What I have been reading recently

At the top of my list of goals this year is to take better care of myself, and to be kinder to myself. I think part of this is taking more time to note when I do something that I am proud of. The more I notice the things I am proud of, the more I can challenge myself when my anxieties kick in. “I am writing a blog post right now!” is something I...

Over the last year, I have been thinking a lot about tools for the web. What are the tools we will need for the next decade of the web? I hope that we collectively build and use more tools that empower people; that help people express themselves, be creative, communicate safely, share ideas, collaborate on projects together. I have been exploring...

How does this make me feel? I have been asking myself this question a lot as I learn more about design. When I see something visually appealing, I ask myself why it is interesting to me. How does the character of the font relate to the goal of the design? How is colour used? Together: how does this make me feel? Am I calm? Am I intrigued? Does...

I feel relaxed here, like I can just be. I smile, admiring the sun outside. I wrote in my notebook while gazing out a tall bay window at the cafe in one of my favourite bookstores. This year I am taking more notes on paper. I enjoy the feeling of putting pencil to paper and writing. Sometimes, I write notes. Other times, I write prose – whatever...

My journey with Japanese fiction started with the Before the coffee gets cold series. I was originally attracted to the book because it was set in a coffee shop – an environment of which even the thought brings joy to me. As I read the first book, I was entranced by the way stories were told. I took delight in picturing how I would imagine the...