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My Visual Studio Code Setup: Extensions and Themes

And then, the display of my MacBook Pro broke. So after five years, it was time to get a new machine, after all. Every time this had happened in the past, I took the opportunity to start from scratch and do a fresh install of all the software I in fact use and need. Conseque...

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Thoughts on Writing: Diamond Polishers and Vomit Drafters

They say that writers come in two flavors: Diamond polishers and vomit drafters. Let me explain. Have you ever been sitting at your desk, trying to write one single paragraph, but then found yourself meticulously fiddling with every single shred of a word and each and every ...

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Thoughts on Writing: Diamond Polishers and Vomit Drafters

They say that writers come in two flavors: Diamond polishers and vomit drafters. Let me explain. Have you ever been sitting at your desk, trying to write one single paragraph, but then found yourself meticulously fiddling with every single shred of a word and each and every ...

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Thoughts on Writing: What They Say

You might have heard of this quote from Marty Neumeier, author of The Brand Gap: A brand is not what you say it is. It’s what they say it is. ...

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Thoughts on Writing: What They Say

You might have heard of this quote from Marty Neumeier, author of The Brand Gap: A brand is not what you say it is. It’s what they say it is. ...

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My RSS Feed Collection of Personal Websites

Yesterday, Chris Coyier asked a question on Twitter: “Who’s gonna read your personal blog because it has an RSS feed? I’m gonna read your personal blog because it has an RSS feed.” Chris then attached a screen recording of him scrolling down his massive list of RSS feeds of...

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My RSS Feed Collection of Personal Websites

Yesterday, Chris Coyier asked a question on Twitter: “Who’s gonna read your personal blog because it has an RSS feed? I’m gonna read your personal blog because it has an RSS feed.” Chris then attached a screen recording of him scrolling down his massive list of RSS feeds of...

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2019 Year in Review

Now that a lot of people are publishing their year in review posts, I decided to write my first one, too, this time. And if only to be able to look back later on what I did and thought about in 2019. Writing a full “decade in review” post seemed a bit too excessive to me, th...

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2019 Year in Review

Now that a lot of people are publishing their year in review posts, I decided to write my first one, too, this time. And if only to be able to look back later on what I did and thought about in 2019. Writing a full “decade in review” post seemed a bit too excessive to me, th...

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Thoughts on Writing: Shitty First Drafts

I don’t know about you but many people seem to think that accomplished writers are able to sit down at their desks and immediately start writing in beautiful, fully formed sentences and paragraphs. In reality, though, nothing could be farther from the truth. As Anne Lamott p...

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Thoughts on Writing: Shitty First Drafts

I don’t know about you but many people seem to think that accomplished writers are able to sit down at their desks and immediately start writing in beautiful, fully formed sentences and paragraphs. In reality, though, nothing could be farther from the truth. As Anne Lamott p...

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Pork rillettes

I've loved pork rillettes since my family used to holiday in France during the summers of my childhood. I have many happy memories of sitting around the kitchen table in the cottage owned by friends in Parcay-Meslay, spreading rillettes onto slices of baguette with a good sp...

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Thoughts on Writing

Since I started writing on this site about three years ago, I have been thinking a lot about writing as a craft. What are the qualities of good writing? Are there any recipes or best practices to become a better writer? What are the tricks and habits of great writers? And so...

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Thoughts on Writing

Since I started writing on this site about three years ago, I have been thinking a lot about writing as a craft. What are the qualities of good writing? Are there any recipes or best practices to become a better writer? What are the tricks and habits of great writers? And so...

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Sharpen the Contradictions

In a recent conversation with Tim Ferriss, Ben Horowitz, a co-founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, shared a line he likes to use in management: Sharp­en the contradictions.” ...

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Sharpen the Contradictions

In a recent conversation with Tim Ferriss, Ben Horowitz, a co-founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, shared a line he likes to use in management: Sharp­en the contradictions.” ...

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Construction vs. Growth

For those of us who work on and with the Web, the idea that the Web has its very own inherent qualities is not new. Whether you read John Allsopp’s seminal article “A Dao of Web Design” or watch Frank Chimero’s elaborate talk “The Web’s Grain”, the fundamental concept is the...

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Construction vs. Growth

For those of us who work on and with the Web, the idea that the Web has its very own inherent qualities is not new. Whether you read John Allsopp’s seminal article “A Dao of Web Design” or watch Frank Chimero’s elaborate talk “The Web’s Grain”, the fundamental concept is the...

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Frequency

How often should you publish work on your site? Once a month? Once a week? Daily even? When you ask other creators or look on the Web for advice, you will get the most diverse answers to this question. People who post daily will tell you that, of course, you should post dail...

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Frequency

How often should you publish work on your site? Once a month? Once a week? Daily even? When you ask other creators or look on the Web for advice, you will get the most diverse answers to this question. People who post daily will tell you that, of course, you should post dail...