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things worth your time — updated as I find themThe clearest thing written about making work that matters. Required reading before you start anything new.
Still the best framework for thinking about audience and sustainability as a creator.
Changed how I think about environment and what conditions produce people who make real things.
The best profile ever written. A masterclass in observational writing and restraint.
Made me understand that originality is always synthesis. Extremely replayable — different things land each time.
90 seconds. Watched it probably 40 times. Bookmark and come back every few months.
Not about sushi. About what it looks like to dedicate your life completely to craft.
Origin story of skateboarding as visual culture. Referenced constantly when building the (p)OLY world.
Less about music, more about what it means to be in a creative relationship with work over a lifetime.
The reference. Every principle of good design illustrated in one career.
On building a company around values that feel out of step with everything else.
Short and brutal. The best description of Resistance I've read. Re-read it when stuck.