Check out Mozilla Builders programs - "Mozilla goes full incubator with 'Fix The Internet' startup lab and early-stage investments" tcrn.ch/2AttcLQ via TechCrunch

ActBlue has organized a fund to fight systemic racism - every contribution goes towards a group of orgs working on the frontlines against racial injustice. secure.actblue.com/donate/pd-blm-…

And pretty much any time I've tried to learn about an issue, domain, users

The Digital Earth Fellowship 2020-2021 will focus on investigating The Planetary Sensorium and how we can imagine a humane digital earth to come. Learn more about the fellowship and apply by July 17. digitalearth.art/fellowship

Doing the annual usage of hometown tax in Japan (see below) and I just love this option in a survey from one farming community, from which we are ordering a monthly subscription to 5kg of rice: Connection to $TOWN: "It begins today." kalzumeus.com/2018/10/19/jap…

You know these last 2 weeks were supposed to be my vacations and we’re currently on a road trip. Trying to find my email with my conditions that were so unacceptable to them, but one of them is basically point #1 here: googlewalkout.medium.com/standing-with-…

"When you develop your opinions on the basis of weak evidence, you will have difficulty interpreting subsequent information that contradicts these opinions, even if this new information is obviously more accurate." Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 'The Black Swan'. buff.ly/37ebmtZ

Curious if the mental moves in Polya's 'How to Solve It' would be helpful to an average VC or biotech scientist. They might be as useful as reading Charlie Munger? But how much has he changed the effectiveness of different people in those professions?

Stumbled upon this gem of a documentary on Charles and Ray Eames mubi.com/films/eames-th…. Quotes I'm adding to my commonplace book: - "Never delegate understanding" - "The best for the most for the least" - "Take your pleasure seriously"

America's super-highways terrify me

The thing I love about Studio Ghibli films is how gorgeously non-linear and imaginative they are. The art is also unparalleled. So different from western animation that is mostly predictable and frankly dull.

Design is communication. Back in college, I asked a designer if there was one book he recommended reading. He pointed me to Made to Stick by Chip & Dan Heath. It's transformed the way I give presentations, esp. when it comes to user research.

Part of empathic listening is recognizing that every person has a history. What is going on for them now stems from their experiences. It’s not something they invented; it’s a direct line from their past to the present. Give it respect.

I'm always fascinated to find the 'design thinking' model in other fields, especially in mathematics. It all boils down to the fundamentals of problem solving.

How to design almost any UI element. A curated list of 58 articles 👇

Short thread on the strategy questions you need to answer for B2B products: (a strategy primer in 10 tweets)

So glad to have stumbled on this - currently forming our own product strategy after months of relying solely on OKRs and sales team feedback