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The latest iteration of my personal newsletter highlights stories about growing beyond your roots. What happens when you break boundaries—through business, art, or science—and you're not sure if you can ever go back? (Of if you'd even want to?)
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How I’m using Twitter (and other social media) in 2022.
Update on Nov. 2, 2022: I'm still not storming off Twitter. But, I think in the months since I wrote the below post, …
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Why I switched from Basecamp to Teamwork
I avoided writing this post for a long time, mainly because I didn't want to join a dogpile of performative messages …
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Beyond Route 13
Originally a path for Quaker immigrants to travel between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Route 13 got its official highway …

The Syllabus 2020: The War of Art
I already believed in Steven Pressfield's definition of "resistance." 2020 just put it to the test. At the core of …

Search and Replace
Our Podcast Taxi team worked hard all summer, so our first original podcast series, “Search and Replace” could launch as …

After 20 years of UX work, I finally got my stinkin’ badge.
The first time I held a copy of Designing Web Usability in my hands, it was 2000. I had launched spinme.com in 1997 …
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Mellow Yellow
When I worked at World Cafe, we spent an afternoon recording a session with Donovan. He's one of the genuinely …

In memoriam: Joe Taylor Sr. 1945-2020
My dad loved cars, music, and his family. One of six siblings growing up in West Philadelphia (and, later, …
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