Joshua Wold

This blog isn’t generally focused on current events, unless they’re tech based. That’s all converging right now though and it’s a time of absolute uncertainty for so many around the world. We don’t know what’s going to happen next. It’s not guaranteed to

It first happened as a teenager. Something I said stuck with someone. They told me they’d been thinking about my words, and as a result shifted their view on a topic. The change was unexpected. It was almost as if I didn’t realize I could effect others. Almost

The way I’ve designed I’ve never had a need for naming my layers. I never got into Photoshop—where it seemed a requirement to have good labeling practice. And in Ilustrator it just wasn’t a thing that you did, because of the visual nature of grouping and

Agile is a term thrown around in software development. It’s a beast with many heads. I’ve been running or involved in agile projects for nearly a decade. There’s as many flavors of it as there are letters attached to the names of the professionals leading such programs.

I recently had a chat with a friend about career paths, and the framework of thinking required for figuring out which direction to go. For years I’ve gone with the advice from So Good They Can’t Ignore You, encouraging people to dig down into what they’re good

Inspired by this fantastic post I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a guy in today’s world. As a teen I was enthralled by the draw of similar media as Joan describes. It was a siren call to the loneliness and isolation I felt as a

Despite the clickbait title I really enjoyed a recent video by Marques Brownlee where he explored the idea of an iPhone that turns into an iPad mini. I use an iPhone Pro Max alongside my iPad Mini (6th generation). Each are things I use daily, and the mini is my

I’ve long pondered the connection between effort applied and sheer chance in shaping the success of someone’s life. It’s a mix between the two that shapes the direction we take as we grow. My brother recently shared an excellent post on this topic, and it’s something