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 wise in a way you never were before. Then the
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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 growth can have useful and unintended side effects. Our ancestors began walking upright due to expanding savannahs and it freed
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 of "who's the best music discover-er" a few users would just
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 feels like "prestige" television. Yet I'm still not sure if
Streaming
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 previous posts, I've talked about Warner as a potential successful competitor in the field
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 my belief in positive trends over time. I like to think of human progress and individual
Faves
My Favourite Things of The Week (2019 #10)
Articles Carly Rae Jepsen And The Rise Of The Micro Pop Star [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/djlouiexiv/carly-rae-jepsen-dedicated-robyn-niche-pop-music] This is a fascinating look at how pop stars have evolved with the current dominance of hip hop. Many have given up on appealing to the masses and found smaller niche
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 I've never found a single app that perfectly suits these various type of notes. Each app
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 was always sceptical about it due to Facebook itself. Facebook's reputation is clearly shattered, at least to people
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 borne out of uncertainty and a desire to maintain the status quo. Culture, however, is not
Life
What Are You Willing To Live With?
I think most of us would like to believe if we have to decide between doing what's right and saving ourselves we'd choose the former. The reality of these decisions is rarely so easy. Who can really blame someone for hiding when they see someone waving
Side Projects
Wave Radio Launch
About two weeks ago I finally launched my latest project, Wave Radio. A community for sharing and discovering new music. It's been far from an astronomical launch story but there's been enough growth for me to be encouraged. The initial launch included a few tweets and