If you’re asking “what the heck am I looking at?”, here’s a primer. Also, if you know of an article or blog I should be reading, let me know. * Ben Thompson - Open, Closed, and Privacy And, while GDPR advocates have pointed to the lobbying Google and Facebook have done against the law as [...] Continue reading →

Beyond the challenge of actually building a website (it’s really easy these days), the biggest hangup I see by far is writing the content. And I get it — writing is hard. But unlike the magic that goes into web design or development, writing is something you’ve been doing since grade school. Nearly everyone [...] Continue reading →

Kevin last week sent me this message, “Jack White was so good on SNL.” Since my bedtime has moved to ~ 8pm since children entered my life (no joke), I hadn’t seen it yet, so I pulled it up on my big TV and took a seat. Meh. I wrote back, “Is it [...] Continue reading →

If you’re asking “what the heck am I looking at?”, here’s a primer. Also, if you know of an article or blog I should be reading, let me know. * Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus - Who Am I Buying This For? We spend money we don’t have to buy things we don’t need [...] Continue reading →

I’m just getting back from a long weekend and I’m experiencing that thing where you sit in front of your computer clicking on things, hoping for inspiration to strike. It’s mostly not working, but I did get this tidbit stuck in my head from a Huckberry newsletter — “Be useful; not important.” Maybe my [...] Continue reading →

If you’re asking “what the heck am I looking at?”, here’s a primer. Also, if you know of an article or blog I should be reading, let me know. * Toby Shorin - After Authenticity Has it occurred to you that nobody talks about sellouts anymore? Recently on my commute I passed someone wearing an [...] Continue reading →

My dad, sometime around 1999/2000: “I don’t know how I feel about buying things with my credit card online. Seems like a good way to get your card stolen.” Me, then: “Nah. E-commerce is the future. It’s in their best interest to keep your data safe.” Me, yesterday, referring to the Zuckerberg Congressional hearings: [...] Continue reading →