Topic

Craft

Making things slowly enough to notice how they are made.

Apr 6, 2026

The Grid Paper Year

I spent a year sketching every interface on grid paper before opening a design tool. Some notes on what changed.

2 min

Grid paper is the cheapest design system ever made, and it has never crashed.

Mar 15, 2026

Reading in the Margins

Why I put notes beside the text instead of at the bottom, and what the old books got right.

3 min

The best conversations I have ever had with a book happened in its margins.

Aug 11, 2025

The Second Draft Is the First Honest One

My first drafts are for me. The second one is where I find out what I actually think.

2 min

A first draft is a conversation with yourself, and I tend to be a flattering listener.