Hi, I'm Phil Vanstone
Here's a little about my family and my work. Or have a scroll around for some misc thoughts in all their sporadic glory.
*If there's a common theme through this, it's that there is a punishing asymmetry between the sheer number of captivating things and the hours we have to give them.
- Mar 22, 2026 The waiting room Greet large remote meeting attendees with music and/or visuals.
- Mar 22, 2026 Time Perception Calculator Compare two people's relative experience of time based on their birthdays.
- Mar 20, 2026 My Family Quick intro to the Vanstones
- Mar 20, 2026 My Work Career thoughts, history, and examples
- Jul 24, 2024 Cheers Where everybody knows your pain
- Apr 25, 2024 Learn to swim Labels can be life rafts
- Apr 13, 2024 Pardon the interruption A "rule", two lyrics, three tweets
- Apr 6, 2024 Tense-relax-respond, all day long Responsiveness: it's a beautiful thing to give and get
- Mar 16, 2024 And so on Feedback loop-de-loops
- Feb 25, 2024 Repair The forgotten middle step
- Feb 17, 2024 Attention, please Watch what you watch. Featuring Mary Oliver, Paul Graham, Adam Mastroianni, @visakanv, music recos, and too much else.
- Feb 15, 2024 Worth another look v0.1 Featuring Oliver Burkeman, Veritasium, Adam Mastroianni, Andrew McEnaney
- Sep 5, 2023 The Paradox of Cooperation Why bigger teams sometimes get less done.
- Feb 13, 2019 Partnerships help you sell the way people actually buy Why is such a dependable growth strategy so often overlooked?