Subject in the Almanac Index
Creativity & Craft
Originality, design, expression, and the integrity of making.
The form changes. The expression remains.
I was writing long before I had a website. As a teenager, I wrote poetry in Gujarati, Hindi, and English.
Beautiful Is Not the Same as Useful
In April 2013, an email from a friend led me back to his website. He had built it in 2005. It had been a beautiful design.
Before you speak
People begin reading us before we speak. I have noticed this as a pattern across corporate settings, social structures, and friendships.
The Jurisdiction of the Mind: Dissolving Thought Fences
A degree, résumé, or job title describes part of a person’s experience. It need not define the boundary of what they may learn next.
The Imitation Trap: Why Copying Your Boss Kills Your Career
There is a strange phenomenon in corporate hierarchies. When a leader rises, their team starts to mimic them.
The Shipping Protocol: Define Enough, Then Ship
Decide what enough means before you start. When the work reaches it, ship. Move the line only for a reason you can name.
The Thought Excursion Protocol: Stepping Out of the Hamster Wheel
Most professionals suffer from Operational Myopia .
The Personal Monopoly Protocol: Escaping the Competition Trap
Most businesses are built by looking at the person next to them.
The Minimalism Manifest: Why Your Software Has Too Many Features
Most software products are built through a process of Accretion . We add a feature because a competitor has it.
The Standard of the Sovereign: Choosing Impeccability
In 2012, I wrote about the time required to build a standard and how quickly one careless act can damage it.