Intentionally imperfect
I have a lot of ideas for things that get stuck in the design phase. I’m thinking about what I want to make, and I don’t want to make……
Reflection
It’s been a week since I last wrote. I started 3 months ago with a commitment to write something every day, but I’ve missed days here and……
Negative results
There’s a noted positive bias in scientific publication. When someone tries something and it works, it gets published, but when someone……
On struggling
Think of a book or a movie or an album that you really struggled with. One that wasn’t easy to digest, it was complicated and obtuse and……
Programming style
For all that the craft of programming is clothed in the language of science and engineering, writing software is an inexact, messy process……
You make me feel
I’m often tempted, when I’m upset or frustrated, to tell someone that they made me feel a certain way. Like, “you made me feel disappointed……
The wind
Yesterday I wrote about the doldrums, when something I’m working on stops feeling effortless and breezy. Thinking about it more, I see an……
The doldrums
In most things that I work on, I’ve noticed a pattern—I tend to work on the small, initial exciting bit with great energy and gusto, and as……