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The books I read the first few months of 2025
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Coleman McCormick
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Curate your creative diet
An extended note-to-self on consumption and creativity
Apr 26
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Coleman McCormick
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We only notice what works once it's gone
Don't overlook what's working on a quest to fix what's not
Apr 16
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Form, context, and fit
Unfolding the forces of design problems with Christopher Alexander's model
Apr 10
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March 2025
Evolution has no goal
Brief thoughts on the driving action of natural selection
Mar 27
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Coleman McCormick
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Messy workspace, tidy workspace: two modes of creativity
What your workspace reveals about your creative process
Mar 14
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Coleman McCormick
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Weekend Reads
On pursuing curiosity, Dana Gioia's writerly life, building selfish software, and did the Greeks see color?
Mar 1
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Coleman McCormick
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February 2025
Copy first, create later
The natural path from imitation to creativity
Feb 21
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Coleman McCormick
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Materials and mastery
How masters build expertise through deep understanding of their medium
Feb 12
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Hardy Boys and Microkids
A review of Tracy Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine"
Feb 7
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Coleman McCormick
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January 2025
DeepSeek and constraints
Finding innovation where no one else is looking
Jan 31
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Coleman McCormick
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Mixing zones and creativity
Recombination as a source of novelty
Jan 24
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