For three years I posted daily. Then I cut back to one piece a week. Readers went up, and so did the replies worth answering.

Threads are drafts with an audience. Here is the exact process I use to turn one into a finished essay, with the template at the end.

Eleven apps in two years, one survivor. What it does well, what it refuses to do, and why that turned out to matter.

Three drafts, three readers. A short guide to deciding who each pass of an essay is really for.

Two days, nine buildings and one very patient friend. Notes on architecture designed to be seen at walking pace.

Fifty-two issues, planned in one afternoon. The spreadsheet, the rules, and the two slots I always leave empty.

RSS never left. A practical guide to building a calm reading setup that doesn’t decide what you see.

For a year I read one reader draft a week, live. The same four problems came up again and again.