“Designers will design, developers will develop, and why you must stop them” published by Leonard Teo

Medium Daily Digest Recommended by Medium Staff Designers will design, developers will develop, and why you must stop them In February 2014, I made a recommendation to my co-founders at Ballistiq that I wanted to cancel development of ArtStation. The project was… in development hell. It wasn't going anywhere. I was unhappy with it and just couldn't see a path for it to be a successful product. Two months later we managed to launch it, and two years later it… Leonard Teo 8 min read Do Well by This World University of Connecticut Commencement Speech — May 7, 2016 Oliver Stone 10 min read 12 Things I Noticed While Reading Every Short Story Published in 2014–15 (or, Extremely Long Titles That Are Complete Sentences Are Still Very Much a Thing) in Electric Literature, by Kelly Luce 4 min read Texting with Drake… sorta. Started from the bot, now we here. in Slackjaw, by Hassan S. Ali 5 min read "Stasis," from "Crazy Rhythms: A Sequence" A friend recently lost her cousin. He was 28. I sent her this passage from a very short book I am working on. (I am not sold on the title… Sasha Frere-Jones 2 min read Published by Authors and publications you follow What to Do With Your Pain. And Why it Matters. One of the great challenges in life is knowing what to do with our pain. For some of us, it's the defining challenge. The pain accretes, day by day, hour by hour. Whether it's frustration or… in On Eudaimonia, by umair haque 5 min read How to Discover Your Purpose Three Questions For a Life that Matters in On Arete, by umair haque 6 min read Reviewing Some Alternative Policies So, I looked at the constitutional changes you're proposing and there are a few points that I'm curious about or wish to comment on: Martin Rezny 3 min read Most recommended by People you follow Hunter Walk Is the film industry a harbinger of what the tech and venture world could look like in 30 years? Filmmaking is 125 yrs old. Venture capital is 70 yrs old. So VC is in the equivalent of 1960s filmmaking. The next 20–30yrs could be… AMAZING. ¶ It's Saturday night and I'm so knee deep in a Sandy Bullock + Modern Family marathon, that USA should have had me clock in hours ago. Right around the time I started creating a powerpoint… Arlan 3 min read Hunter Walk An evolution of Podcast listening user interfaces 2004 — Today. I've seen and used my fair share of podcatchers. From 2006 — 2015 I was at PRX working with an awesome team to build listening apps and… Matt MacDonald 5 min read Top stories in travel One Month on the World's Longest Train Ride for $1,000 'It's like teleporting to a different land every time you wake up' Written by Derek Low ¶ In the late 19th century, some guy thought it would be a good idea to build a train line from Europe across the whole of Asia. This guy was Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and… in Gone, by Derek Low 11 min read The Maker of Things In the late 1800s, the Brooklyn Bridge was built with no power tools, no heavy machinery, and only a basic, evolving understanding of how… rands 5 min read Top stories in tech How to build a successful company, Part #1 How not to f*#k up when starting up! "Today is the day! I'm going to quit my job, live off of my savings, and invest in my entrepreneurial dream so that I can take control of my life and hopefully become rich!" ¶ This is how it usually… in Life Learning, by Raad Mobrem 5 min read 7 Great Apps for Cord-Cutters If you're a movie buff or TV lover (or both—let's be serious), you know the pains of searching endlessly for the next great thing to watch… in Product Hunt, by Product Hunt 5 min read Top stories in photography A selection of photographs taken by my 4-year-old with his camera-watch. 1. 'Dark Daddy' 2. 'Don't know' ¶ 3. 'A tent really close' ¶ 4. 'A Lego spaceship' ¶ 5. 'Duck beast' ¶ 6. 'A tree and a light' ¶ 7. 'The light of the out garden' ¶ My son has enthusiastically agreed to… in ART + marketing, by Tom Mitchell 2 min read You misunderstand why I do photography a hobbyist's reflections in Vantage, by Nicco Valenzuela 3 min read Top stories in productivity Distracted in 2016? Reboot Your Phone with Mindfulness Estimated reading time: 11 minutes, 28 seconds I spent the last three years as Product Philosopher at Google, where I studied how technology affects people's attention, wellbeing, and behavior. I left recently to work on a social movement for… in The Startup, by Tristan Harris 11 min read Choose or others will choose for you Just make a decision, even if it might be the wrong one in Life Learning, by Herbert Lui 5 min read Read more on Medium Connect with us on:

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