Thoughts Harsh Truths Elections are finally over here and we know who'll be in charge through the rest of the pandemic and the economic struggles to follow. The leader of the winning party,
Tech Growth At All Costs Years ago I used to be enamoured by the startup community. So many people building innovative companies and changing the world. The stories of small beginnings and huge achievements were
Tech Music Devaluation I spent some time today looking into how much artists get paid per stream and it really surprised me just how little it is. I've been listening to a new
Monthly Recap March 2020 Recap March 2020, the year of a month. Yet I can't remember much about it. When did lockdown begin? Have we always been in lockdown? Did I just imagine a world
Things To Do While Trapped At Home Watch movies you've always wanted toWatch movies your friends recommended that you said you'd watch but never planned toRead the news and try not to panicPlay video gamesWrite that book
Tutorials Create a Blog in a Subdirectory with Hexo When getting started with content marketing for your product the first step is usually to create a blog. But how you do that has countless options. Do you host your
Tutorials SEO Tips For Directory Sites Online directories are a great way to make a particular type of content more discoverable or target a very specific niche. Search engines are great but their generalisation makes them
Tech 2020 Won't Be The Year of Foldables Since Google first announced support for foldable screens in late 2018, they have been one of the most exciting things in tech. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops have been stuck in
Life 2019: Finding My Niche & Some Fun My journey this year has been to find my niche, the intersection of my interests, skills, and goals. I believe everyone has a niche and finding it allows you to
Unapologetic Recently I've been questioning my writing. I've written a lot but am I writing the things I should be? One of the key goals of anything I write is to
Projects Goals for Redesigning Wave Radio This week I've started working on a major redesign of Wave Radio and it's becoming a lot bigger than I anticipated. While I'm testing out new ideas and trying to
Life Sincerity Life can be a series of actions and reactions. You take action and the world reacts. You receive an action and you react. Those reactions are determined by our guiding
Maker Life Building a Blog for Wave Radio Recently I've decided to shift my focus on Wave Radio to growth. The goal is to gauge the results of product improvements I've made in the past few months since
Tech Why Tumblr Should Copy Patreon Automattic recently announced they'd be buying Tumblr from Verizon. It seems like a natural fit but the most surprising detail was the price. Reportedly, they've paid only $3 million for
Life Suffering For Art A few recent events have got me thinking about our views of struggling and pain especially in art. Chance the Rapper released his new album this week and he's been
Life What Is Adulthood? When you're younger you imagine that one day you'll be an adult. You'll know things. You'll know your path in life and be making steady progress. You'll be mature and
Life Change is Good But Scary Change is fundamental to growth. Life evolves due to changes in its environment. Those changes require lifeforms to adapt and grow to the new world they find themselves in. That
Wave Radio Why I Killed User Activity A while back I wrote about how the product incentives I'd built into Wave Radio had pushed users' behaviour in a direction I didn't anticipate. To win the weekly game
Thoughts Euphoria I just started HBO's Euphoria and I'm not sure how I feel about it. In some ways it's brilliant. The cinematography, the acting, and the writing are all excellent. It
Tech It's Not HBO. It's TV. This week Warner announced their streaming service. It's called HBO Max. It'll feature content from WB, DC, New Line, CNN, the CW, Cartoon Network, and a whole lot more. In
Life Trends I think of myself as an optimistic cynic. I'm sceptical of individual motivations but overall I'm optimistic for the future of our species. This semi contradictory view mostly stems from
Faves My Favourite Things of The Week (2019 #10) ArticlesCarly Rae Jepsen And The Rise Of The Micro Pop Star This is a fascinating look at how pop stars have evolved with the current dominance of hip hop. Many
Tools My Note Taking Roster I've always been searching for the perfect note taking app. An app that I can store all my ideas, lists, random quotes, draft blog posts, and everything in between. Yet
Tech But...it's Facebook Facebook officially announced its new cryptocurrency, Libra today, and it actually sounds potentially useful. There were rumours that they were building something cryptocurrency related for several years now and I
Thoughts Preserving Culture One argument many have against immigration is that it will erode their culture. Immigrants will not assimilate and will gradually change or destroy the current population's culture. It's a fear
