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For years—like actual years—I avoided TikTok. I was convinced the format would be short-lived and not impact how the rest of us were doing content. Then, on a whim, I used the bloody thing. Its algorithm and “For You Page” hooked me. That has been me with

Long ago I learned the trick to helping my brain remember something. Whenever I learn something that feels important I’ll make sure to immediately capture the thought in some form. That usually involves a screenshot, writing it down, sending a voice memo to a friend, taking a picture of

I’ve been following M.G. Siegler for a long time; back in the days of Techcrunch. I remember back then posts about the struggles with movie theatres. In his recent post (requires a paywall) he touches on multiple points of why movie theatres are struggling, and will continue to

This list from Brilliantcrank is, well, brilliant. Reading through I find myself nodding with each. This one especially resonates: Designers are incapable of working well with developers and engineers if they can’t collaborate. Throwing work back and forth over a fence never produces great results. So stop doing it.

One thing I want to add to my previous post is my method for capturing screenshots. Since December 2017 I’ve used Droplr for taking screenshots. I haven’t seen anyone else use this method so I want to share it here. When I’m writing down todos in Things

The only thing that’s worked reliably for me for more than a decade has been simple tools and habits. I add items to a handful of bulleted lists, and pick a few to do that day. After a lot of tweaking and testing of every productivity system around I’

Over the last year and a half I’ve been growing out my hair. As I’ve learned there are a lot of ways to deal with messy longer hair. The simplest is to wear a hat. I’ve tried a number of different hats and don’t like how

I’ve struggled to figure out how to take things I like—such as great articles written by others—and how to save them. When I read something that stands out to me, speaks to me, I often look for a way to do something with that. Over the years

If, like me, you’ve been working in technology for a while, you’ve likely felt that tightening in your chest as ore and more news of layoffs and AI breakthroughs piles up. This feels different than before. I’ve been at this line of work for 17 years now.