We are caterpillar goo. Have patience. We’ll soon emerge and fly away into a bright new world.
We no longer use technology. We ARE technology.
When there’s an economic crash impacting renters and rental demand, it often takes several months before rents decrease significantly. The…
Once there was a farmer who went out to the yard to collect eggs from her chickens, as she did every day. But on this day, she found a giant egg in her yard…
I believe, I know, that all humans have superpowers. Perhaps this is why we have so many books, movies, shows,…
The quarantine is accelerating trends that were already happening. This is because black swan events shatter fragile things. Old, inefficient…
I’ve been writing my whole life. I started writing stories and essays as a child. I even got a degree…
I have a message of compassion for all the overachievers out there during the COVID-19 quarantine: Don’t be too hard…
This post was co-written with Jenn Gallegos. Iconic science fiction author William Gibson dreams up futuristic worlds where the characters…
At SXSW last month, I attended several presentations that were well practiced but dull. There wasn’t anything inherently wrong with…
(I just unearthed this essay from an old blog of mine. It’s worth reposting here, even though SXSW ended a…
I’ve attended hundreds of panels over the years. I’ve also watched hundreds of solo and dual presentations. In this time,…
We are in a conference bubble. There are too many conferences, and not enough value being offered. New conferences are…
Last night I had a dream that I was watching a water strider bug with only four legs. Two legs…
We teach others how to treat us. We do this by what behaviors we allow, what we reinforce, and how…
In the deck-building card game Dominion, there comes a point where you stop focusing on improving your hand and start…
Everywhere we look, there’s a surplus of trite, cliched advice that doesn’t work or doesn’t really apply anymore, even though…
A couple weekends ago*, I went back to my hometown in rural Iowa for my step-brother’s wedding. Since I’d be…
Today I witnessed a miracle. It all started about four days ago when Jennie, my girlfriend*, flew to Northern California to see…
Today* I and five other Acton MBA classmates volunteered to spend time hanging out with old folks in a rehab…