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Traction Heroes Ep. 44: WEIRD People Are you more of an analytical or a holistic thinker? The answer might depend on the culture in which...
2 weeks ago
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Traction Heroes Ep. 44: WEIRD People

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2 weeks ago
Are you more of an analytical or a holistic thinker? The answer might depend on the culture in which you were raised — and will impact your ability to gain traction. In episode 44 of Traction Heroes, Harry read a short segment from Joseph Henrich’s The WEIRDest People in the...
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What’s the Purpose of Information Architecture? It’s been fifty years since information architecture’s coming out party in Philadelphia. Alas, the...
7th Aug 2026
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What’s the Purpose of Information Architecture?

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7th Aug 2026
It’s been fifty years since information architecture’s coming out party in Philadelphia. Alas, the discipline is still widely misunderstood. The main obstacle? The very thing that brought it to many people’s attention: the World Wide Web. I’d venture most people who’ve heard the...
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After Forty Years, Still No Silver Bullet Forty years ago, computer scientist Fred Brooks published a paper called No Silver Bullet: Essence...
10th Jul 2026
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After Forty Years, Still No Silver Bullet

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10th Jul 2026
Forty years ago, computer scientist Fred Brooks published a paper called No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accident in Software Engineering. As its title implies, the paper argues there are no technological shortcuts to making software radically easier, simpler, or more reliable. You...
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Traction Heroes Ep. 37: Legibility Many teams are being measured for the wrong things: tokens used, agents deployed, etc. Their orgs...
1st Jun 2026
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Traction Heroes Ep. 37: Legibility

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1st Jun 2026
Many teams are being measured for the wrong things: tokens used, agents deployed, etc. Their orgs have focused on tech adoption rather than value creation. It’s a mistake. I wanted to discuss this with Harry, so I read a passage from one of my favorite books, James C. Scott’s...
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Traction Heroes Ep. 33: Perceptions Here’s a tricky situation: you start reading someone through a negative lens, which changes how you...
6th Apr 2026
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Traction Heroes Ep. 33: Perceptions

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6th Apr 2026
Here’s a tricky situation: you start reading someone through a negative lens, which changes how you interact with them. They respond in kind, which seems to confirm your negative views. Cue vicious cycle. In any situation, you are both observer and participant, whether you...
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Look for the Adults In terms of sheer volume of words, factoids, and data of all kinds, this is surely an information...
1st Mar 2026
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Look for the Adults

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1st Mar 2026
In terms of sheer volume of words, factoids, and data of all kinds, this is surely an information age. But in terms of understanding, wisdom, spiritual clarity, and civility, we have entered a darker age. — David Orr, Verbicide (1999) You know how Mr. Rogers said that in a...
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AI Starting Points A friend is getting back into UX research after a two-year gap. Recognizing AI is a big deal, she...
3rd Feb 2026
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AI Starting Points

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3rd Feb 2026
A friend is getting back into UX research after a two-year gap. Recognizing AI is a big deal, she asked where to start learning. Great question! Other people are surely wondering as well, so I’m sharing my answers here. Caveats: These answers reflect how I learn; YMMV. You’re...
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My Theme for 2026 I’m starting off 2026 with a post that likely won’t interest you at all. I’m only sharing it to 1)...
1st Jan 2026
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My Theme for 2026

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1st Jan 2026
I’m starting off 2026 with a post that likely won’t interest you at all. I’m only sharing it to 1) think it through and 2) make myself accountable. It’s inspired by this video: Among other things, Pink suggests adopting a one-word theme for the year: “Not a sentence. Not a...
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Traction Heroes Ep. 24: Listening A few weeks ago, I did something bad. Every day, I take a long walk while listening to podcasts on...
1st Dec 2025
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Traction Heroes Ep. 24: Listening

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1st Dec 2025
A few weeks ago, I did something bad. Every day, I take a long walk while listening to podcasts on my Apple Watch. The app I use developed a bug after a recent update: whenever I paused, it would lose its place in the show. As you may imagine, this was annoying, so I avoided...
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Humanities Crash Course Week 44: Modernist Art Week 44 of the humanities crash course had me delving into three modernist classics by two Irish...
2nd Nov 2025
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Humanities Crash Course Week 44: Modernist Art

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2nd Nov 2025
Week 44 of the humanities crash course had me delving into three modernist classics by two Irish authors: Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play Waiting for Godot and selections from James Joyce’s Dubliners and Ulysses. I’d long been intimidated by the latter, but enjoyed the first...
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