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The Ten Post Experiment

The Ten Post Experiment

Chrysaora Weekly started as a ten post experiment. This post marks the end— for now. Before I go: seven slow-burn epiphanies for the road.
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How to Make Friends On The Internet

How to Make Friends On The Internet

A young man walks into a large pool party wearing a stiff suit. The host is nowhere to be seen, and he doesn’t know anyone there. Guests of…
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Christina Xu
Doing Nothing: A Love Letter

Doing Nothing: A Love Letter

April was the first month in which I embraced doing nothing.
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Christina Xu
Pictures of Chinese People Scanning QR Codes

Pictures of Chinese People Scanning QR Codes

On the way back to Shanghai from our fieldwork trip in rural Guizhou, Tricia and I decided to go shopping at Guiyang’s Hunter City Mall…
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The Tamborzão Goes to Thailand

The Tamborzão Goes to Thailand

It started with a WeChat Sight I received from my mom at 7 a.m. one morning. I squinted sleepily at the silent preview, amused by the…
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The Life-Changing Magic of Losing Shit

The Life-Changing Magic of Losing Shit

Last week, I lost my backpack while waiting for a connecting flight home. Among the things it contained: my laptop (along with a 90%…
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Christina Xu
Your Project Deserves a Good Death

Your Project Deserves a Good Death

We are generating a huge number of projects and entities that don’t need to last forever and not planning for the end.
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Christina Xu
Three Moments With WeChat

Three Moments With WeChat

The carefully-tuned features that helped WeChat become China’s most indispensable social app
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Christina Xu
Signal, Space, Structure: Designing for Communities of Interest

Signal, Space, Structure: Designing for Communities of Interest

Last week, Gary Chou, Leland Rechis and I wrapped up our Entrepreneurial Design class, in which we asked our students to work on a 10 week…
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What I Care About When I Care About Tea

What I Care About When I Care About Tea

The most important thing about being a disciple of gongfu tea is the way it asks me to connect with strangers at a relaxed pace.
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