Why do so few technologists work on public-good problems?

A month where lots of ideas finally took shape and made it out of my brain

Reducing Studio Ghibli to an AI filter shows everything wrong with how we now see art and creativity

The crux of this independent publication is that “something is only lost if it falls out of our collective memory”.

I read a lot, thought a lot, and introduced a lot more movement into my days

on the deep architecture through which companies can process reality and determine what's possible

A month where lots happened

Photos from two weeks in Saigon, Hoi An and Hanoi

There’s a lot to be said for roles that let you figure things out instead of following a script.

meta-notes on what questions mean + how to ask good questions

Working notes on how I water the soil for luck to sprout

A week in KL, Malaysia

A collection of film and digital photos from time spent in my hometown over the years.

Something I've internalised in my time at Obvious.

Or, breaking away from being a train running on tracks laid down by someone else.

If the internet of today was a city, Wikipedia would be its lone public commons.

A birthday post featuring nuggets about life, the universe and everything else.

Ambition is not about relentlessly chasing your next goal or power, but about living a larger life — whatever that means to each person.

Unorganised, unfiltered writing advice that either I have to give or have been given by writers and creatives over the years.