: Managing expectations with a failure-first mindset All too often, we contemplate how we want to succeed. What would you do if you knew you were …
: Curating my own digital newspaper, with Syncthing and the MobiScribe Wave In so many ways, the internet sucks. Social media engagement algorithms have made it even harder to …
: Creating in the time of AI Why should we create in the age of AI? How can we compete? This post from LMNT puts a different …
: Is artificial general intelligence the real benchmark for AI? Today’s target for artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be artificial general intelligence (AGI), a …
: Leadership means scaling impact Some people want to be left alone to do their own work and go home and call it a day. There’s …
: micro.blog Premium is a crazy value Only a few days ago, Manton Reece dropped a bomb on the micro.blog community: Subscribers of …
: Douglas Rushkoff’s ‘Survival of the Richest’ shows how delusional the tech billionaires really are I could try to tell you what exactly Douglas Rushkoff’s Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of …
: Don’t be a SaaShole Yesterday I had an idea for a mock LinkedIn influencer. He’d be a tech bro dubbed the SaaShole, who …
: E-ink writing tablet ecosystems: MobiScribe Wave vs Kindle Scribe This post is not a straight-up ‘MobiScribe Wave vs. Kindle Scribe’ kind of post because I can’t …
: 'The Song of Signficance'—Singing the praises of Seth Godin's tireless wisdom Companies want customers to be passionate about their products and services. And they want employees …
: Introducing my linklog, powered by Newsblur's Blurblog The best part about the internet is sharing. And sharing is caring. If you enjoy this blog, maybe …
: Processes and workflows before tech stack When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The tech industry is sthe ultimate …
: Tech in 2024: Musings I don’t know what’s ahead for tech in 2024. But that doesn’t mean I won’t be …
: The problem with ‘Move fast and break things’—Tech needs a better guiding principle If you move fast and break things, do you ever come back to clean up your mess? Or do you just look …
: Can a 2012 MacBook Air serve me in 2024 and beyond? I recently sold a couple laptops (Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Lenovo ThinkPad X270), so I was …
: Is generative AI codifying average? There’s no such thing as the average person, or so the wisdom goes. The logic says that if you were …
: Concerns for businesses using LLMs Integrating LLMs into your business may not be a quick fix. Large language models (LLMs) seem to be …
: Can the internet ever be fun again? The internet isn’t fun anymore. That’s the claim made in a recent New Yorker article1. A …
: Is it time to let the Twitter dream die? Nietzsche shocked the world when he declared God is dead. (Kids in the Hall, not so much1) Now, …
: Parenting in the age of AI My son and I were walking the dogs recently when somehow the topic of AI came up. When you’re …
: Is iA's approach to generative AI the right one? Like it or not, generative AI is here to stay. But writers don’t have to lose their voices to …
: MobiScribe Wave B&W - More perspective than review The MobiScribe Wave isn’t the best e-ink device out there. But it might be all you need. Over …
: At what point does AI rob us of our style? As we rely more on AI, aren’t we at risk of sounding just like everyone else? The prophets of …
: How I made this site with Hugo and GitHub Pages Building your own website isn’t quite as easy as 1, 2, 3. But it ain’t that much harder. …
: Is AI just a solution looking for a problem? A quick video in which I question the approach of the prophets of AI, and what it means for us Back …
: Content quality over content source Either a work is inspiring or insightful, or it’s not. Stop qualifying the work by saying it …
: Will there be enough AI? The internet is full of people worrying about there being too much AI, too fast just around the …
: Exxon and the prophecy of the Great Consolidation For the last few years, the oil and gas sector has been waiting to be reshaped through mergers and …
: There is no invisible hand of technology Technology doesn’t progress on its own simply because we expect it to. On a recent episode of …
: Be here now Can we be mindful in the 21st century? Introverts make up at least one-third of the …
: Calculating the costs of convenience What does convenience cost us in the long run? Listen on Anchor As long as there are people, there …
: An environmental apocalypse of our own making The more I learn about nuclear, the more I become convinced it’s the key to solving our energy …
: diodrio A5 zipper journal cover review In November of last year I wanted a convenient way to carry my jounral, pens, and Kindle together. …
: The case against title case Let’s kill title case once and for all. Except for in one specific situation—when writing …
: The Pilot Kakuno over Metropolitan for a starter fountain pen The Pilot Metropolitan tops most lists of starter fountain pens. The Metropolitan is a good pen. But …
: Writing is more than words Writing is easy. All you do is string together a bunch of words. Or so some would have you think. …
: Social media engagement algorithms and the illusion of choice So many of us, over the last couple years, have been rethinking our relationship with social media …
: Marketing on a post-web2 internet The end of the year is a great time to look at what lies ahead. Because I prefer asking important …
: The simple math of web3 What if Web3 isn’t an evolution but a move to something like the web’s original form? …
: Writing the puzzle “It’s like putting together a puzzle.” That’s how my buddy explained oil and gas …
: Great writing is iterative So many of us have this habit of romanticizing great writing. We dream of the genius writers sitting …
: Syllable count vs. word count Writers often worry about word count. Now that writing has gone digital, many also worry about …
: The interview question that changes everything Job interviews suck. There’s no denying it. You never know what you’re walking into. An …
: Digital Minimalism and philosophy in tech I’ve been rethinking my relationship with technology since I started reading Digital …
: Unlearning how to write Part of succeeding in the real world is unlearning what school has taught you. This is especially …
: The Parr Park Rock Art Trail and 21st century wonder If you’ve ever sought advice to combat writer’s block or to rediscover inspiration, …
: The Cult of We and the dangers of FOMO and hubris If you had to sum up in only a few sentences the WeWork debacle to someone unfamiliar with the …
: Writing’s common thread I entered college knowing only that I wanted to write for a living. I had accepted that I …
: The alien grave in Aurora, Texas When you hear about Texas, a few things may come to mind: Cowboys The Alamo Salsa and cheese dip …
: Untold truths about grief From time to time, someone will accuse me of having a morbid fascination with death. But fascination …
