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Fast Software, the Best Software
Essay on the benefits of speedy software, and how it affects user perception of engineering quality and overall usability
Craig Mod
The homepage of author and photographer Craig Mod — long walks across Japan, pizza toast, books, photography, literature, and more.
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Takkyu-bin: Luggage forwarding in Japan
Please don't roll your big bags around town
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MacBook Neo and how the iPad should be
iPads should be radically touch only, and MacBooks should be keyboard-first
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I Got My Attention Back (2017)
There are a thousand beautiful ways to start the day that don’t begin with looking at your phone. And yet so few of us choose to do so. Technology is commanding our attention in infinite, insurmountable loops. A country trip off-grid helped me escape.
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Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses
Why being popular is not the goal of most small businesses
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Electric bike, stupid love of my life
Reflections on eighteen months of electric bike ownership
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Oh God, It's Raining Newsletters
On the rise of newsletter production, consumption, and monetization, and how email is one of the most powerful and resilient publishing platforms.
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Brilliant Hardware in the Valley of the Software Slump
Our software feels less refined as our hardware achieves platonic ideals
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Walking Tokyo for Seven Days
A pop-up newsletter running from August 15-21, 2022
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Stab a Book, the Book Won't Die
On the resilience of books in the face of apps, attention monsters, and an ad-driven online economy
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The Leica Q: A six month field test
An extensive review of the Leica Q camera — taken on a six month test in the field, in multiple shooting scenarios and multiple environments.
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On Building Flipboard for iPhone
Flip flopping between bits and atoms