Life
No celebrity death has ever affected me the way Mac Miller's did last September. I was in shock, I cried, I reminisced. I was surprised at how hurt I felt. I wasn't fully aware of how deep the connection created through music and art can run.
Culture
With many of the recent hot topics, I've seen a natural inclination by many to revert to whataboutism. > Whataboutism is a variant of the tu quoque [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque] logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them
Tech
Where were you when Google announced they were killing Google Reader? If your answer is "What's Google Reader?", then you're in the majority. But in the world of mega-corps like Google, a product loved by a minority can have a user base of millions.
Maker Life
When I launched my last side project, InboxReads [https://inboxreads.co], it took up a lot of my time. Building the site was easy but to add new newsletters, and share content on social media took a ton of time. At the time my day job had me super busy
Life
In our journey to get better every day, it's easy to get lulled into a false sense of complacency. You can feel like you've established one new habit and now it's time to move onto another. Truly forming a habit takes continued effort and
The Internet
The #10YearChallenge might be the first non-negative (I hesitate to say positive just yet) thing to happen on Facebook in a long time. It's interesting to reflect on yourself ten years ago and see how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. This article on
Life
Becoming good at something can seem overwhelming, especially when you're starting at zero. The tutorials for dummies don't make much sense and there's a whole lot of new terms and skills to learn. You're struggling to get the vision in your head
Faves
Articles How an emerging African megacity cut commutes by two hours a day [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jan/08/how-an-emerging-african-megacity-cut-commutes-by-two-hours-a-day-dar-es-salaam] I've been obsessed with transportation and urban infrastructure and this was an interesting look at how Dar es Salaam is using the old bus to solve
Life
The word 'work' comes with a lot of baggage. It instantly conjures the image of someone physically or mentally toiling at some task until it's thankfully over. This association comes from the most common form of work, a job that provides money for yourself and your
Culture
One of the keys to mastery laid out in Robert Green's book is widening your environment. This can be accomplished by reading books and being exposed to new ideas and viewpoints. > "With your mind expanding, you will redefine the limits of your apparent world." This
The Internet
There's a forum that I've been a member of for several years and recently there's been a big discussion of the tendency to toxic arguments and discussions on the site. Debates can get heated but it's pretty common for it to devolve
Faves
Articles Your Startup’s Competitive Advantage Can’t Just Be “We’re French!” [https://salon.thefamily.co/your-startups-competitive-advantage-can-t-just-be-we-re-french-3357d333ceed] Completely agreed with this article's view that being local is just not enough for startups. I've been wanting to write something similar for ages. California Moves, Haltingly, Toward