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It was dinner time, and I was starving. We decided to get some pizza. My wife always orders. There's two reasons for this. First, she's better at coordinating groups of people clamoring for that favorite American pastime. She takes the requests, maneuvers the app, and has

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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