Joshua Wold

My journey into writing words was not super conventional. Though I was taught the pieces and structure of English, my mind failed to hold it all together. If you put my on the spot I’d struggle to define adverbs, adjectives, and their proper place in a sentence. Prepositions I

I prefer my phone without a case. Tragic circumstances notwithstanding. I’ve had a lot of phones at this point. But I got my first smartphone sometime around 2013. Before that I loved to carry around the iPod Touch. I’ve had one or the other in my pocket since

Each day with good health is a gift. None are guaranteed it, and at some point we all lose it. When it’s gone we wish it back. But when we have it we rarely realize it and appreciate it. There’s also a large gradient of great health to

I’ve been wondering recently how more of my words can resonate and be that needle in the haystack, that thing resonating with myself and others. Then I realized, it’s the same with reading. I read words all day long. Most slide on by, adding little to my life,

Steal Like an Artist is a book that’s positively shaped my creative journey. In college my art professor started every student out copying from the best artists. Using vellum paper I'd meticulously trace across drawings from Leonardo Da Vinci and the like. With time I got a

It’s 2025 and a good time to record what’s on my Apple Watch home screen. On all my devices I like things as minimal as can be. On my iPhone my homescreen has the Apple Calendar Widget at medium size, and Things 3 at medium size. That’s

Yesterday, OpenAI dropped a new release of ChatGPT and today the internet has exploded. Again. My social feeds across the five or so — sigh — networks that I regularly check are bursting at the seams with images created with OpenAI’s new image functionality. And it’s hardly a surprise; it’

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