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Brendan Langen
If you're missing the writing...
If you're missing the writing...

I’ve moved my writing to Substack, so here’s the backlog of pieces you may have missed.

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Brendan LangenJune 11, 2023Comment
Patterns, patterns everywhere - Newsletter #7
Patterns, patterns everywhere - Newsletter #7

New look, new name, and spring cleaning with Christopher Alexander.

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Brendan LangenApril 30, 2022Comment
A Gateway into My Research Work
A Gateway into My Research Work

For the past 8 months, I've been working on a research project with two wonderful gentlemen. Now's the time to share...a bit.

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Brendan LangenFebruary 28, 2022Comment
Designing Our Digital Environments
Designing Our Digital Environments

A repost of my January 2022 newsletter on designing our digital spaces.

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Brendan LangenJanuary 31, 2022Comment
Designing Our Physical Environments
Designing Our Physical Environments

A repost from my newsletter — on the design of our physical environments, with a focus on creating enabling environments for knowledge workers.

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Brendan LangenJanuary 27, 2022Comment
The 2021 Year in Review
The 2021 Year in Review

This year demanded that we live differently. What else to do but embrace the change?

Enjoy a visual experience of my 2021.

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Brendan LangenDecember 31, 2021 Comments
Bursts of Focus + the /now Page
Bursts of Focus + the /now Page

My brain works in bursts, and I’ve been busy. Here’s what’s been up.

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Brendan LangenDecember 27, 2021
Thinking with Paper (Repost)
Thinking with Paper (Repost)

The first piece I’ve ever had published — a love letter to paper and everything it affords my brain’s ability to think.

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Brendan LangenDecember 21, 2021
Introducing a Newsletter
Introducing a Newsletter

The newsletter as a forcing function to consistently share my ideas. Of course!

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Brendan LangenDecember 14, 2021newsletterComment
A Design Fiction on Visual-Meta
A Design Fiction on Visual-Meta
Brendan LangenSeptember 29, 2021Comment
Exploring Discomfort
Exploring Discomfort

Notes to self gone public.

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Brendan LangenSeptember 15, 2021Comment
We Deserve Better Screenshots
We Deserve Better Screenshots

Screenshots should be better. We use them all the time, yet they are given virtually no love on our phones.

Here’s how we would change that.

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Brendan LangenSeptember 11, 2021Comment
Taking a Step into the Unknown
Taking a Step into the Unknown

Taking a step into the unknown world of no job, no income, and the pursuit of my dream.

A story on the journey, recorded the day after I stepped away.

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Brendan LangenJune 13, 2021Comment
Working Notes on Personal Programmable Attention
Working Notes on Personal Programmable Attention

Notes on an attempt to program my own attention, as I embark on my time without someone else telling me what I have to do (aka being self-employed).

Or, How the good boy lifestyle must evolve.

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Brendan LangenJune 3, 2021
Save your time.
Save your time.

Advances in quality of life come through your own time.

Two steps to save your time, the most important of compounding assets we have.

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Brendan LangenJanuary 29, 2021notesComment
Find.
Find.

The call to share is real. I am obligated to do so.

A snippet on sharing your work, metaphor, design fiction, and the journey.

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Brendan LangenJanuary 28, 2021Comment
What have you been up to during the pandemic?
What have you been up to during the pandemic?

Notes on time during the pandemic.

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Brendan LangenNovember 7, 2020
The person sitting across from you is not you.
The person sitting across from you is not you.

To bridge the societal gap of 2020, we must first seek to understand. Every single human has lived a different experience than me and you.

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Brendan LangenJune 5, 2020
A Call to Arms - from March 2018
A Call to Arms - from March 2018

The first in a series of #oldposts. Here is a snapshot of my mission from March 2018.

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Brendan LangenMay 25, 2020oldposts
On Roam Research
On Roam Research

Roam is the best thought management tool I have ever used. You should read about it.

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Brendan LangenMarch 21, 2020thinking, notes Comments
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