You shouldn't read this
Don't make me do it I struggle with being told I must do something. It's part of me, part of who I am, and something I have to constantly fight against. Most people don't love having someone make demands of them, but for some
Joshua Wold
Doing it for nothing
We've all run across a certain type of person. Someone who wants to connect, become best buddies, and do something with you for an undisclosed reason. It's weird, it doesn't quite make sense in the moment, and you find yourself waiting for the catch.
Waiting on the Fedex truck
I've long been someone that's looked for ways to be intrinsically motivated. It's just a more interesting life. Where external motivations tend to need to ramp up and get more exciting, internal ones can be on a whole separate wavelength, and deepen over time.
Setting up a child's iPad
Our kids are 12 and 8. We're fully into the world of figuring out how to handle access to internet connected hardware. We got our son Apple Watch at 10, and that's been mostly fine. I have some annoyances, but it's passable for a
Just doing it
My career has been split between time at tiny companies and small companies (with a few stints at medium size companies). Take about half of the last 18 years and I probably worked with teams from 4-10 people. For the other half it's been inside companies ranging
Introducing Lochy.org
Over the last year I've been tinkering with a lot of things. I've tried writing more, which has lead to mostly-kind-of daily posts on this blog. For those who have been following along, I greatly appreciate each of you, and thank you for your
Playing with an idea
Creating and learning
Over the last few days I've had a bit of time to think. It's the holiday season and that's meant time to spend with family and friends. My brain, however, can't help but continue to iterate on ideas. Over the last year
Building for now versus later
Building up habits
It's hard to start new things. But it's not so hard to attach something new to something that you already do. For instance, I've had some problems with acne since I was a teenager. This is a little personal, but I'm sure
Getting in the reps
It's easy to theorize about ideas. Creatives love to daydream and imagine the perfect product, appreciated by the masses, and solving all the world's problems. I've been a mix between product designer, product manager, and frontend developer for a long time. That's