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Experience happens in the passthrough
In technology, a passthrough is a device that allows a signal to transfer from a source to a receiver. A VCR could act as a passthrough for S-video signals to reach the TV. This concept applies to our work. In some ways, you act as a passthrough for ideas, directives, and requests. When these ideas…
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Pokopia
For decades, Pokémon games have largely held the same premise and core mechanics. (e.g., You play as a person who chooses one of three starter Pokémon, catch more along the way, level them up by battling other people, adventure through eight cities or towns and beat each one’s respective gym leader, beat the Elite Four,…
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Landing it
I’ve written a couple of drafts only to find out I had no idea how to land the post. That happens sometimes. I used to hope that I could figure this out before I wrote it. This happens sometimes, too. But more often than not, if I practice that way, I get stuck in a…
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Remembering a restaurant
A few years ago, my wife and I visited Tokyo together for the first time in December. We’d arrived inbound from Chiang Mai, with a layover in Busan. It felt like travelling from summer to winter. By the time we had settled into the hotel, it was the early evening, so we searched for a…
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Good writing is like furniture
Good writing sticks around in your mind. Perhaps it may be difficult to summarize; even if it’s long, it is probably as tight as it could be already. Once you read it, even if you don’t fully consciously “get it,” you can’t go back; you start seeing what the writer is saying. I recently read…