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Go to the profile of Sasha Lubomirsky
Sasha LubomirskyFeb 5, 20153 min read

Three misunderstandings about design research

On timing, listening to users, and intuition.

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Ev WilliamsOct 16, 20142 min read

Hatching Inside Medium

Airing our issues

Since the first days of Medium, we’ve had an internal version of the site at a different domain, accessible only within our internal company network. For inexplicable reasons, it was first at slowth.com. At this time, it was used more…

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Go to the profile of Ev Williams
Ev WilliamsNov 6, 20142 min read

One morning I woke up and had this statement in my head. I don’t know if I got it from somewhere else, but it rang true. I shared it with the team on hatch on 9/22/14. [See Hatching Inside Medium for context on this collection.]

The job of leadership is to foster alignment and enthusiasm toward…

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Go to the profile of Marcin Wichary
Marcin WicharyOct 17, 20143 min read

This was originally published to Hatch (a version of Medium for Medium employees) on February 6, 2014. See Hatching Inside Medium for context on this collection.

My favourite glyphs

I love rich, nuanced typography.

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NaureenDec 18, 20143 min read

Diversity at Medium

What do our numbers look like?


In case you didn’t know, diversity…
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Go to the profile of Michael Sippey
Michael SippeyFeb 25, 20156 min read

Blogging on Medium

tl;dr: you can’t do it today. and i think you should be able to

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Daryl KoopersmithJul 28, 20154 min read

Making Slack work for you

Slack is a wonderful tool, but when it’s not configured correctly, it can become a distraction. Let’s fix that.

  1. Use the quick switcher
  2. Star conversations for fast access
  3. Customize your notifications
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Kate LeeOct 20, 20153 min read

This was originally written on Hatch — the internal version of Medium for Medium employees. (See Hatching Inside Medium for more context.)

Explaining Medium to Senior Citizens

Technology may be geared toward the young, but it’s not lost on the old, either. Or at least, not on…

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Go to the profile of Marcin Wichary
Marcin WicharyOct 20, 20141 min read

This was originally published on Hatch (a version of Medium for Medium employees) on April 14, 2014. See Hatching Inside Medium for context on this collection.

A thorough, detailed, comprehensive, methodical guide to capitalizing strings in our user interface

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Joe PolastreOct 7, 20152 min read

This was originally written on Hatch — the internal version of Medium for Medium employees. For the last few weeks, we’ve been using mentions on Hatch and we’re loving it. (See Hatching Inside Medium for more context.)

Hey Ev, what about mentions?

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