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The Best Books of 2024
My favorite books I read this year
Dec 19, 2024
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Coleman McCormick
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MIT's Building 20: a Masterpiece of Utility
Res Extensa #37 :: On low vs. high road design, How Buildings Learn, and crafting buildings fit for purpose
Sep 8, 2023
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Coleman McCormick
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Pace Layers
The hidden architecture of resilient systems
Sep 26, 2024
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Coleman McCormick
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When order conceals chaos
Order is about more than appearances
Nov 22, 2024
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Coleman McCormick
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On Validating Product Ideas
Res Extensa #28 :: It's all about trusting your instincts and reducing abstraction
Jan 20, 2023
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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, 2025
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Coleman McCormick
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The simplest thing that could possibly work
Start simple, learn, iterate, advance
Jan 10, 2025
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Coleman McCormick
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Designing for intuition unlocks understanding
How abstractions in design speed up first-use, but prevent deeper understanding of systems
May 23, 2025
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Coleman McCormick
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Book Notes: How Buildings Learn
Stewart Brand's book on architecture, and why it applies across so many domains
May 22, 2024
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Coleman McCormick
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Culture is invisible infrastructure
Your cultural norms are the foundation, the scaffolding, the hidden protocols
May 15, 2025
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Coleman McCormick
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Designing from Experience, Not Expertise
Res Extensa #51 :: On vernacular design and function over form
Jan 6, 2024
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Coleman McCormick
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On Effectiveness vs. Efficiency
Comparing two ways of thinking about team management
Feb 15, 2024
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Coleman McCormick
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