I started my new job at Quip earlier this week, and got inspired to write up the story of how I made my decision:
By doing the hard work of developing a sensible, high-performing, fair working environment, Quip’s founding team has built a foundation that doesn’t cave under women’s contributions and ambitions.
My six favorites:
My latest major essay, including an extensive analysis of eight apps spanning the bookmarking spectrum. A taste:
To wish is to “feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen.” To bookmark is a tentative act, verging on fatalistic; there are no guarantees. And that’s why, compared to the other signals that comprise the Database of Intentions — The Query, The Social Graph, The Status Update, The Check-In, and The Purchase — The Bookmark can be frustrating. The Social Graph and The Purchase map the past; The Query, The Status Update, and The Check-In map the present. They’re accurate. They’re reliable. They’re sensible. They’re also limited. Past is almost always prelude, but it doesn’t capture the ways in which we’re willing to change.
By contrast, the future is fractal. And in their capacity to structure abundance, bookmarks are, too. The wish economy matters because it catalogs all of the possibilities we’re open to. In aggregate, the incorporation of bookmarks into the Database of Intentions gives companies new tools for persuasion. But at a personal level, the tender utility of bookmarking remains…
My biggest research project in years: a history of handheld devices and the pockets we’ve put them in.
