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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 21 Sept 2026.
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creativity
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agency
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Read this korrent: If you are not having fun with the people you are working with, that seldom produces very good creative output.
If you are not having fun with the people you are working with, that seldom produces very good creative output.
Last stated 6 months ago
2 Apr 2026
MS
Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Doing creative work in public, where failures are visible, produces faster useful feedback. — tap to centre the map on it
Doing creative work in public, where failures are visible, produces faster useful feedback.
Last stated 4 months ago
19 Jun 2026
BF
Brad Feld — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: He is not the most talented writer in the room and never was; what has carried him is the capacity to grind. — tap to centre the map on it
He is not the most talented writer in the room and never was; what has carried him is the capacity to grind.
Last stated 3 months ago
1 Jul 2026
SP
Steven Pressfield — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team of all the same people who are good at the same thing is not going to help deliver the best product experience. — tap to centre the map on it
A team of all the same people who are good at the same thing is not going to help deliver the best product experience.
Last stated 5 months ago
28 Apr 2026
PD
Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: To get people to understand that artful work is worth doing, you need to do it and have it work: showing, not telling. — tap to centre the map on it
To get people to understand that artful work is worth doing, you need to do it and have it work: showing, not telling.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
NF
Nev Flynn — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Encouraging experimentation and opening opportunities requires much more tolerance of mediocrity — tap to centre the map on it
Encouraging experimentation and opening opportunities requires much more tolerance of mediocrity
Last stated 10 years ago
27 Feb 2017
MG
Malcolm Gladwell — holds since 2017-02-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If the people a product is designed for cannot generally agree that the design is good, it is not good. — tap to centre the map on it
If the people a product is designed for cannot generally agree that the design is good, it is not good.
Last stated 3 years ago
16 Nov 2023
JZ
Julie Zhuo — holds since 2023-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The small quality moments come from wasting time: if you are not playing or messing around, you won't come to them. — tap to centre the map on it
The small quality moments come from wasting time: if you are not playing or messing around, you won't come to them.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
CD
Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers need to be good communicators: an idea they cannot articulate to their team rarely becomes something meaningful. — tap to centre the map on it
Designers need to be good communicators: an idea they cannot articulate to their team rarely becomes something meaningful.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Feb 2025
TC
Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Sept 2026
CC
Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 15 years ago
14 Apr 2011
BH
Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
AT
Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. — tap to centre the map on it
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
7 Sept 2026
LM
Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A maker cannot summon the good line, only be at the desk when it arrives, and the outcome is not theirs to influence. — tap to centre the map on it
A maker cannot summon the good line, only be at the desk when it arrives, and the outcome is not theirs to influence.
Last stated 5 years ago
29 Jun 2021
NC
Nick Cave — holds since 2021-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated a month ago
23 Aug 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Aug 2026
MH
Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
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If you are not having fun with the people you are working with, that seldom produces very good creative output.
Last stated 2 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Marvin Schwaibold
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Similar wording
Doing creative work in public, where failures are visible, produces faster useful feedback.
Last stated 19 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Brad Feld
Similar wording
He is not the most talented writer in the room and never was; what has carried him is the capacity to grind.
Last stated 1 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Steven Pressfield
Similar wording
A team of all the same people who are good at the same thing is not going to help deliver the best product experience.
Last stated 28 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Polly D'Arcy
Similar wording
To get people to understand that artful work is worth doing, you need to do it and have it work: showing, not telling.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Nev Flynn
Similar wording
Encouraging experimentation and opening opportunities requires much more tolerance of mediocrity
Last stated 27 Feb 2017 · 10 years ago
Holds Malcolm Gladwell
Similar wording
If the people a product is designed for cannot generally agree that the design is good, it is not good.
Last stated 16 Nov 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Similar wording
The small quality moments come from wasting time: if you are not playing or messing around, you won't come to them.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Charlie Deets
Similar wording
Designers need to be good communicators: an idea they cannot articulate to their team rarely becomes something meaningful.
Last stated 21 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Thiago Costa
Same subject: agency
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated 21 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Chris Coyier
Same subject: agency
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 14 Apr 2011 · 15 years ago
Holds Ben Horowitz
Same subject: agency
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 21 Mar 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Lincoln Michel
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A maker cannot summon the good line, only be at the desk when it arrives, and the outcome is not theirs to influence.
Last stated 29 Jun 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds Nick Cave
Same subject: AI slop
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Lemkin
Same subject: AI slop
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: AI slop
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 13 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Mitchell Hashimoto