Imagine making yourself a bowl of cereal. But instead of grabbing a bowl from the cupboard, you head to your backyard, throw a brand-new bowl on the pottery wheel, and while it dries, you drive to the store to buy…
I found myself in a rare position yesterday morning: I didn’t know what I was going to write about for this newsletter. The best I had was a vague idea about the point I wanted to make. Then my youngest…
I found myself in a rare position yesterday morning: I didn’t know what I was going to write about for this newsletter. The best I had was a vague idea about the point I wanted to make. Then my youngest…
This week I talk about almost re-joining a platform I know I'd hate. Then a look at Disney's next-gen audio-animatronic transforming from a pirate to a skeleton, and why it's a reminder that technology can still serve great storytelling. And…
A few months ago I was doing a series of research calls, and the same piece of feedback kept coming up: "I read all your stuff, this sounds awesome, but I don't even know where to start." That was maybe…
Over the weekend, I saw Toy Story 5, which I highly recommend. You will probably cry. While sitting through the obnoxious amount of ads and previews (about 30 minutes’ worth and enough that all three of my kids asked, “when…
Over the weekend, I saw Toy Story 5 , which I highly recommend. You will probably cry. While sitting through the obnoxious amount of ads and previews (about 30 minutes’ worth and enough that all three of my kids asked…
This week I talk about my latest Mac automation tool: the 8BitDo Micro, a $15 tiny game controller I picked up during Prime Week and mapped to complex key combos and Raycast actions — and why these little tactile hardware…
Lately, I've been hearing horror stories about how people use AI. Not "AI wrote me a program" stories — I mean people who can't decide what to make for dinner, write their own feedback on a contractor's work, or come…
Last week the parish carnival was in town. It’s one of my kids’ favorite summer events so we got the weekly pass, which ended up saving us $120 (seriously, we were there like 60% of the time it was open)…
Last week the parish carnival was in town. It’s one of my kids’ favorite summer events so we got the weekly pass, which ended up saving us $120 (seriously, we were there like 60% of the time it was open)…
This week I talk about why this is my heaviest speaking year since before the pandemic — and how I'm deciding whether all that travel and prep time is actually worth it, given the real cost of crafting talks and…
Here's the problem: most solopreneurs don't know exactly what they do. They can't explain it, so they can't build systems around it. And when we try to build systems without explaining them, they end up with bad, ineffective systems. Because…
There’s a children’s game in Philly / eastern PA that’s called “Whisper Down the Lane.” Pretty much the rest of the USA calls it “Telephone.” If you’re unfamiliar with the game, a bunch of kids sit in a line, and…
There’s a children’s game in Philly / eastern PA that’s called “Whisper Down the Lane.” Pretty much the rest of the USA calls it “Telephone.” If you’re unfamiliar with the game, a bunch of kids sit in a line, and…
I remember the first time I went to see my accountant. I was around 19 or 20, and figured it was time for me to treat my side hustle of building websites as an actual business. I had been reading…
I remember the first time I went to see my accountant. I was around 19 or 20, and figured it was time for me to treat my side hustle of building websites as an actual business. I had been reading…
Back when I taught Computer Science at The University of Scranton, I was tasked with teaching what most faculty viewed as an unenviable course: Computer Literacy. It was a required course that all freshmen had to take, and we didn’t…
Back when I taught Computer Science at The University of Scranton, I was tasked with teaching what most faculty viewed as an unenviable course: Computer Literacy. It was a required course that all freshmen had to take, and we didn’t…
When I was in high school, I wanted people to like me. I thought being really nice was the way to do that, so any time someone asked me for a favor, I was much more apt to say yes…