You Might Make A Difference — It’s pretty common to hear folks say “What difference can I make?  I mean, really?”, when discussing politics or issues that seem much bigger than ourselves. I’ve been guilty myself. However, a few weeks ago, I wrote an article for work highlighting a proposed change to the taxation law that would […]

Paying for estimates & bids — I pay for estimates and bids.  Rob Knox first turned me on to the idea and it has proven to be an extremely valuable practice, whether doing home repairs or working toward building a new piece of software. Contractors (plumbers to graphic designers to software developers) have to submit multiple bids […]

Grow with Google — I get asked about how one might get started in working in technology pretty frequently. More often than not, I advise for someone to build something.  Scratch your own itch and develop a solution to a problem that you are having.  However, it’s not lost on me that that could be […]

Groundwater and Regolith of Fairview, TN — The deep freeze that hit the US over the last few weeks has had me play hour by hour water input v output musical chairs.  My home gets it’s water from a spring on the property, which gravity feeds a 500 gallon cistern, which is finally pumped into the […]

Crurio.io — “Writing worth listening to” and “Listen to the world’s best journalism anytime, anywhere.” are their tag lines.  Speakers and narrators read compelling articles and news such that you can listen on the go.  It’s curated to the left, investigative, and science/fact based. Download it at your favorite app store or visit curio.io. Where do champagne […]

Planet Earth II — You may have caught Planet Earth I (2006).  It’s simply an incredible series about our pale blue dot floating in the abyss. However, the good folks at the BBC took everything they learned from the first stanza, plus a ton of new techniques and technology that has been following Moore’s Law, […]

Need Photos For Business or Personal? — Unsplash.com is an incredibly useful resource for work newsletters and other design stuffs, but recently for my home as I’m keen to inexpensively print some large format images for wall art. They provide free premium high resolution photos.  Seriously, free.  This is their copyright disclaimer: All photos published on Unsplash can be used for […]

Design Your Own Wrapping Paper — Curious about the perfect gift this season? I’m not sure I can help.  Need awesome wrapping paper? Look no further.  My friend Anselm Levskaya built a design tool for creating beautiful arabesque and geometric patterns. https://eschersket.ch/ The name comes as an ode to famous graphic artist M. C. Escher merged […]

What I’m reading — Patrick McKenzie aka patio11 on the internetz, has been referred to as one of the most helpful folks on the internet by some in the startup community as a result of his prolific contributions in writing on Hacker News and his site. This thought provoking list of a few of his tweets is worth […]