A short & sweet book summary, for my own use as much as anyone else’s. Limited to 30 minutes.

✅ The Book in 3 Sentences

• All new ideas are amalgamations of things that have come before. Nothing is truly original, so you shouldn’t feel bad about taking inspiration from others.
• Your job as a creative is to collect good ideas, and steal anything that’s worth stealing. The bigger your catalogue, the more things you have to be influenced by. Create a “Swipe File”.
• We’re all part of a “creative lineage”. Like a family tree, every idea was influenced by those that came before. …

A short & sweet book summary, for my own use as much as anyone else’s. Limited to 30 minutes.

✅ The Book in 3 Sentences

• How to use your time more intentionally using a modified version of the Google Ventures “Sprint” framework
• The “Busy Bandwagon” (obsession with productivity) and “Infinity Pools” (infinite content and draw of social media) have made our use of time reactionary — we spend our days reacting to the requests of other people
• The daily framework has 4 simple steps: Highlight — pick a daily highlight. A guiding light for the day. Laser — avoid things that distract you from your highlight…

I know we’ve all got bigger fish to fry right now, but hear me out.

Apple had a busy year in 2020. Despite a global pandemic Apple has recorded record-breaking financials, totally up-ended the personal computer market with it’s M1 chip transition, rolled out an entirely redesigned macOS Big Sur and successfully pivoted one of the biggest developer conferences on the planet to be held entirely online.

It also made a wallet. A tiny leather wallet, with magnets in it.

Of the many (many) new products Apple unleashed onto an adoring fan base in 2020, the iPhone 12 Pro was…