Generally, being excluded can feel terrible. But as a leader and/or creative, you need to exclude people. Whatever it is you’re building needs to be for someone. By necessity, it’s not going to be for some other people, since there is nothing that people like universally. By choosing who it’s […]
Month: November 2020
In The End
You may have tried so hard, and gotten so far, and it might feel like in the end it doesn’t even matter. Are you focused on the outcome – perhaps falling and losing it all – and now you’re in a nihilistic state that wants to give up? Or is […]
The Internet is Forever
The saying goes that once something goes on the internet, it is there forever. Given that, is the problem that photos, videos, tweets, etc. will stay online to plague us long past we’re dead, or is the problem that we judge people based on outdated viewpoints, single lapses in judgement, […]
Big Ears
When I was younger, I used to get teased as my ears seemed to stick out of my head much more than they do now. I’m not sure how my ear shape has changed, but my ears haven’t been remarked upon for decades now. Regardless, I’m now thankful for my […]
Fungi
Fungi are super fascinating to me. There are mushrooms that look almost exactly alike, but one will taste great sauteed in garlic butter, the other will send you into convulsive fits before you die a painful death. Some fungi are strong enough to push up through concrete. Some are blue, […]
Playing the Odds
Nothing in life is ever certain. Tomorrow, an asteroid might strike the planet, breaking off half of the earth so that it’s actually flat. Gravity is pretty certain, but if Earth exploded as per the asteroid, it definitely wouldn’t be what it is today. Eight months ago, I was sure […]
Sharpie Tattoos
I’ll occasionally draw on myself with pens. Ballpoints, sharpies, any of the random art pens that I have lying around. Especially if I’m thinking about a new tattoo, it’s a nice way of testing out what it looks like to have a drawing on your skin. The nice thing is […]
Autopilot
Autopilot, cruise control, automated scripts – these are all technological solutions to having to do things that don’t really require much nuance or thought. If you commit to driving 65 mph and you have open road in front of you, why think about how much pressure you need to put […]
It’s Ra-i-ain, On Your Wedding Day
It’s not ironic at all, actually, but if there was a 15% chance of rain on your wedding day, and you could get a full refund if you called it off, would you do it? If you still had the wedding, and it rained, would you blame yourself for making […]
Problematic Hardware Language
We call the side of a connector that gets inserted the “male” side, and the place that has the connector inserted into the “female” side. This happens with plumbing, USB cables, air compressor hose adapters, and pretty much anytime something is being inserted into something else. What about changing it […]