Archive - rhizome r&d

An Agency Machine

I'm building something new

Apr 4 •

August 2024

Rise of the New York Tech Scene

people making tools for people

Aug 2, 2024 •

February 2024

Epistemic Hygiene

How to align on "why" in product development

Feb 9, 2024 •

June 2023

Startups Don't Build Technology

Research labs and startups play very different roles in the tech ecosystem due to differing sets of constraints.

Jun 14, 2023 •

March 2023

Designing an Economy Like an Ecologist

How complexity thinking could reboot our approach to public policy

Mar 3, 2023 •

January 2023

Going Indie After Big Tech

A workshop on the transition to independent creative work

Jan 26, 2023 •

December 2022

With Text-to-Code AI, The Early Dream of Computation is Back

Open-ended composability has never been more user-friendly. There's just one thing missing.

Dec 9, 2022 •

July 2022

Designing the Future of Work

How does design for emergence apply to the future of work?

Jul 8, 2022 •

June 2022

When to Design for Emergence

Market applications on the long-tail of user needs

Jun 8, 2022 •

August 2021

July 2021

A Field Guide for Novel Problems

Complexity theory for designers • Research as a form of map-making • Meta-processes for novel problems • Interdisciplinarity as mental model arbitrage …

Jul 29, 2021 •

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