Maybe businesses should kick it old school
Why is business so hard?
The thing about the cherry on top
What will be your life’s sweetest dessert?
Simplicity is hard
If there’s one thing I’ve come to value after the last 16 years full-time in the workforce, it’s simplicity.
The right fit vs. the qualified candidate
My son is in his final year of reg-league baseball. This fall season is his next-to-last season, with his last being in the spring. It’s a bittersweet time.
This revolution is small but it matters to me
How many layers must you wade through in the search for your own writing’s common thread?
To embrace the absurb, to be human
Existence, well what does it matter?
I exist on the best terms I can
— ‘Heart and Soul’ by Joy Division
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Existentialists ask what it all means.
Nihilists say it all means nothing.
Absurdists say it all means nothing, yet we can’t help trying to attach something deeper to it.
My own outlook on life has followed this same path.
Is community the blogging platform's secret weapon
Not so long ago, bloggers used social media to share their posts and build audiences. While social media is unlikely to go away any time soon, people do seem to be falling out of love with it, if for no other reason than most of the mainstream social platforms (Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, etc.) tend to throttle any posts with external links. If bloggers can’t share external links for fear of being pushed into the digital ghetto, then how the hell are they supposed to be promote their sites?
Lessons from writing a novella I'll likely never release
I’m on the verge of finishing my absurdist comedy novella, which will become my longest completed writing project.
Don't become the Southwest Airlines of writing
In an attempt to reverse its falling stock price, Southwest Airlines announced it will start assigning seats to its passengers.
Writers ain't gotta use AI if they don't wanna
If you’ve found a certain tool or service that works for you and makes your life better, COOL—then keep using that thing. This advice applies to AI, Notion, Obsidian, TikTok, WHATEVER. If your tool of choice is a net benefit, then keep on keepin’ on.
But please don’t let peer pressure convince you that you ABSOLUTELY MUST try some new piece of shiny technology. (I’m thinking specifically about generative AI and large language models like ChatGPT, but the point also relates to non-AI tools).