Alex TerendaProduct Designer

Bookmarks

Selected digressions.

School Is Not Enough faviconSchool Is Not Enough
childhood·agency
Treating childhood ambition with dignity.
UK Foundations faviconUK Foundations
progress
Why the UK doesn't do things like it used to.
Fast faviconFast
progress
Great acts of doing things.
There Is No Speed Limit faviconThere Is No Speed Limit
productivity·agency
So run harder.
Speed Matters faviconSpeed Matters
productivity
Obviously, but explained with some second order consequences.
Levels of Product-Market Fit faviconLevels of Product-Market Fit
product
More than a feeling.
High Bit Rate People faviconHigh Bit Rate People
management
Good communication and good thinking are one and the same.
Permacomputing faviconPermacomputing
code
Interesting. Finding it a better prompt than guide per se.
Mushroom Color Atlas faviconMushroom Color Atlas
art·fungi
What the internet was made for, really.
Inimigos Do Povo faviconInimigos Do Povo
design·justice
"Wherever law ends, tyranny begins." - John Locke.
Pessimists Archive faviconPessimists Archive
progress
Fun, though nudges the reader towards false equivalence.
IDEA Instructions faviconIDEA Instructions
design·code
Data Structures and Algorithms via IKEA assembly instructions.
How To Make Sense Of Any Mess faviconHow To Make Sense Of Any Mess
design
Forever pertinent.
Nine Things I Learned In Ninety Years faviconNine Things I Learned In Ninety Years
life
"If you’re not awake and aware, you’re sleepwalking."
I Am An AI Hater faviconI Am An AI Hater
AI
Not a position I share, but one that uncritical boosters might reflect on.
Magical Systems Thinking faviconMagical Systems Thinking
progress
Complex systems, Forrester and Factorio.
You Don't Need Animations faviconYou Don't Need Animations
design·motion
Rules of thumb for tasteful, purposeful motion.
Cognitive Load Is What Matters faviconCognitive Load Is What Matters
code
Precisely articulating the weight of poorly-factored code.
Startup Designer faviconStartup Designer
design·startups
How to be excellent, rather than just there for the ride.
Sanding UI faviconSanding UI
design·code
On making good things.
Culinary Arts and Computer Science faviconCulinary Arts and Computer Science
food·code
On cooking, code, and what they might learn from each other.
Grug Design faviconGrug Design
design
"grug want small number of shapes, big number of meaning."
Making Software faviconMaking Software
design·code
A wonderfully-illustrated, work-in-progress treatise on how software actually works.