Writing
Notes on product, design, cities, technology, and the systems around them.
Medium · Feb 27, 2020
A (Former San Franciscan’s) Amsterdam Local’s Guide
A guide to Amsterdam beyond the Red Light District, from cultural context and cycling to neighbourhoods worth exploring.
Read on MediumShelterTech Stories · Mar 9, 2019
Housing Appreciation is Killing Housing
On how housing appreciation drives unaffordability, inequality, and homelessness in major cities.
Read on ShelterTech StoriesOpen Referral · 2018
Building technology and community to address homelessness in San Francisco
What we learned building the SF Service Guide with ShelterTech.
Read on Open ReferralMedium · 2017
Does the world need a new Socrates?
On questions, conversation, and thinking in public.
Read on MediumMedium · Mar 24, 2017
A letter to a room full of Trump supporters, and some Democrats, too
A letter written before an unusual meeting between pro-Trump and anti-Trump voters.
Read on MediumMedium · 2016
How did I end up here?
Taking conversation off the screen.
Read on MediumMedium · Nov 10, 2016
I’m not disappointed in America, I’m disappointed in San Francisco
A response to the 2016 election and the distance between San Francisco and the rest of the country.
Read on Medium