People are wonderful and complicated. As I grow older (I seem to be talking a lot about my age recently, I’m really not that old) I’m seeing less black and white in the motives and actions of others. We have so much diversity of background, the history that
Recently I attended the wedding of a dear friend. As I watched, and also partook in the event, I loved that the event mattered because it marked a moment in the couple’s lives where other people saw them. So much of our lives involves quiet moments, moving forward, doing
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Having a take on things is hard. It means getting the nuance of a situation enough to understand it and then having the time to think about why the thing matters. This is something I greatly appreciate about writers and podcasters I’ve followed for years. They try to figure
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Years ago I heard that your taste starts out right, but it takes time until your skills can match your tastes. This is so true. I’m interested in so many things, have a sense for how they should be done, but when I sit down to do the thing,
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I’ve been an avid listener of Downstream for the past two years. It’s the best resource I’ve found to understand why streaming companies make their decisions, where they’re doing well, and what’s looming on the horizon for each of them. This interest started before I
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I’ve been pining for a solution to write short form posts to my blog from my phone. Last year I tried out the WordPress app, and ran into issues publishing. Since then I’ve scoured for other solutions. It seems the app is working now. - Sent from WordPress on
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Apple just worked with the University of Michigan to conduct the largest study to date of tinnitus. While I don’t know what this means long term, it seems to see a baseline to understand just how much tinnitus affects people. I want to look more into Apple’s Research
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While at the Apple store I was re-inspired to try the tap-to-wake function on an iPad with the Apple Pencil. It’s pretty slick. In an instant you’re in a new Apple Notes sketching away. I tested the idea out today with an idea I had
I don’t like meetings. I do like meetings. I get bored in Zoom, I light up and have the best moment of my day in Google Meet. Context matters. When I say that I don’t like meetings, there’s a certain type of meeting I don’t like.
I’ve long followed the likes of other writers, and been in awe of their ability to charge a subscription, or generate ad revenue, from their writing. It’s something I’ve thought about for myself; and there may be a future there, but more importantly I believe writing for
Life is so wonderfully amazingly hard and beautiful all the same time. Some days I feel the energy and passion to conquer the world; other days I feel overwhelmed and full of doubt. Both of these can be true at the same time. People are so full of conflicting emotions,
On the topic of drawing on the iPad, It strikes me that I don’t use the Apple Notes quick draw feature. You tap on the iPad with the pencil and it instantly opens Apple Notes; that’s pretty sweet. I just wish that I could do it with Freeform