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Bee Scout Manifesto

Most people have never noticed the weird thing bees do. If you stand near a hive long enough you’ll see a small fraction of bees shoot off in seemingly random directions, ignoring the fat patch of clover ten yards away that everyone else is milking. They’ll disappear for

The Quantum Tempo: How Neurodivergent Minds Reshape Creative Work

Most people think of time as a constant. A second is a second, an hour is an hour, regardless of who's experiencing it. But this is wrong. For neurodivergent minds, time is wildly variable. When caught in tedious tasks, time becomes a viscous substance, each moment felt with

Riding the ADHD Tide: How My Brain Moves Through Cycles of Focus and Fog

For years, I thought something was broken. I’d spend three days in a creative frenzy — designing, writing, building — then wake up and feel like a different person. I couldn’t focus, couldn’t think. I’d scroll aimlessly, dodge emails, and feel buried in shame. And then, almost like

Honest Feedback Isn't Scheduled: Why Support Calls Reveal What Research Sessions Can't

Finding candid user feedback is harder than it should be. After years of experimentation, I've discovered something that now seems obvious: the most valuable user insights come not from formal research sessions but from the trenches of customer support. Most companies create artificial barriers between those who build

Creative Tension: The Forgotten Art of Holding Opposing Ideas

In physics, we observe a fundamental truth: for every force, there exists an equal and opposite force. This principle extends beyond the physical realm, manifesting in the delicate dance of opposing ideas that has driven human progress throughout history. Today, however, this dynamic balance is increasingly disrupted, replaced by rigid

The Preservation of ADHD Qualities Beyond Educational Reform

People often blame the education system for stifling creativity in young minds. The narrative usually focuses on testing methods, rigid curricula, and standardized teaching approaches. But this misses a deeper truth. The real impact lies not in what is taught, but in the conditions under which learning occurs. These conditions

The Physical Acts of Thinking

Abstract thoughts exist like quantum possibilities - formless and undefined until they interact with the physical world. It's in the collision between these abstract thoughts and physical action that real thinking emerges. The Materialization of Thought We struggle to think purely in abstractions. Instead, we need some form

The Scout Mindset

I keep thinking about bees. Not in the way most people think about bees – not about honey or pollination or colony collapse. I'm obsessed with something specific: scout bees. These are the weird ones. The restless ones. The ones who can't help but venture out to