Better time-leverage
I’ve started using Calendly to help manage my calendar & appointments. Right now, I’m using it bare-bones at the moment, to see if it works for me,...
Some thoughts about the state of education on the first day of school
Today is Tuesday, the first day of school. The big kid has one hour of school. The little kid, going into Kindergarten, has no school. As a result, my...
Countdown: June, 2016
Thirty-one years ago, my parents bought an Apple IIc, and shortly thereafter, two games: Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? and Rocky’s Boots. The...
Supportive Social Media
I read an article at Fusion recently, "Inside the elite, super-secret world of L.A.'s coolest girls on Facebook", which bubbled somehow in the mystery...
Peeling back the media layers
When I consume fiction, I try to dive in with enthusiasm. I suspend my disbelief and let the story itself carry me. I try hard to not worry about...
Software is eating the world like...
This adage is well-know. Based on a Google search, it would appear that Marc Andreessen has made several comments on this topic since 2011, and is has...
Thinking about Twitter
Thinking about Twitter I like Twitter a lot. I’ve been using it nearly a decade now. It’s an indispensable part of my professional and personal social...
Access to reading: architecture informs literacy
I’ve been thinking recently about the privilege of access — mine in particular. A fact about me that I constantly found surprising growing up is that,...
Gearing up, gearing down
Extroverting while introverted It took me a really long time — well into my twenties, maybe even early thirties, to learn to respect my need for downtime,...
Quick thoughts on Current Politics
While Harper was PM, it was politically useful for opponents to ascribe all policy to him; indeed, he cultivated that (“the Harper government”). It hid...