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Joshua Wold

Race horses and mules

Race horses have a single purpose. They exist to move in one direction, fast. When all the right elements are in place, when the ground is laid out in front of them, when their diet, constitution, and the moisture in the dirt are just right, they sing. Seeing them move

Othering and understanding

It’s easy to think of someone as other, less than, a villain. In the movies Infinity War and Endgame we see the plight of the Avengers as they attempt to stop a galaxy alterning blow. We agree with them, we want them to win and stop the bad guys.

Apple's base storage

Fast forward to 2025, and Apple offers 128GB as the base storage tier for most iPhone 16 models. That might sound like a lot by comparison, but it's becoming genuinely problematic... When I’m recommending a new Apple hardware device to my non-techy friends I’m looking for

Leaning into uncertainty

I had a fantastic conversation with my therapist where I asked her how to deal with anxiety, that uncertain pit in your stomach, the feeling of absolute chaos and dull pain. It seems that as I get older I’m building up more and more historical examples of things gone

Running for the joy of it

At this point running is just built into my veins. You can’t take it away from me. A few years ago I was playing hide and seek combined with tag outside in the dark. At this point I have to callout that the combination of those three things is

Book cover drafts

Author Mary Childs shares some of her “stress-designed” drafts: On Trying (and Really Failing) to Design My Own Book Cover. “It’s a miracle any cover is ever good.” I absolutely love seeing the ideation taken to arrive at a book cover design. I’m a designer myself, and have

Writing so it's not lost

Listening to a recent episode of Connected, I loved the discussion about saving things to read later. At one point a host (maybe Stephen) asked in aghast what Myke would do if he lost an article by unsaving it in his RSS reader or bookmarking app. Myke’s response was

Writing fast and slow

Do you publish immediately after writing, or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft? Immediately. If I don’t get a post out in the second it feels important then I know it’ll languish in drafts forever. I’ve often looked back on a note though

Using Password managers and other online security things

Do you use the same password for every service? Or maybe you have an easy-to-remember formula for each one — something like the name of the service with the vowels replaced by numbers? Those passwords are easy to guess and break into. It’s time to install a password manager. I’

Drafts folders

So to correct the record, I don’t necessarily believe in drafts either. It’s where stuff goes that I would rather see published, if it weren’t lacking in one or more ways. Because I’m with Wouter here: get your ideas out there into the world. I’ve