Cutting through the clutter, in life and the kitchen sink.
These Nine L.A. Dishwashers Are the Real Heroes of Your Favorite Restaurants ~ L.A. TACO
Anthony Bourdain said it best: "Everything important I ever learned, I learned as a dishwasher and as a cook." These are just a handful of the places restaurants' MVPs eat and drink at around Los Angeles.
The Flotilla Letters: Catching Up
I’ve been chugging away on the Crowbar Handbook which you can read as I write each section (recent sections include How to Ditch Your Stuff, What to Do About Work, and Eat Well for Less).
An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants
To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a professional writer for decades, even though the number of ways to make
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin | East Bay Booksellers
One of The New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Global bestseller. A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin.
Serving the For You Feed - AT Protocol
How the maintainer of the popular For You feed serves it from their living room!
Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie | East Bay Booksellers
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, VOGUE, VULTURE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, AND ELECTRIC LITERATUREA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE"Exquisite and wise.
The book — Good Services
“This book is long overdue. It will become a must-read for the service design community, but this book is also for everyone working with services”
Plates · Your menu, everywhere
Publish your restaurant's menu once, as structured data you own. Plates gives it a beautiful page, and the open network carries it everywhere else.
Playbooks — Renaissance Philanthropy – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation
Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language defines 253 methods for constructing beautiful and practical designs at every scale, from cities to rooms.
Pudding 🍮🔞 (@puddingdraws.bsky.social)
AuDHD | 31 | any/all | 🇸🇪 | self taught | MDNI Pinups, indulgent little doodles and classics from the pudding vaults. Things here get spicy. Kinks. No tracing or AI. Using my art as your PFP is ok! Sfw alt: @puddingdraws-sfw.bsky.social
Week 7: Microwaving gravy - Alex's Blog
On Writing #3
Periodically I like to gather various observations about writing, and share my perspective.
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