Archive - Better by Design

3 Models for Framing Software Complexity

Using 37 Signals' visual metaphors to strategically approach software projects

Apr 21

24 Hours With Airchat

First impressions of the design dynamics at play with Naval Ravikant's new voice-led social media app.

Apr 14

3 Keys to Securing Great Work

Overcoming the objections that stand between you and your dream gig

Apr 8

March 2024

Earn the Right to Abstract

Learning from Picasso's bull to avoid empty minimalism

Mar 31

Surviving the Taste Gap

Learning to coexist with the tension between your taste and skills.

Mar 24

Designerpreneur #6: 5,000 Subscribers

Slow, steady growth, new strategies, and fighting "The Dip"

Mar 17

The Extremes Inform the Mean

The power of exploring the fringes to unleash creative progress and innovation

Mar 10

7 Insights for Navigating B2B Design

Key dynamics I wish I had known sooner in my enterprise design career.

Mar 3

February 2024

10 Heuristics to Simplify Design Decision-Making

How I use industry wisdom to guide my work and avoid the paradox of choice

Feb 25

Tech’s Continuum of Control

Centralization, decentralization, and the creators stuck in the middle

Feb 18

Staking My Claim In The Scalable Class

Using media and code to thrive in the new age of digital leverage

Feb 11

Be a Skill Surfer

Ride the waves of your curiosity to a more fulfilling career

Feb 4

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