4 principles to design everything
The world is a draft. Design everything. Build your tools and craft. Let joy in all sing.
You become your city
Choosing where you live is the most important decision of your life.
Design is intentioning
If designing had a synonym, it would be "intentioning".
Hackathons and AI - a new paradigm
AI hackathons field guide to build impressive demos faster, alongside the most talented people of your city
Books I recently read and recommend
Selection of books I recently read and recommend
From sketch to product using AI
Using ChatGPT to draft product ideas in minutes
Tiny product challenge with Ran Segall
The ups and downs of working with other creatives
Glue entrepreneurs
How great products can now be built by composing APIs
15 habits to be organized as a designer
Sharing apps to organize my tasks, time and thoughts.
Creative tempo (Part 2): Diverging, Testing, Converging
Exploring new ideas at a controlled beat
Creative tempo (Part 1): Setting the rhythm
Creating more to be more successful
A theory of what makes something interesting
What makes an idea interesting?
ABC framework: How to give better feedback
A better framework to give feedback and improve creative work
Moodboards as a creative escape
A tale of same energy, covid toes and rabbit holes
Tiny products
Tiny products 1. take two weeks to build, 2. generate income and 3. require zero ongoing maintenance.
The Monthly Investor Update
Applying the transparency and rigor of public companies to freelance businesses.
15 habits to be organized as a designer
I have 4 apps on my mac that I use every day to organize my tasks, my time and my thoughts. These are Notion, Things, Day One and Spark. The goal of this post isn't to show you these tools, but rather the ways I'm using these tools. And out of the next 15 mental models and habits I'm going to share, maybe 2 or 3 will stick with you.
I'm Ben, I make products for creatives, and I'm constantly working on 10 projects at the same time. Right now I'm writing a book, launching a web platform, making videos every weeks, sending newsletters, teaching a course at University, shooting portrait photography, writing articles, reading 3 books, and trying to be a functioning human being. I have to be organized.
Other tools I love using:
Name | Description |
|---|---|
Arc | Web browser that's better than Chrome |
ChatGPT | My favorite intern |
Claude | My favorite copywriter |
Things 3 | To-do list app for Mac and iPhone |
DayOne | Journaling app |
Figma | Design tool |
Framer | Web design tool |
Notion | Note taking app for teams |
Whimsical | Visual note taking |
Remarkable | Reader that's better than Kindle |
Tella | Screen recording app better than Loom |
Beeper | All your chats in one |
Spark | All your emails in one |
Enpass | Save passwords |
Obsidian | To write and publish this website :) |
Limitless | Meeting transcription |
V7 Go | Excel with generative AI |
Instaprice | Pricing calculator for freelancers |
Cursor | AI-powered coding |
Midjourney | AI-powered visual generation |
Capcut | Video editing |
Hacker Feed | Reader for hackernews |
X | Still my favorite social network |
Raycast | App switcher |
Pitch | Presentations |
Supabase | Databases |
Windy | Weather tracker |
Raindrop | Bookmarks |
Browserflow | Scraping |
Limitless | AI transcriber. My experience |
Once a month, I share my latest work and findings on a curated newsletter (example). Let's keep in touch:
4 principles to design everything
The world is a draft. Design everything. Build your tools and craft. Let joy in all sing.
You become your city
Choosing where you live is the most important decision of your life.
Design is intentioning
If designing had a synonym, it would be "intentioning".
Hackathons and AI - a new paradigm
AI hackathons field guide to build impressive demos faster, alongside the most talented people of your city
Books I recently read and recommend
Selection of books I recently read and recommend
From sketch to product using AI
Using ChatGPT to draft product ideas in minutes
Tiny product challenge with Ran Segall
The ups and downs of working with other creatives
Glue entrepreneurs
How great products can now be built by composing APIs
15 habits to be organized as a designer
Sharing apps to organize my tasks, time and thoughts.
Creative tempo (Part 2): Diverging, Testing, Converging
Exploring new ideas at a controlled beat
Creative tempo (Part 1): Setting the rhythm
Creating more to be more successful
A theory of what makes something interesting
What makes an idea interesting?
ABC framework: How to give better feedback
A better framework to give feedback and improve creative work
Moodboards as a creative escape
A tale of same energy, covid toes and rabbit holes
Tiny products
Tiny products 1. take two weeks to build, 2. generate income and 3. require zero ongoing maintenance.
The Monthly Investor Update
Applying the transparency and rigor of public companies to freelance businesses.
15 habits to be organized as a designer
I have 4 apps on my mac that I use every day to organize my tasks, my time and my thoughts. These are Notion, Things, Day One and Spark. The goal of this post isn't to show you these tools, but rather the ways I'm using these tools. And out of the next 15 mental models and habits I'm going to share, maybe 2 or 3 will stick with you.
I'm Ben, I make products for creatives, and I'm constantly working on 10 projects at the same time. Right now I'm writing a book, launching a web platform, making videos every weeks, sending newsletters, teaching a course at University, shooting portrait photography, writing articles, reading 3 books, and trying to be a functioning human being. I have to be organized.
Other tools I love using:
Name | Description |
|---|---|
Arc | Web browser that's better than Chrome |
ChatGPT | My favorite intern |
Claude | My favorite copywriter |
Things 3 | To-do list app for Mac and iPhone |
DayOne | Journaling app |
Figma | Design tool |
Framer | Web design tool |
Notion | Note taking app for teams |
Whimsical | Visual note taking |
Remarkable | Reader that's better than Kindle |
Tella | Screen recording app better than Loom |
Beeper | All your chats in one |
Spark | All your emails in one |
Enpass | Save passwords |
Obsidian | To write and publish this website :) |
Limitless | Meeting transcription |
V7 Go | Excel with generative AI |
Instaprice | Pricing calculator for freelancers |
Cursor | AI-powered coding |
Midjourney | AI-powered visual generation |
Capcut | Video editing |
Hacker Feed | Reader for hackernews |
X | Still my favorite social network |
Raycast | App switcher |
Pitch | Presentations |
Supabase | Databases |
Windy | Weather tracker |
Raindrop | Bookmarks |
Browserflow | Scraping |
Limitless | AI transcriber. My experience |
Once a month, I share my latest work and findings on a curated newsletter (example). Let's keep in touch: