Working Theorys tries to make sense of the worlds I’m in & the people in them.
Hey, I’m Anu. You might have seen me on Twitter or my website or at a coffee shop …
I write about consumer-ish tech (with extra love for social and media products in our lives), creative work, the art of ambition, & other things top of mind. My essays are a mix of theories, frameworks, and more free-form musings. I try to write twice a week for patrons vs. twice a month otherwise.
I’m mostly in NYC, with stints in Texas (home) and the west coast (SF/LA). Aside from this blog, I split time between building products, helping other people do the same, and slower creative projects (I love film, fashion, design, & games). Slang is the consumer product studio I co-run. (I also happen to be a doctor & did all the schooling parents could ever want.)
Read a few of my essays, and if they really resonate, become a patron? It helps me make sense of putting more time into it. Regardless, I hope my essays get you thinking about some things in new ways. ❤︎
P.S. I read all the comments on my essays. You can also email me at anuatluru at gmail dot com (though I’m trying to spend a bit less time in email these days). And if you want 1:1 advice on something (or just a spirited conversation about anything you think I’d also find interesting), I’m trying out a few sessions via a startup called Intro (link here).
P.P.S. Why “Working Theorys?” (and it’s an intentional spelling).
“Working theories are a way in which children draw on and apply ideas and understandings accumulated from their personal and social experiences, in order to make sense of their world.” [The Education Hub]
“A working hypothesis is a hypothesis that is provisionally accepted as a basis for further ongoing research in the hope that a tenable theory will be produced, even if the hypothesis ultimately fails … "working" indicates [it] is subject to change.” [Wikipedia]
