Sep 19
MC#020: The Sweat Edition —
6 takes on Peloton, Mirror, Aaptiv, and the fitness tech space
Sep 12
MC#019: The Mindfulness Edition —
5 takes on Calm app, Headspace, neurofeedback and meditation
Sep 05
MC#018: ...and this is my MasterClass —
6 takes on the celebrity feel-good learning but fun subscription you think costs too much
Aug 29
MC#017: Tradeoffs —
1. 🎲 Meditation and Uncertainty + 2. 🐇 When to be Fast and Good +3. 🕺🏻 How the Founder of TikTok Is Handling Himself
Aug 22
MC#016: Fidelity vs. Functionality —
💼 Midgame → Facebook + 👨🏻💻 What Makes for a Great Demo + ✍️ A Venn Diagram of Writing Success Factors
Aug 15
MC#015: Brains Are Weird —
🎼 Patterns of Creatives + 👯♂️ Sibling Author Rivalry + 💉 Placebos Are Wild
Aug 08
MC#014: Our Spreadsheet Overlords —
⏱ 1. How 60 minutes could change your life + 2. 🧮 Spreadsheets Rule the World + 3. 👨👩👧👦 Feeling Kinship in the Era of Technocapitalism
Aug 01
MC#013: Breaking Rules, Breaking Stereotypes —
♨️ Complexity and Product Lines
🎭 How Stereotype Shape Our Performance
🚫 Who Gets to Break the Rules?
Jul 25
MC#012: The Humor Edition —
🌗 Coping with dark humor + 👨🏾🏫 Funny teachers + 🎭 Sarah Cooper's comedic training + 😅 Are YOU funny? (quiz)
Jul 18
MC#011: The Gymnastics Edition —
🐥 Why gymnasts are young + 🎬 Athlete A + 👩🏾🏫 Simone's Masterclass
Jul 11
MC#010: Seeking a Benign Violator —
😅The Pleasure of Rule Breaking + 📋 Making it Easier to Send + 🎮 Gaming = Fun Work
Jul 04
MC#009: Decade of Insights —
20 books 📚 that made a difference for me in the last 🔟 years
Jun 27
MC#008: Not So Secret Memo —
🧮 Advertising: Profitable (and therefore Taxable?) + 🚜 The Resilience and Fragility of Rubber + 🪐 Ring Strength
Jun 20
MC#007: The Infant Mindset —
How Rejection Works + Thinking Like a Baby + Making Mistakes
Jun 20
My Pandemic Burnout Piece in Fast Company —
Double header this weekend! Back to your regularly scheduled Making Connections
newsletter next Saturday.
Have heard from a lot of folks who appreciated my piece in Fast Company on how
tech workers are experiencing burnout in the face of the pandemic
[https://www.fastcompany.com/90515519/tech-workers-are-showing-the-effects-of-covid-19-related-burnout]
. I spoke to
Jun 13
MC#006: The Exponential —
Bounded performance vs unbounded success. The Thief of Joy. A Movement's Tipping Point.
Jun 07
MC#005: Protest Edition —
The Law of the Instrument. When Aggressive Tactics Backfire. How Much Money is Enough? Who Guards the Guards?
May 30
Making Connections #004 | What opportunity looks like, learning by shipping & the arc of social progress —
Hey friends,
Welcome back the 4th edition of Making Connections, where we take a random walk
down tech, fitness, product thinking, org design, nerd culture, persuasion, and
behavior change.
Today we’re talking about what opportunity looks like, learning by shipping &
the arc of social progress
1. Knowing the
May 23
Making Connections #003 —
Biological thinking, no sweat workouts, "talent needs trauma", birthday coaching
May 16
Making Connections #002 (purpose, iteration, social games, + more) —
Hey friends,
Welcome back the 2nd edition of Making Connections, where we take a random walk
down tech, fitness, product thinking, org design, nerd culture, persuasion, and
behavior change.
1. Dan Pink's "Small P" and "Big P" Purpose
Psychology | Burnout
I was talking to