Joshua Wold

We make assumptions about other people. We think they’ve got it made, figured out, their path to success is a shining beacon lighting their way. Other people know what they’re doing, and are just fine. We, me, the person sitting in this brain, we’re the ones who

My defaults have shifted a bit over the years. Currently I’m using Apple Notes for writing, Things 3 for todos, Google Maps for directions, Safari for browser, Apple Podcasts for podcasts, Apple Music for music, and so on. I’m also using Apple Calendar, Slack, Apple Passwords, Freefrom ChatGPT,

You did something wrong. You hurt someone’s feelings. Or hurt them, intentionally or not. Or maybe you didn’t do a thing, but they feel hurt. Whatever the initial reason, you’re in the unenviable position of being confronted for doing something that wasn’t good. In that moment

I’m trying to Make Person-to-Person Email a Thing again. If your message does not require immediate attention, don’t send a text message, WhatsApp, iMessage, Facebook Messenger, or other direct-message. Just send an email. I appreciate the intent here. But I find myself taking the opposite approach. Email has

I’m hoping to pay more attention to that which energizes me and less on that which enervates me. That which enlarges me rather than diminishes me—a vantage point I’d once lifted from Winnie: When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement” over happiness. I’m indebted to

Whenever I get forced to add a "security" question to an online account, I immediately begin to rage. The reason being is that they add very little in terms of security, as the answers are often out there in the ether, thanks to our pervasive need to share

[M]ost of our communities have been heavily designed around the car, in part because of a century of lobbying and pressure from the automotive industry. It's obvious that more integrated city planning that doesn't heavily favor car use leads to a happier and healthier life,

Have you ever noticed that so many things in our daily lives often just… don’t work? How the years go by, and the number of things that don’t work doesn’t seem to be getting any better? My wife and I bought a fixer upper a few years

Toward the end of a long week I start to feel my body shutting down. It’s telling me I’ve spent enough time in front of my computer, that I need to pause and step away. When I was younger I could mostly ignore this and keep pushing. But