We're making cities boring

Optimizing for efficiency got us sameness and undifferentiation

Nov 12 • 

Coleman McCormick

4

3

October 2025

Old Roots, New Branches

Living between the slow layers of tradition and the fast layers of change

Oct 10 • 

Coleman McCormick

2

September 2025

Running an ultramarathon

46 miles as an amateur runner

Sep 6 • 

Coleman McCormick

6

1

1

July 2025

Gratitude on the 4th of July

A time for optimism (even when it might be hard)

Jul 4 • 

Coleman McCormick

4

1

June 2025

Exploring the origins of words

Cracking open the etymological notebook

Jun 25 • 

Coleman McCormick

4

Lessons from Little League

Baseball as a teacher of resilience, patience, and the value of small wins

Jun 5 • 

Coleman McCormick

4

1

May 2025

Designing for intuition unlocks understanding

How abstractions in design speed up first-use, but prevent deeper understanding of systems

May 23 • 

Coleman McCormick

9

2

Culture is invisible infrastructure

Your cultural norms are the foundation, the scaffolding, the hidden protocols

May 15 • 

Coleman McCormick

10

6

April 2025

Recent reads

The books I read the first few months of 2025

Apr 30 • 

Coleman McCormick

6

2

Curate your creative diet

An extended note-to-self on consumption and creativity

Apr 26 • 

Coleman McCormick

10

2

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 • 

Coleman McCormick

2

1

Form, context, and fit

Unfolding the forces of design problems with Christopher Alexander's model

Apr 10 • 

Coleman McCormick

7

3