd Feb 2026
What to know if you’re considering a sabbatical
The Convivial...
The Art of Living
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 4
1st Mar 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 4
Wait But Why
Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
The post Neuralink and the...
20th Apr 2017
I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
The post Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future appeared first on Wait But Why.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Local Log
It recently dawned on me that, as a digital designer, I had yet to make a macOS or iOS app. So I...
3rd Mar 2026
It recently dawned on me that, as a digital designer, I had yet to make a macOS or iOS app. So I wanted to give the former a try while also experimenting with a coding agent to bring it to life.
While it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the constant stream of AI tools and...
Tech and Tea
What I've been eating...
Anyone who spends any time with me knows that I love food — thinking about food, making food, eating...
3rd May 2023
Anyone who spends any time with me knows that I love food — thinking about food, making food, eating food, telling people about food. Why not add it into Tech and Tea?
bookbear express
Is friendship romantic?
:)))
3rd Dec 2025
Laetitia@Work
Are older people less innovative?
Laetitia@Work #61
26th Sep 2023
Passing Time
A Wednesday at Arapahoe Lakes
Not because it's there, but, instead, to feel something
6th Apr 2023
Not because it's there, but, instead, to feel something
Scarlet Ink
The Hidden Cost of Process: A Guide for Tech Leaders
Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which...
23rd Jun 2025
Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which slow your organization down. How do you navigate this conundrum?
Tech and Tea
Building Community Tech
Three recent community tech builds, lessons from vibe coding, and rediscovering the joy of building
8th Nov 2025
Three recent community tech builds, lessons from vibe coding, and rediscovering the joy of building
bookbear express
what's your favorite summer book?
Zhang Enli, The Wires (3), 2015
2nd Jun 2026
Zhang Enli, The Wires (3), 2015
The Prism
25 Useful Ideas for 2025
Mental models to kickstart the new year
2nd Jan 2025
Mental models to kickstart the new year
Both Are True
BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE
"omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
1st Aug 2025
"omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
Isabel Unraveled
A rationalist’s guide to manifestation.
Or, how to live a magical life
2nd Jan 2026
Or, how to live a magical life
Passing Time
Alaska Range 2026
Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
7th Jul 2026
Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
RhysTranter.com
Visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia
In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the...
21st Aug 2023
In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the most-performed living composer in the world, and his life and work played a key role in the development of my faith. We even saw Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora shopping at their local...
Mind Mine
a return to soul
bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
9th Nov 2024
bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
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