Reflections

Slow thinking, made public. Where experience meets the larger argument.

15entries

  1. #42

    The year I was 42 produced fifty answers. Then I stopped for most of the summer and worked out which part was actually scarce.

  2. Of Pets and Cattle

    Some machines get names, some get numbers. On pets, cattle, and why a name is what lets a project be missed when it dies.

  3. Tuesday Afternoon

    On slow correspondence, friction, and the work that happens in the wait.

  4. The Thing That Wasn't Supposed to Move Me

    I clear paths for a living and never noticed I was the one who needed it most. A field note on an empty idea box, a manifesto made out loud in a moving car, and being moved by the thing that wasn't supposed to move me.

  5. The Exoskeleton Doesn't Rest

    A few weeks ago I wrote about the coffee going cold. Now the other half: what the exoskeleton takes. The research behind why the morning walk isn't rest from the work, it's where the work gets done.

  6. Addicted to the Output, Not the Outcome

    A conversation with Claude after 2.5 months of intense building — on why we crave complexity, what the full backlog is really protecting us from, and what happens when the flow finally stops.

  7. The Exoskeleton and the Morning Walk

    AI didn't give me superpowers. It gave me back my time. A personal field note on what it actually feels like to build an entire content campaign in one conversation — with a dog at your feet and a coffee going cold.

  8. The Runner and the Grid: A Field Note on Working with AI

    AI is a Runner — fast, reckless, useful. A personal vocabulary for navigating the messy reality of working with AI every day.

  9. When the Floor Moves

    When skills you spent years mastering become a button, it shakes your identity. Why AI anxiety is often grief — and how to start small.

  10. A Lightsaber Doesn’t Make You a Jedi

    A Star Wars-flavoured look at AI’s light and dark sides in medicine, marketing, and education — and the small “Jedi habits” that help you use powerful tools without losing judgment.

  11. Imaginary friends, AI agents, and who’s really steering.

    We had imaginary friends as kids to rehearse being human. Now our AI agents do the same thing — but who’s steering whom?

  12. On Creativity: Feeling vs Being

    Creativity isn't about producing — it's about reconnecting. How a morning walk and childhood LEGO sparked a new way of seeing creative health.

  13. Leaders Without Answers: Why Humility Is the New Strategy

    AI made information abundant, but 40% of AI-assisted work gets redone. The leaders who thrive now lead with curiosity, not certainty.

  14. Echoes of Me

    When My Digital Twin Writes Back

  15. From Rediscovering the Joy of Making to Owning the Code - And Challenging You Along the Way

    AI coding tools like Cursor and Codex helped me reclaim the maker joy I lost to no-code platforms. A dare to dust off your own side projects.