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Thinking about Fred
Fred Rogers is instructional for people who make things
18F Writing 2016-2019
Aggregating writing related to my work at 18F
On joining The Washington Post
It was a big change for me.
Team Colors
Good sports lessons from a bad athlete
Making Things In Government and Out
Thinking about the unique context of government
Conversations About Data
Offering a concept as feedback on the recently launched next.data.gov
Communicating Complexity
Looking at ways to express complicated ideas on the Web
Five Reasons to Be a Presidential Innovation Fellow
My article on techPresident
Getting to Know Each Other, 7000 Miles Away
Helping students understand each other across the world
Make Your Own Rules
An idea for making sense of government spending
Thoughts on the Recent #dotgov Dialogue
Creating the .gov you deserve
National Dialogue on Improving Federal Websites
Attack Big Problems
Do What You’re Paid For, Then Do Some More
Going the extra mile
How I Became Involved with Healthcare.gov
An idea sent and received
Obama on Empathy
The President discusses his "most important value"
An Amazing Year
Looking back with thanks
Compressing Time
The lifecycle of stupid little plastic doodads
The Eames’ “Powers of Ten”
Spending time with the Eames
Jack White on the Value of the Box
The role of constraints in the creative process
Empathy
Seeing value in the experience of others
Telling Stories
Sharing experience and expressing value
Identifying Value
Perceiving importance where others have not
A Visible Future
Expressing the future as it could be lived
The Long View
Sustainability and role we play in tomorrow
Constraints
The structures we operate within
Live / Work
Expectations and responsibilities of work
Robert Krulwich and the Value of Storytelling
Good ideas can fail because they are poorly explained
Envisioning a Health Insurance Exchange
Looking at a key aspect of health care reform
Reap / Sow
Inputs, outputs and the comfort of the audit
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