Nobody Gets Promoted for SimplicityWe reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions. Here’s how to fix it.Terrible SoftwarePut the ZIP code first.It’s 2026. A ZIP code is 5 characters. From those 5 characters you get city, state, and country. 3 fields. Autofilled.
Design
This account is full of good advice https://www.tiktok.com/@chartosaur/photo/7615644022094171405
Communicating
I've been interested in how we communicate about energy for ages. For a while it was my job. And (as I often do) I started scouring ebay for related things, which means I've ended up with a little collection of energy saving posters. Alex once asked
Diary
"The strangeness of these instructions was compounded by the fact that the Sitwells noticed, while dining with him, that he was wearing face powder, “pale but distinctly green, the colour of forced lily-of-the-valley.” Their observation confirmed what Virginia Woolf thought she had seen— green powder on
BT Tower hotel development news. Heatherwick is out. Orms are in.
Careers
@iamrichroll Do what you love, not what you like. Episode 912 with @Mike Birbiglia. Streaming now. ✌🏼🌱 – Rich ♬ original sound - Rich Roll
Podcasts/YouTube has enabled a particular favourite format of mine; the deeply nerdy, in-depth, rich, no-apparent-time-limit interview. This is a brilliant example: I think one of the reasons it works is that it's not lazy and rambling. It's very well researched. Thorough,
This Is How the Every Editorial Team Uses AIWe’re publishing our editorial guidelines, plus the workflows our writers, editors, and producers have built around themEveryKate LeeThe Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being ObsoleteJimmy Iovine just called the Death of Spotify. He might be right.The
@uncommongroundpod In the investment world, we’ve normalised 45-minute meetings as enough to make million-pound decisions. But Jonathan Shearman challenges that idea head-on. In this Uncommon Ground moment, he recalls walking into a “factory” in China that turned out to be an empty shed, just two weeks
Account Planning School of the Web
So you don't have to go there "I've been angsting about what to do about the Account Planning School of the Web. I only got one entry last month (more of which anon) which suggest a lack of product/market fit. Maybe 'how to
Papercamp 5 is coming in September. The line-up looks brilliant. Get yourself a ticket. Papercamp 5 – designswarmdesignswarm
We've had a leaflet from BTtowerconsultation.co.uk which appears to be Lowick Group (a PR company) on behalf of MCR hotels. It says that 'community engagement on the emerging proposals is expected to start in spring 2026'