How to manage impulsive emotional responses that can sabotage your efforts.
09.03.2026 17:03
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How to manage impulsive emotional responses that can sabotage your efforts.
A still from Bergman's persona: a black and white still of a boy wearing glasses and holding up his right hand against a screen that shows a blurry face of a woman.
New party trick: whenever someone starts arguing AGI is imminent, shout "I refute it thus!" and show them Bergman's PERSONA.
“Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”
— Simone Weil
Thought-provoking essay from Paul Graham on the underlying motivations for product development. Are you selling function or brand?
paulgraham.com/brandage.html
Claude Code has HyperCard energy
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social jarango.com/2019/11/22/t...
Important dictum. When I took those lessons on driving streetcars, I engrained it in my head well how much an industrial machine it was. Same with O ring temperature in January 1986. OSHA innovations were paid for in blood.
A hack for navigating challenging, ambiguous, momentous situations — of which there are many now.
A musical hug to end the week, in case you need one. youtube.com/watch?v=g2WP...
A conversation about the anxiety many product and design leaders are feeling due to AI-driven changes.
Greg Petroff and I hosted the second of our Unfinishe_ Open-Ended livestreams yesterday. Our focus was the anxiety many design and product leaders are feeling from AI-driven changes. We surfaced a couple of important insights — check out the recording:
thoughts.unfinishe.com/p/open-ended...
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Our next livestream starts in less than two hours (8 AM PT) — Greg and I will discuss the angst many design and product team leaders are feeling as a result of AI adoption. Join us! youtube.com/live/4FYXZEk...
Many design and product leaders are feeling anxious. AI initiatives are taking a toll on them and their teams.
Join Greg Petroff and me tomorrow (Feb 26) at 8 AM PT for an unscripted conversation about what we're observing and what leading through it might look like.
youtube.com/live/4FYXZEk...
How do we market a product or service in a way that conveys its real value to customers?
I hadn’t seen it, thanks for sharing.
There’s an article on HBR about this: hbr.org/2026/02/why-...
Using Freeform on iPadOS. Whenever I switch to another app (e.g., Safari) for an instant, Freeform resets and the tools go back to their original settings: pen weights, eraser mode, etc. Incredibly frustrating.
I suspect we can't help it, but...
Please stop anthropomorphizing AI.
We’ll livestream on Thursday, Feb 26 starting at 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST / 17:00 CET.
I hope you can join us!
youtube.com/@unfinishe_com
There’s a general sense of anxiety about deploying AI. Even if you win the battle, you lose the war.
It’s a conversation that should be had in the open, so that’ll be the focus of our second Unfinishe Open-Ended Session.
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Are you feeling anxious? I wouldn’t be surprised if you are. AI is upending our work — and our identities, too.
Greg Petroff and I have been discussing what we’re hearing from design and product leaders.
Just finished reading “Blood Meridian.” Feeling changed, much like when I first read “Moby Dick.” It’ll take time for me to process it, but what an incredible work.
Deep respect to all of you making stuff happen. Talk is cheap. Starting + growing valuable things requires courage, creativity, and gumption — plus lots of luck. Hats off, my risk-taking friends. May the wind be at your back!
When faced with hype, consider the sources — and whether they're seeing clearly.
The grass is always greener on the other side. And for many people, "the other side" is the here of the (imaginary) past.
A: No, this isn’t the one. 😩
New macOS Tahoe point release! Is this the one where they fix the inconsistent window corners? (Not holding my breath…)
Apple Podcasts (this is the biggie!): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The stuff we’re sharing can help people. But they need to find it first. And they won’t see it if we don’t get more ratings.
So, pretty please: if you’ve enjoyed at least one episode of our little podcast, will you leave us a rating? I’ll drop links in the posts below.
Thanks! 🙏
We’re not getting enough ratings.
Seems to be the nature of today's media ecosystem. (I'm guessing other people are as burned out as I am.) But this sucks, because — as I understand it, anyway — ratings and reviews affect the show’s visibility.
Ok, here’s the deal.
It’s been over a year since Harry and I started “Traction Heroes.” We’ve published 29 episodes, one every other week, without fail. And we know people are listening, because we can see the stats.
But there’s a problem.
