The power of side projects - by Tom Scott
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On play, usefulness, and making things that reach past yourself.
Someone who has an abundance of incredible side projects is ÌníOlúwa Abíódún. A few examples include a visual study app she made overnight to pass a citizenship test, an external nervous system in Obsidian that runs her days around ADHD, a maths tutor she built for her daughter that now has 45 parents in alpha and Craft Commons, an effort to get African designers access to the AI tools. I spent time with Ìní on why side projects have stopped being a portfolio nicety and have become the clearest signal of how a designer thinks, adapts, and decides who their work is for. Here’s what she had…
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