Stories are currency. Stories we agree upon get passed around and create trust. Money is a story. Defending our time includes a critique of the stories we tell about money.
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Yoga and Surfing: an interview with Gerry Lopez at Uluwatu
This is a beautiful short film about Gerry Lopez discussing his first time surfing Uluwatu in 1974, leading a yoga class, and following the contemporary cleanup effort on the island. It contains this gem: I’ve come to understand that yoga comes into people’s lives exactly when its supposed to. I didn’t realize it at the time, […]
Paper Planners – is there anything as great as a blank notepad
I’m a big fan of paper planners and am always sketching things out on paper before they end up in our online systems. There is something about working on paper that just makes list making come more easily–maybe because it’s more open to revision. Revising is part of list making, not something that comes afterwards. We make […]
Calendar UX
We’re not making a poster that needs to be legible, but a game that needs to be playable.
Silence and Waves in the Pacific Northwest
If you’ve never been deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, this short video is a great introduction to the magic out here. And it captures how the drive out to the beach (3-6hrs for me) is a big part of the ritual of surfing out here. There’s a turn on the road, somewhere […]