NOTES FROM THE DESK, 2026

Things I keep coming back to: small tools, honest interfaces, and the feeling of paper on a table. Every project in this folder started as a sketch in a notebook like this one. Some shipped, some are still drafts, and all of them taught me something worth keeping.

What I look for in good work: it is quiet, it is quick, it respects the person using it, and it still feels good the hundredth time. I would rather make one thing well than ten things loudly.

Filed under: work, projects, playground. Keep this page with the folder and return it to the desk when you are done.

Things I keep coming back to: small tools, honest interfaces, and the feeling of paper on a table. Every project in this folder started as a sketch in a notebook like this one. Some shipped, some are still drafts, and all of them taught me something worth keeping.

What I look for in good work: it is quiet, it is quick, it respects the person using it, and it still feels good the hundredth time. I would rather make one thing well than ten things loudly.

Filed under: work, projects, playground. Keep this page with the folder and return it to the desk when you are done.

Things I keep coming back to: small tools, honest interfaces, and the feeling of paper on a table. Every project in this folder started as a sketch in a notebook like this one. Some shipped, some are still drafts, and all of them taught me something worth keeping.

What I look for in good work: it is quiet, it is quick, it respects the person using it, and it still feels good the hundredth time. I would rather make one thing well than ten things loudly.

Filed under: work, projects, playground. Keep this page with the folder and return it to the desk when you are done.

Things I keep coming back to: small tools, honest interfaces, and the feeling of paper on a table. Every project in this folder started as a sketch in a notebook like this one. Some shipped, some are still drafts, and all of them taught me something worth keeping.

What I look for in good work: it is quiet, it is quick, it respects the person using it, and it still feels good the hundredth time. I would rather make one thing well than ten things loudly.

Filed under: work, projects, playground. Keep this page with the folder and return it to the desk when you are done.

Things I keep coming back to: small tools, honest interfaces, and the feeling of paper on a table. Every project in this folder started as a sketch in a notebook like this one. Some shipped, some are still drafts, and all of them taught me something worth keeping.

What I look for in good work: it is quiet, it is quick, it respects the person using it, and it still feels good the hundredth time. I would rather make one thing well than ten things loudly.

Filed under: work, projects, playground. Keep this page with the folder and return it to the desk when you are done.