A fable about ovens, founders, and the second-highest priority that never gets done.
Quiche Industries
A solo venture creating minimalist products for people who value thoughtful design and simplicity, all named after my favorite pie because why not.
The Product Picnic
Writing on UX and product management to connect today's discourse with classic insights that the industry forgot.
Unauthorized Bread: Real rebellions involve jailbreaking IoT toasters
Cory Doctorow's book, Radicalized, is up for a CBC award. To celebrate, here's an excerpt.
The art of simple food : notes, lessons, and recipes from a delicious revolution
ix, 405 p. : 25 cm; Here you will find Alice's philosophy on everything from stocking your kitchen, to mastering fundamentals and preparing delicious, seasonal inspired meals all year long. Always true to her philosophy that a perfect meal is one that's balanced in texture, color, and flavor, Waters helps us embrace the seasons' bounty and make the best choices when selecting ingredients.--From publisher's description; Subtitle from cover; Includes index
Build the thing you wish to see in the world
For most of my career, I've been confusing building products with building businesses—and that confusion kept me from pursuing a lot of ideas. Two weeks off helped me realize that not everything needs to be a startup, and some of the best things we build are the ones we build just because we want them to exist.
The Four Big Risks | Silicon Valley Product Group
In the first edition of my book, INSPIRED, I discussed how successful products are valuable, usable and feasible, where I defined “valuable” as both valuable to customers and valuable to your business. While it’s easy to remember these three attributes, over the years I’ve come to believe that it was obscuring some pretty serious risks and...
Blitzscaling
Blitzscaling, by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh, shares the secret to starting and scaling massively valuable companies.
Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose
One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying.
Worse on Purpose
Investigative essays on corporate enshittification — how the brands you trusted made everything worse on purpose, and who profits when they do.
The lessons of Xanadu
“The longest-running vaporware story in the history of the computer industry”
A funny idea that bubbled up over dinner one night. Here is a mockup explaining the framework, which also includes some suggestions on pre-existing at proto technologies that could be used to build it. ( @germnetwork.com and pub-search by @zzstoatzz.io )
smile protocol :: AT Proto Dating
whereditgo.leaflet.pubOn my 2030s bingo card: ATProto eventually becomes *the* desirable and premium app ecosystem because if you enshittify your app you die The apps that win will win because they’re literally the best or most specialized at what they do
Guido X Jansen
That means we need new moats. Deeper specialization. Better UX. Domain expertise. Community trust. Optional premium features. Enterprise integrations. The old thinking of "my proprietary access to data protects me" is exactly the Big Tech model we're here to leave behind.
Today we’re releasing the first version of kich.io 🎉 It’s a household app for pantry tracking, recipe management, and grocery planning. The focus is practical: less waste, less planning overhead, and knowing what you can cook at a glance.
