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← The process that makes towns alive must let their people shape rooms, houses, streets and churches for themselves

14 connected korrents · 8 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 21 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about design.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under creativity creativity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The process that makes towns alive must let their people shape rooms, houses, streets and churches for themselves The process that makes towns alive mustlet their people shape rooms, houses,streets and churches for themselves CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: Towns and buildings can only become alive if all the people make them, sharing a common pattern language that is itself alive — tap to centre the map on it Towns and buildings can only becomealive if all the people make them,sharing a common pattern languagethat is itself alive CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1977 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wanting to bring a building or a town to life is a fundamental human instinct — tap to centre the map on it Wanting to bring a building or atown to life is a fundamental humaninstinct CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: Patterns decide not only a building's shape but how far it comes to life — tap to centre the map on it Patterns decide not only abuilding's shape but how far itcomes to life CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more living patterns a room, building or town has, the more it comes to life as a whole — tap to centre the map on it The more living patterns a room,building or town has, the more itcomes to life as a whole CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: The quality that makes places alive cannot be made, only generated by a process — tap to centre the map on it The quality that makes places alivecannot be made, only generated by aprocess CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — 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 acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue 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 andwartime 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 goodcommercial 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: Complex professional practice, including law, can be reduced to written playbooks that make its outcomes reproducible without requiring artisanal mastery. — tap to centre the map on it Complex professional practice,including law, can be reduced towritten playbooks that make itsoutcomes reproducible withoutrequiring artisanal mastery. Last stated 5 months ago 1 May 2026 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2026-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best thing you can do for your team is to leave them alone — tap to centre the map on it The best thing you can do for yourteam is to leave them alone Last stated 4 years ago 25 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: You need less help than you think to connect a server to the internet — tap to centre the map on it You need less help than you think toconnect a server to the internet Last stated 3 years ago 2 Feb 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decolonization is truly the creation of new men — tap to centre the map on it Decolonization is truly the creationof new men FF Frantz Fanon — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large AI companies have used creators' permissively-licensed work without seeking their consent or offering compensation. — tap to centre the map on it Large AI companies have usedcreators' permissively-licensed workwithout seeking their consent oroffering compensation. Last stated 5 months ago 30 Apr 2026 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2026-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making products produces two things: the product and the learning. — tap to centre the map on it Making products produces two things:the product and the learning. Last stated 4 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 KS Karri Saarinen — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The process that makes towns alive must let their people shape rooms, houses, streets and churches for themselves Last stated c. 1979 Holds Christopher Alexander Read this korrent →