Living Down Under

What's Next

G’day

A warm hello from that other hemisphere where I am living Down Under with Adisa.…

John RavitchJanuary 8, 2019

Design Inspiration

Webster: Wrestling truth from the arcane

Few people at IDEO capture the essence what it means to be a designer better…

John RavitchJune 14, 2018

Design Inspiration

Best damn website in the world

...is about the world. Put this link on your phone and click the "What's Nearby" button. Often.…

John RavitchMay 26, 2018

Finding Flow

The Church of Speed + Flow

I have spent the last 15 years racing skateboards down long steep hills in search…

John RavitchMay 12, 2018

Wisdom + Growth

Why we travel

A few years ago on the eve a big trip to India – a friend…

John RavitchMay 8, 2018

Working Down Under

Oz Bound

After 55 years of living in the US of A - we are moving Down…

John RavitchMay 6, 2018

Working Down Under

The case for Melbourne

Though few Americans visit - Melbourne is one of the world's most livable cities. Rich…

John RavitchMay 3, 2018

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage

Anais Nin

Design Inspiration

The Tyranny of Convenience

Tim Wu wrote an essay for the New York Times’s Sunday Review titled: “The Tyranny…

John RavitchMay 3, 2018

Finding Flow

Every damn day

Each morning, we get up and run these same stairs. Well, really more of a…

John RavitchMay 3, 2018