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Note 02 · Sideways thinking

Some problems become clearer when you approach them from another world.

ConnectionsReframingRestraint

01 / Connect

Look across domains

My projects span ordering, transport, cultural memory, relocation, and developer learning. Each gives me patterns I can carry into the next problem.

02 / Translate

Make the unusual feel obvious

A creative idea only works when people can understand it. I translate the concept into familiar language, calm interfaces, and predictable behaviour.

03 / Restrain

Keep only what earns its place

Different is not automatically better. I keep the surprising part only when it reduces friction, creates clarity, or opens a genuinely useful possibility.

The goal is not to look clever. It is to discover a route that serves the person better.