2024

Professional and personal highlights from the past year. Happy 2025!

Published on January 1, 2025, filed under Everything Else.

What I Learned About That Difficult Childhood

On a changing—and perhaps transcending—perspective on pain.

Published on November 17, 2024, filed under Philosophy and Everything Else.

When You Are Rich

On what you do as a person who is very rich.

Published on November 10, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

3 Things to Note About Democracy

If we think democracy can do without education, constructive intentions, and quality candidates, I believe we’re not getting democracy—and risk it.

Published on November 6, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Growth

A rant.

Published on October 20, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

What Germany May Not Have Learned From the Holocaust

No matter who is being violated, learning from a genocide means fighting against any genocide.

Published on October 8, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

On Disagreement

From discomfort that can lead to shortcuts to challenges that may yield transformations.

Published on September 8, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Imposing on Hearing

On the sense that we may be able to defend the least.

Published on August 31, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Why I Don’t Block AI Scrapers

“The Tortoise and the Hare,” human/AI edition.

Published on August 29, 2024, filed under Development and Everything Else.

We Always Knew Anyone Could Take Our Content

From “I show your content, but you get the click” to “I show your content” to “here’s other people’s content based on your content.”

Published on August 29, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Feed Sources 2024

My current feed subscriptions. (Because, what would we be without syndication on the Web.)

Published on August 7, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Calling Someone “Too Old” Is Ageist

The “too old” thing needs to stop.

Published on August 4, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

On Title Case

Casual thoughts about my experience with title case, a recent switch from AP-inspired to NYT-governed guidelines, and the respective guidelines themselves.

Published on July 27, 2024, filed under Design and Everything Else.

3 Good Reasons for Vegan and Vegetarian “Substitute” Products

On acknowledging forms, maintaining connection, and making it easier to live empathically and sustainably.

Published on June 30, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

The Essence of Veganism

On not having anyone suffer or die for us.

Published on June 29, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Critical Feedback: Four Approaches and One Twist

Feedback is important so that we can learn and improve. Critical feedback is important to expose, validate, and address areas of growth and development. I believe that fundamentally, there are four approaches to critical feedback.

Published on May 2, 2024, filed under Everything Else and Management.

Declining 1:1 Meetings Without a Message Is Rude

It happens everywhere, but it sets a bad example.

Published on April 15, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Sustainability Trap

On the need to take and at the same time reassign responsibility for consumption and pollution.

Published on March 31, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Exploitation

What and who is easiest to take advantage of and exploit, how is that being justified, and what can be done about it? On one piece of the puzzle what the fewest things are that need changing, to change everything.

Published on March 30, 2024, filed under Philosophy and Everything Else.

Julia and Sybil

The early manuscript of a novel I started in 2015, and that will still take a few years to be finished.

Published on March 24, 2024, filed under Philosophy and Everything Else.

The Next Adventure

On leaving Germany again, and the next big chapter of my life.

Published on March 5, 2024, filed under Adventure and Everything Else.

How to Counter Provocation and Rumor

Are there effective responses to being provoked, picked on, blamed, attacked? Absolutely—but they’re not all being taught or shared a lot. A few quotes that I’ve found useful.

Published on February 25, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

On the Well Astonishing Verdicts on Social Media

We may speak anything from 470,000,000 to 860,000,000 words in our lifetime. The tiniest fraction may be too much.

Published on January 21, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

2023

My professional and personal highlights from the last year. (Happy 2024!)

Published on January 1, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

Something to Know About Defensiveness

“The first rule of effective debate, argument, or heated conversation is to never, ever, get defensive.” On what we label as defensiveness, and a story that appears more complete and empathetic.

Published on December 17, 2023, filed under Everything Else.