Stuck? Diagrams help. - Abby Covert, Information Architect

How to Make Sense of Any Mess

Information Architecture for Everybody. Based on a book by Information Architect, Abby Covert.

Stuck in the middle: Being an engineer & artist in the AI era | Annie Sexton | Offprint

I'm an AI skeptic, through and through. But I also voluntarily use AI nearly every day. So naturally, you might be asking: what the heck?

nobody should type code by hand anymore. here's what's left.

Josh Wulf and I talked loop engineering for four episodes. The models stopped being the constraint a long time ago; what's left is vision, verification and agency. Delete your skill packs, put the whole system under test, and revisit everything that used to be hard.

Drawabox | A free, exercise based approach to learning the fundamentals of drawing

A free, exercise based approach to learning the fundamentals of drawing. We tackle drawing in a logical, analytical fashion inspired by concept artists and industrial designers, focusing on technical skills that can be developed with hard work and determination.

LOOPY!

a tool for thinking in systems

Don't Get Distracted

I’m going to tell you about how I took a job building software to kill people. But don’t get distracted by that; I didn’t know at the time.

Finding Flow: Escaping Digital Distractions Through Deep Work and Slow Living

Learn how to achieve flow state and defeat digital distractions through environment design, mindful breaks, and deep work practices for a more focused life.

My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file

The biggest transition for me when I started college was learning to get organized. There was a point when I couldn't just remember everything in my head. And having to constantly keep track of things was distracting me from whatever task I was doing at the moment.

Breaking My Own Rule (Again): AI and the Job Hunt - Jacky Alciné

I said I wasn't going to lean on generative AI but I also said I was going to leave the tech industry. Here's what I actually used to keep applying and what it did (and didn't) do for me.

Visualizing complexity

Ecologies and AI

Why Hasn’t AI Made Work Easier? - Cal Newport

I’ve been studying the intersection of digital technology and office work for quite some time. (I find it hard to believe that my book, ​Deep ... Read more

Please stop multitasking. I’m begging you. Please.

The greatest trick we ever pulled on ourselves as knowledge workers was convincing ourselves we could juggle multiple projects with no consequences.