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The journal 04 pieces

Writing on attention, work and quiet software.

Field notes, interface decisions and the occasional argument. Published when there is something worth saying, which is not every week.

Featured 01
  1. Hands writing on loose paper, mid-thought
    Featured Attention

    The cost of picking up where you left off

    Switching tasks is not the expensive part. Reassembling the context you had ten minutes ago is, and almost nobody budgets for it.

    Nora Veldt
Archive 03
  1. 01
    Craft

    Designing a product that knows when to be quiet

    Every assistant is tempted to prove its usefulness. The harder discipline is saying nothing on the days there is nothing worth saying.

    Samuel Aduba
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    Working life

    The meeting that should have been a note

    Most recurring meetings survive because cancelling one requires a decision and keeping it does not. Here is how to tell the two apart.

    Nora Veldt
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    Product notes

    What we cut from the first release

    Four features that tested well, shipped badly, and taught us more than the ones that worked.

    Samuel Aduba