💎 Friday Gems (Aggressively Curious, Lost in Nonsense, Long Haul Flights)

One should always be curious. Not a passive curiosity dependent upon information received, but an aggressive curiosity that compels one to seek things…

Jul 31

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💎 Friday Gems (Learning by doing, From Human Hands, and Your Better Self)

Art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom. -Edward Catich

Jul 24

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💎 Friday Gems (The Side Door, Reader Bot, You are here)

What do we risk losing when reading becomes increasingly mediated by machines?

Jul 17

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June 2026

💎 Friday Gems (AI and your brain, Systems Thinking, Creative Misogi, Occlupanids, and more)

Systems thinking is the art of seeing the invisible connections that hold the world together. Once you start seeing them, you never go back to seeing…

Jun 26

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May 2026

💎 Friday Gems (Stability of Uncertainty, Anatomy of an Exhibition, UX Smells, and more)

You are the seagull above the whirlpool of your life. - Toby Ouvry

May 16

3

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💎 Friday Gems (Daily Pocket Notebook Writing, Prompting for More Human Designers, Listening Intelligence, and more)

Every day is a good day.

May 1

4

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April 2026

💎 Friday Gems (Tiny Goals, A Manifesto for Monstrous Times, The Mirror, Power of Thoughts)

Do not obey in advance! from the book On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

Apr 17

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💎 Friday Gems (Disappearing Lunch Breaks,AI Vampire, Consume while Consuming)

How well do you understand the systems you work within?

Apr 10

2

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💎 Friday Gems (Introducing Morf, Visual Thinking Strategies, Staff Product Designer, and Regime Change Quiz)

You don’t need permission to operate at the next level!

Apr 3

1

March 2026

Friday Gems (Complexity Blindness, Aura of Care, and Perspective Taking)

Practice Makes Perfect When It Comes to Perspective Taking

Mar 27

4

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Friday Gems (Designing Selection Colors, Maker's Knowledge, Design is Political, and much more!)

The first condition to create good design is passion for transformation. - Enzo Mari

Mar 20

2

💎 Friday Gems (A Visual Thinking Tool, Systems Oriented Design Animation, Writing = Design)

Kindness is Gangsta!💥

Mar 13

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