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Writing

14 entries
2025 3 entries
  • Jul 19
    Essay What do platforms really do?

    In 1986, David S. Landes wrote the essay, ‘What Do Bosses Really Do?’. He argues that the historical role of the ‘boss’ was an essential function for organizing production and connecting producers to …

    3 min
  • Jul 17
    Essay A Good Dictionary

    Yesterday I wrote about good documentation opening doors to options you didn’t realize you had. In the book On Writing Well Zinsser mentions how one of his key tools is the dictionary. That got me …

    2 min
  • Jul 10
    Essay Nothing Ventured

    The wave towered over me. Then the sound filled my ears. Not the calm breath of the waves; but it was surf music. I was maybe 3. Song names and artist names were beyond me. There was only the …

    2 min
2024 1 entry
  • Jun 12
    Essay The Arrival of Composable Knowledge

    Traversing through human history, even in the last two decades, we see a rapid increase in the accessibility of knowledge. The purpose of language, and of course all communication is to transfer a …

    3 min