Words & Letters
The hard way isn’t sexy, efficient, easy to sell, or even useful. But a lot of the best work comes from someone bullheaded enough to put in the time and make it just so. In a world built on optimization, that’s not something we try to emulate. We treat it as an oddity, something to […]
I get fascinated by the most random things. Once something grabs my attention, I go down the rabbit hole and often don’t escape for hours, days, weeks, or years. This week it was the YouTube channel The Vocalyst… so good — and many of this week’s links carry glimpses of that same pull. The ability […]
I’m not very good at juggling. The physical act, with balls–no. But juggling projects, life, and work? I’m OK at that. It’s not easy, and I’m always looking for ways to help me manage the chaos. Lately, that’s been AI, but I still haven’t found anything that really makes it easier. I’ve made some progress […]
Good news, bad news this week. Bad news first: my AI-powered WordPress plug-in stopped working. No idea why. It’s a little sad — maybe I’ll dig back in and figure out what broke, but for now, it’s dead. The good news? Nothing specific — just a really good batch of links this week. Enjoy. Graphic […]
Running a little late, but what’s time anyway. Enjoy the links. Packaging/Industrial Design Propeller’s All-Paper Package Design for Sunology’s Sleek Battery System Despite the battery weighing as much 30.5 kg, the packaging is built from paper – strong honeycomb board, paperboard corner reinforcements and paper straps – balancing the needs of transport with a considered […]
Three weeks into the new link automation machine, and I’m starting to get the hang of it. To be clear, I’m still curating every link myself — same taste, same style. What’s changed is the mechanics of getting them to you. The new system is more abstract. I can see the links in my Airtable […]
Last week slipped away — but not without reason. I’ve been rebuilding the engine under the hood of this newsletter, and the new process is already paying off. I keep my links in Airtable (this isn’t new), but in a new table. I’ve added a slew of new fields to track and prepare these for […]
Five months are almost complete, which means one more to the halfway mark of 2026. This also means that I still haven’t completed my new workflow. Progress is being made, but it’s slow. The tech overlords make a lot of promises, but the AI tools are still quite slow. Oh well, we’ve still got a […]
When I take a week off, like anything, it’s a bit of a relief. I still consume content. I’m still saving links. The other thing that I’ve been spending time on is process. I need to make these posts easier to create. It’s not the post itself; it’s the multiple versions. WordPress is easy enough, […]
Maybe by now you’ve noticed I’m a bit obsessive about collecting these links. Week after week, thousands of them, no end in sight. It started with a purpose: creative fuel for a team I was managing. That morphed into what you see here. It’s not a straight line, and honestly, it’s hard to keep going […]