Two of the four principles by which I best work, having come up as a designer and leading as a design director — two of two articles About a year ago, I listened to an episode of The Ezra Klein Show where Klein talked to Alison Gopnick, professor of psychology…

Two of the four principles by which I best work, having come up as a designer and leading as a design director — one of two articles When I first started writing this article, I thought I would start with the idea that we all have a reptilian brain and…

Three things I’ve learned while running 170 km combined in July and August After running 80 km two months ago, my goal for July and August was to run the same amount while following the Nike Run Club’s half marathon training. And I’m happy to report that I achieved both…

Thinking about the China-U.S. relationship through the lens of a social video-sharing service TikTok — a social video-sharing service based in China best known for videos and animations that are less than a minute long (up to :15 for videos and :60 for loops) — is getting a lot of…

In a world where so many people are working from home, what does “working” from home really mean anyway? — Working from home isn’t a new thing — not by a long shot — but it feels pretty novel right now. This spring’s closure of schools as well as child care facilities, wearing masks, and blue tape on the ground spaced to six foot (social) distances as a result of…

This is the second of two articles where I talk about a couple of the specific challenges we encountered while planning to move from New York City to San Francisco Starting in July of last year, my family and I began the process to relocate from the east coast to…

This is the first of two articles where I talk about how my wife and I made the decision for our mode of travel, originally published on the thoughtbot blog Starting in July of this year, my family and I began the process to relocate from the east coast to…

This is about being half Korean and half white during this time of surging support for Black Lives Matter (BLM), and in the face of institutionalized racism, segregation, and discrimination — second of two articles Why am I writing this? A couple weeks ago, I said to my wife, “I…