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Joshua Wold

Hierarchy of communication

If you wanted to contact someone asynchronously, you sent them an email. If you wanted to chat with messaging, you both needed to be online simultaneously. Modern messaging is like a cross between email and instant messaging: you can chat, live, just like with instant messaging, but you can send

The Acolyte

The Acolyte, a TV show in the Star Wars universe, comes out on Disney Plus tonight. I’m trying to avoid any spoilers and go in cold. I was so incredibly pleased with the first season of Mandalorian, and fell in love with Andor, but stayed away from other shows

Wobbly AirPods

I love to run, love to listen to podcasts and audiobooks, and love my AirPods Pro (2nd generation with Lightning). However, I’ve continually had an issue with them while running, where the AirPods have a pop to them with the sound. It’s intermittent; happens at least 50% of

Julia Chesbrough on burnout

Julia and I had a fantastic chat last week, and we’re planning on having her on the podcast next week. I love her thinking on being a designer in today’s world, and making sure you’re taking care of your mind and body. Perfectionism also showed up in

On the state of Mac gaming

First, there are few must-play Steam games available for the Mac. That natural limitation would protect me from an ever-growing backlog and the back-of-the-mind burden that comes with it. Among those few games, fewer still are RPGs to keep up with. Minimizing my games-to-

Not a nameless face

For years I’ve read stuff from other authors, and often been hesitant to let them know my appreciation for what they’ve written. Now, as I write things I so much appreciate when the smallest note, where a friend or stranger lets me know that my words were helpful.

Beautiful death

A year ago a fire swept through this area. It was terrifying and thankfully nobody was hurt. Now I find beauty in the devastation and it reminds me that potential is always waiting.

Canceling before I start

For years now I’ve had a habit of immediately canceling a subscription service right after I start. Sign up for a HBO Max (Max now)? I spend the extra 60 seconds and cancel that subscription. I’d rather go through the ficiton of adding it back in in 30

Writing for me, not for ChatGPT

Over the past decade I’ve written a lot. It’s fun. I feel like I’ve just started to crack the surface of what I want to be as a writer, what it means to find my voice and have an opinion worth standing by. To throw all that

The perfect post

I’ve been scouring Content Management Software for years, trying to find the perfect system that captures everything I want to write about, and spits it out in a way that I like. The perfect software would allow me to quote others, occassionally include pictures, look amazing (very nebulous, I