Newsletter

Every month or so I send out a more personal version of my blog with glances into my life, works in progress, and notifications about new essays. No advertisements. No sponsors. No spam.


Past issues

064

April 13, 2024

Aphorisms I live by

063

March 27, 2024

Strength in smallness

062

March 2, 2024

Imposter syndrome

061

February 10, 2024

Overconsumption

060

January 20, 2024

Purity of purpose

059

December 6, 2023

You can't rush creativity

058

November 4, 2023

Apple Lost My Apple Watch

057

October 9, 2023

See it once, see it everywhere

056

September 10, 2023

The project has a name!

055

August 22, 2023

Can design be measured?

054

July 22, 2023

Wirecutter for design

053

May 30, 2023

What charges your batteries?

052

April 23, 2023

Life's a garden

051

March 4, 2023

Everyday objects

050

January 22, 2023

What is Quality?

049

December 31, 2022

You are what you do

048

November 19, 2022

Finding calm within the storm

047

October 22, 2022

New job

046

September 24, 2022

It's raining command palettes

045

August 26, 2022

The browser reborn

044

August 5, 2022

Thoughtless acts?

043

June 17, 2022

Platforms converging

042

May 26, 2022

Deciding what to do next

041

May 6, 2022

Watches, watches, watches

040

April 27, 2022

Designing Arun.is 2.0

039

April 8, 2022

Leaving the company I co-founded

038

March 21, 2022

One more year around the earth

037

March 3, 2022

Celebrating Ukranian Design

036

February 17, 2022

How to cook anything Japanese style

035

February 3, 2022

The end of the Japan series

034

January 7, 2022

2022 Holiday Giveaway

033

December 15, 2021

Tiny fonts for tiny devices

032

December 2, 2021

Healthy and unhealthy ambiguity

031

November 18, 2021

Pondering personal software

030

November 3, 2021

When a creator doesn't have their tools

029

October 6, 2021

Don't ship junk

028

September 23, 2021

The last tiny books with enormous impact

027

September 9, 2021

More tiny books with enourmous impact

026

August 12, 2021

Tiny books with enormous impact

025

July 28, 2021

The mysterious origin of Leica's engraved font

024

July 14, 2021

Around the kitchen

023

June 30, 2021

Teaware for Japanese Lattes

022

June 16, 2021

Notetaking workhorses

021

June 2, 2021

Tea equipment

020

May 19, 2021

Introducing the everyday objects series

019

May 12, 2021

A week after launching iMac Wallpapers

018

April 28, 2021

A wallpaper inspired by the original iMac

017

April 21, 2021

Music of the Moment

016

April 14, 2021

A Dieter Rams Surprise

015

April 7, 2021

Great products get right to the point

014

March 31, 2021

Good design is long-lasting

013

March 24, 2021

Reflections on 32 years of life

012

March 10, 2021

A modular approach to decorating

011

March 3, 2021

How a book got me out of a funk

010

February 24, 2021

Recommendations from the archives

009

February 18, 2021

A peek at my desk setup

008

February 10, 2021

My creative project backfired

007

February 3, 2021

Apple Watch behind-the-scenes

006

January 1, 2021

Quality over quantity

005

December 6, 2020

A sneak peek

004

October 31, 2020

Why is good design so hard to find?

003

September 30, 2020

Strike while the iron is hot

002

August 31, 2020

Everyday design

001

July 31, 2020

All about Dieter Rams