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Announcing Mozi

Dec 12, 2024

Dec 12, 2024

Do not disturb

Can I assume when you’re in the zone You’re not distracted by your phone Should I hold my texts And take time to reflect Or fire away…

Dec 9, 2023

Dec 9, 2023

How you can help the Amazon Rainforest–today

Last week, Brazil’s Congress shocked the world by suddenly fast-tracking and passing PL2903, the Marco Temporal bill. This bill paves the…

Jun 5, 2023

Cat Playing Piano, in the style of

Here are 40 images I generated with Distropic, an interface to Stable Diffusion, a deep-learning, text-to-image AI.

Oct 19, 2022

Oct 19, 2022

New Decade, New Ideas

Next month will be the tenth anniversary of the launch of Medium. As we gear up for the next decade, I’ve decided to hand over the CEO…

Jul 12, 2022

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Yes, the fundamental tension, not only in strategy, but in business and, perhaps, all endeavors.

Feb 15, 2022

12 taglines for Odeo

I found an old file called taglines. For context, Odeo was a podcasting product, and these were likely thought of as being delivered in…

Dec 14, 2021

What layer to work at is a question that applies at the engineering, company, and career levels.

Dec 9, 2021

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We’ve acquired Knowable to bring audio to Medium

Today, I’m happy to announce that Medium has acquired Knowable, an audio-first learning company, to bring audio capabilities to our…

Nov 16, 2021

We’ve acquired Knowable to bring audio to Medium

Nov 16, 2021

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Medium Acquires Projector, a Collaborative, Multimedia Design Platform

I’m excited to announce today that we’ve acquired Projector, a collaborative, multimedia design platform, whose talented team has joined…

Nov 9, 2021

Medium Acquires Projector, a Collaborative, Multimedia Design Platform

Nov 9, 2021

Simple or Easy? 🪨

Say you need to move a pile of small rocks from point A to point B. The simplest thing would be to pick them up and move them by hand.

Sep 22, 2021

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An ode to teenage angst 😖

My mom sent me this poem, which I apparently wrote when I was 17. She asked if I was really unhappy at the time. I don’t know. I remember…

Sep 16, 2021

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Sep 16, 2021

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The IAP Mystery 📏

With all this hullabaloo about Apple’s 30% IAP (In-App Purchase) fee (read this or this if you’re not up to date), there’s something I just…

Sep 15, 2021

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TIL: Suzanne Vega’s Tom’s Diner and Seinfeld's Monk’s Cafe are the same place

Wikipedia:

Aug 7, 2021

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TIL: Suzanne Vega’s Tom’s Diner and Seinfeld's Monk’s Cafe are the same place

Aug 7, 2021

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out of context // 21–08–06

Some stuff I read:

Aug 7, 2021

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things I’ve noticed upon returning to the office

Today is my fourth day (over the last three weeks) returning to the office since…the before times. Some observations:

Jun 9, 2021

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Jun 9, 2021

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Old Pictures

A personal photo essay/walk down memory lane

Apr 27, 2021

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Apr 27, 2021

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“We tried to be tasteful and collaborative and diligent and mindful of craft and the rest in all…

— Ken Kocienda, Creative Selection

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Mariam Naficy joins Medium Board of Directors

I’m happy to announce that Mariam Naficy will be joining Medium’s board of directors for an 18-month appointment.

Apr 23, 2021

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Mariam Naficy joins Medium Board of Directors

Apr 23, 2021

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I remember distinctly the first time I saw Google Earth, which was called Keyhole at the time (pre…

In the middle of that meeting, Sergey brought up Keyhole on the projector and said something like "I think for about the same amount of…

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