When we think of making a project bigger, I often think of scale – more customers, more impact, more media, more sales, more money. While there’s nothing wrong with scale, if you look at those thoughts, it’s obvious that I’m thinking about how it could be bigger for me. I […]
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Shipping Expectations
My wife was told her package was late, and she was pleasantly surprised when it came a few days prior to when she was expecting it. It was still later than initially planned, but quicker than her most recent expectations. I ordered something online and was told due to warehouse […]
Limits to the Hiring Process
When reviewing candidates for a job position that got an overwhelming amount of applications, I realized how many rad people there are in the world. It makes me a bit sad that there’s only one position for so many amazing individuals, and this process has also helped me realize there […]
Launching Like a Slug
Our society tends to think about launching as some massive event. There are tons of entrepreneurial products around the idea of organizing massive events to gain critical mass. There’s visions of exploding out onto the scene, fully formed. Think BTS performing on a stage around a live birth going on […]
NFTs
When thinking about NFTs, or Non-Fungible-Tokens, there’s a lot of questions about the value of them – does it have any value besides the hype? After all, one can simply screenshot the piece of art in question and you can look at it on your phone in perpetuity. The real […]
Numbers as a Mask
We tend to think of numbers as be-all, end-all solutions. Data doesn’t lie, as the common phrase goes. Unfortunately, while data might not lie, humans can, and they can also shift the story around the numbers to prove a point. For example, regarding COVID, I could consider that COVID’s most […]
Fatigued
When we’re exhausted, it’s easy to want to give things up. And honestly, we probably should. It’s unsustainable to continue on things forever, especially if they’re sunk costs holding you back rather than things that give you joy. However, even when fatigued, there are probably things we shouldn’t be willing […]
Human Tentacles
A tentacle isn’t weird when it’s on an octopus, but it is very weird when it’s attached to a human. The same goes as a human hand – it’s normal when it’s attached to someone’s arm, but it’d be terrifying at the end of an octopus tentacle. So it’s not […]
Money Is Not Value
When you mention the word “value,” most people think of money, as that’s the most common way we use to measure something’s value – how much it costs. But we’re often conflating the two. Money is not value. Money is merely a measurement of value. Sure, in a capitalistic system […]
Problems with Authority
I have a huge problem with authority for authority’s sake. Without a reason to follow authority, it makes no sense to listen – “Because we said so” is the worst justification for anything ever. But if we’re willing to rebel against a system, we need to understand a few things […]