First Thing Monday Substack by Ben Rowe | Insights from Sidestack

First Thing Monday

About the Substack

A weekly delivery of design-y thoughts, ideas and miscellaneous links from @benhyphenrowe, delivered first thing Monday (or thereabouts)

About Ben Rowe

Software designer, problem solver, product strategist, artist, apocaloptimist & dad.

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