Stamina beats talent every time
You probably don't remember the first one you read. Honestly, I barely remember the first one I sent. But 100 weeks later, you're still here—still curious, still building, still figuring it out (like we all are).
If you've ever opened, clicked, replied, or forwarded—thank you. Here's to a hundred more.
In this week's edition:
- Going all-in on obsessions: How fixations can fuel your deepest creative streak
- A weird A/B test: Crisp screenshots replaced with blurry teasers—conversion rate soared
- White-collar layoffs: Starbucks slices 1,000 corporate gigs, proving no job is bulletproof
- And more...
Most Interesting
Stamina > Talent
Obsession isn't a bug. It's the whole operating system. A designer followed their weirdest fixations—snakes, treadmills, antique signage—and built a wildly original career around them. This piece nails why chasing interests beats chasing productivity.
One of the weirdest A/B tests I've seen (but it worked). Tom blurred part of his product screenshot—and conversions jumped. The lesson? Sometimes curiosity is more interesting than clarity, at least for first impressions. It's dumb, effective, and very internet.
Top Resources
Screenshot exports still look like garbage? Here's the fix.
Max Burnside explains how to stop Figma's color profile bugs from ruining your exports. If your UI looks washed out on Twitter, this is why.
A powerful tool for matching color profiles across different platforms and devices.
High Agency: Rethinking limits through bold, creative action
A great piece by George Mack. If you read one article in this week's newsletter, this should be it.
What's Trending
Is knowledge work headed for a permanent decline?
Starbucks cuts over 1,000 corporate gigs as white-collar job losses spike. Rising unemployment, flat wages, and AI shifts unsettle how office work operates. (NYT)
Benedict Evans on the different flavors of disruption and what they mean for the future.
Paul Stamatiou says we're done clicking around. With AI interfaces answering for us, the whole premise of "surfing" is on the decline.
Closing Thought
100 editions. 100 weeks. That's a lot of time spent finding, filtering, and sharing. But here's the thing: I don't do this because I have to. I do it because curiosity is a muscle, and this is how I train mine.
Thanks for being here.
