Enterprise Software What Users Have Taught Us About "Productivity" Sharing a few things we've learned about this nebulous term everyone talks about.
Brief History A Brief History of Writing: A Forgotten Technology When you think "technology", writing seldom comes to mind. Yet, writing may be the single most important human invention of all time.
Design We Design Cities, But Cities Also Design Us How we underestimate the measurable effects design has on our everyday lives.
Brief History Clew: A Product in Pictures Every startup has a crisp, neat origin story. So here's our messy one, told in pictures.
Design A Brief History of the IPA The IPA represents the sounds of spoken language. Used right, someone who knows the IPA knows how to pronounce any word in any language.
Deep Dive A Deep Dive on Search: Netflix Clew’s Deep Dives offer a closer look at some of the most loved search-related products. This post featuring Netflix gives a quick cover on the product's history, development, and recommendation engine.
Deep Dive A Deep Dive on Search: Google Maps Clew’s Deep Dives offer a closer look at some of the most loved search-related products. This post featuring Google Maps gives a quick cover on the product's history, development, and monetization strategy.
Trends A Deep Dive on Search: Yelp Clew’s Deep Dives offer a closer look at some of the most loved search-related products. This post featuring Yelp gives a quick cover on the company’s history, business model, and product strategy.
Design A Brief History of the Keyboard A quick run-down of how the keyboard came to be. Plus, the official announcement for Clew's shortcut to launch the search bar: Option-Space!
Sustainable work A Brief History of Work Work is something we all do and talk about, yet the word's definition remains somewhat nebulous. Is it something we're meant to celebrate or merely tolerate?
Enterprise Software More Cloud Apps, More Information Silos As enterprise software proliferates, the opportunities for information silos to emerge will increase. It's more important than ever for teams to make sure they're getting the most out of all their tools.
Trends A Brief History of Our Fav Search Engine It’s wild to think Google, the web’s biggest search engine, was conceived by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as a school project. Here’s a brief rundown on the history of Google as we know it.
Trends Instant Gratification and the Danger of Great Products A reinforcing loop emerges where consumer expectations for a fast and frictionless experience pushes companies to design improved products and services. As we move to a society that experiences fewer and fewer waits, people will have less and less patience.
Deep Work The Case Against Instant Messaging in the Workplace We love the fast and the immediate. However, the spillover of this appetite for realizing our needs and desires the same instant they enter our thoughts, is particularly dangerous for the workplace.
Trends The 'Consumerization' of Enterprise Software and its Impact The shift to cloud computing gave rise to the proliferation of enterprise software and allowed customers to choose the best-in-breed products.
Sustainable work Focus and Deep Work in the Digital Age I’m losing my ability to focus, and I’m not alone: The four rules for deep work. 🧘♀️📚📴⏳
Enterprise Software Tech Golden Boy: Stewart Butterfield Slack has changed the way employees communicate in the workplace. Behind it is Canadian serial-entrepreneur Stewart Butterfield, a British Colombia native with an unlikely origin story.
Sustainable work The Danger of Glorifying Long Workweeks Economist John Maynard Keynes predicted a future of zero-hour work weeks. Fast forward to today and it's not at all the reality for our increasingly work-obsessed culture.
