Figured I should explain, since I’ve barely written anything lately. I’ve been on small rations, computer-wise, for the last few weeks. My laptop (currently an enormous luggable Acer) has been doing downhill for about five months – the F5 key went, hell for web development, then the R key got shaky, both my shift keys [...]

A lot of self-help and personal advancement books talk about the utility of showing vulnerability in public. Hiding your flaws is counterproductive, especially for those of us whose business it is to be human above all else. There’s a problem with doing this intentionally, however, because it often comes off as making a claim to an [...]

Imagine you get asked a very simple question. So you research. You dig in, follow the rabbit hole, and find a few dozen answers the exact question, plus a few more scenarios where the simple question may mean entirely different things based on external circumstances. But here’s the problem; it’s all wrong. It’s so simple, [...]

Note: In a completely serendipitous case of blog-meets-blog, Mark Dykeman at Broadcasting Brain just dropped a post asking “Why do you blog if not for money?” as this was being published. It’s a good question to ask, if you’re considering a change of pace or purpose. I don’t talk about why, here – but Mark [...]