The archive

Everything published so far

6 articles, newest first. Filter by the kind of piece you are in the mood for.

Craft6 min read

Nobody else is in the room yet. Treating the opening pass as private correspondence is the fastest way to get something real onto the page.

Notes5 min read

The breakthrough session is rare and mostly a story we tell afterwards. Almost everything worth having was assembled in thirty-minute pieces.

Essays5 min read

The problem you could not solve at the desk resolves itself somewhere around the second junction. There is a reason, and it is not magic.

Craft4 min read

An unfinished piece teaches you almost nothing. Everything useful is on the other side of calling it done and letting somebody read it.

Field notes6 min read

Buying the right lamp is not work. A visit to four studios, and a note on what people who actually produce things tend to have in common.

Essays5 min read

Two people can finish the same chapter and come away with completely different things. One has an opinion. The other has a technique.