A daily journal from the edge of the map

Before I wrote a single post, I spent a surprising amount of time setting this blog up. Not writing or thinking through ideas, but preparing. I had a manager tell me once “preparation will out-value talent in the long run”, and I can’t help to agree. But at some point during an hours-long brainstorming session, the conceiving of the blog, the setup itself became the an experiment. The Terrain I told myself I needed a few things before I could begin: the right structure the ri

I didn’t start this blog because I had a map. Actually, it was quite the opposite. I started it because I kept finding myself in places where the map stopped being useful, or didn’t exist yet—where the rules were unclear, the tools were changing, and waiting for certainty felt like a decision in itself. This blog is meant to work as a field journal of sorts. A Public Lab Notebook It’s funny, keeping a lab notebook in school didn’t come naturally to me, I had to work, and stil