Remote life has made us rethink what we spend time working on. The result is that more are pursuing entrepreneurial and independent routes — taking on side projects, leaving full-time jobs to work flexibly, and looking for ways to get more ownership and upside. When we launched Huddle in late…

Huddle is in a really cool position. Though our core full-time team is currently 12, we have a community of over 600 amazing designers and builders who succeed when we succeed. …

how the great resignation and web3 are changing our relationship with work and the fate of employment — Nearly two years into the pandemic, remote work has become the new normal. Most companies have embraced this reality too. A16z surveyed 226 founders of early and late stage startups and discovered that 86% will continue the concept of remote or hybrid work. For companies that haven’t, employees are holding…

How ownership is changing and tearing down the old guards of wealth-building. — The trend is clear and the FOMO is real: more and more people want skin in the game. At the same time, getting ownership is becoming more accessible to more people, trades and age groups. The underlying principles around who can own what and how to become an owner are…

The story of urban freight and its path to a more connected future — Traffic is an easy thing to complain about. So is a late train. Commuting, running errands, visiting friends and places — so much of our day is spent moving from point A to B. …

How early maps and our own mental maps can shape the design of our physical and digital worlds. — We use cartography to guide us daily. We see maps everywhere in current technology, whether in our phone, car dashboard, or embedded in a website. But, the map itself looks a lot like it did back when it was made out of paper. Cartography, or map-making, literally translates to paper…

Why looking at buildings instead of screens refreshed my UX design thinking — I’m always intrigued by anything that delivers a great experience. I left the world of architecture behind to pursue User Experience design. Yet, what I learned designing built environments continues to surprise me with relevance. Lately especially, I’ve been spending less time looking at my phone and more time observing…

Many designers fear criticism. But the fact is criticism breeds productivity and even creativity. When I was in architecture school, I found the process of studio courses so abrasive. We’d come in twice a week to stand up in front of the class and show the work we slaved over…

Everyone is part of multiple communities: from the largest scale of a globally-connected social network, to the scale of a city, neighborhood, school, down to the micro-scale of groups of friends and family. Technology largely targets the largest and the smallest scales. It assumes that the middle stuff just gets…