what ppl think it looks like to get inspired: 1. get struck by an idea 2. creativity flows out uncontrollably what it *actually* looks like to get inspired: — takes time — lots of research — requires trial & error — needs imaginative play — thrives in supportive communities

the yr is twenty twenty one. recruiting emails are a joke. literally, they tell jokes.

expensify is a newly public company built on a foundation of 3,000+ word emails sent monthly to all customers

I've been trying to craft a joke about these incredible shipping options, but I keep messing up the delivery. You, on the other hand, will never mess up a delivery if you use our next-level shipping options w/ Stripe Checkout! Signed, sealed, delivered: stripe.com/docs/payments/…

so if square is now called block, does that make every one of their employees a *blocker*? ive spent the past few yrs trying to remove blockers from this fintech world, not sure how i feel about adding in a few thousand more

i dont do resolutions but today is the last day of the yr so heres a poem that poured out of me for the occasion

beginnings

coworker: how was your holiday break? me: after many days of careful consideration, i concluded that the letter G would be the best to build a birds nest in. it has a nice entry/exit point, provides cover from rain, and has window/table options included. how was your holiday?

this week, i learned the number of peer reviews one can write by incentivizing oneself with a pre-portioned box of thin mints okay, and a box of not pre-portioned samoas regardless, the point here is that im grateful to the girl scouts

my friend was complaining about how tough it is to get an F1B. i chimed in to lament the absurdity that is our US immigration system then i learned that F1B is a type of goldendoodle. just a lil different than an H1B but immigration in this country? still an absolute mess

ocean beach x golden hour

overseen: individual cracks open a bottle of fiji water & pours it into her dog’s bowl i love the dogs of this city & they deserve to be treated like royalty but fiji water?!? ma’am I saw your dog drinking from a puddle in the park a few moments ago and he seemed just as happy

the tech industry *oversells* the kinds of products you can build and the technologies behind those products the tech industry *undersells* the exceptional kindness and caliber of the peers you could work with on those products

nothing like cool clouds & a few cows to lift my moo-d

to all of the people feeling bearish about san francisco: i cordially invite you to join me on a run through the presidio one day after work

united: you have $6 in travel credits. where will you go? me: i cannot take one single step off my couch without spending $6. god bless the copywriter who believes that im going to be relaxing on a beach now that im rich in airline credits.

woah, google docs! insert → dropdown. its a beaut!

opening my calendar to find the magnificent meld of all of my monday meetings and all of my tuesday meetings jam packed together

departing one zoom meeting & traveling through the interwebs & showing up to my next zoom meeting with my hands on my hips and my gameface on

i have thought about this hacker news comment nearly every day since november ninth twenty seventeen