a good coffee machine and grinder - I really like my Bonavita Coffee Maker, kind of like my Breville grinder (I think I’d prefer a mid-level Baratza), and have some pour-over gear if I’m feeling ambitious a coffee subscription - If you live next to a coffee shop, great. But for the [...] Continue reading →

As a writer, I like to leave little mental notes when I find interesting topics online. Usually they’re tied to a specific moment or a series of moments, but one constant is remote working. I find blog posts about remote working all the time, and I’m always surprised by the conversations around them. Perhaps [...] Continue reading →

Getting a real, old-school blogroll up is going to take some ongoing legwork (I’m working on it… send me your blogs!), but in the meantime, I think we have another way we can highlight a little corner of the blogosphere — company blogs. Like this one. Lots of companies are producing blog content, and [...] Continue reading →

TechCrunch recently posted an article titled “Startups are (still) making weird name choices”… and meh — I think the entire premise is wrong. There’s no such thing as a weird name choice, and there’s barely such thing as a wrong name choice. The computer I’m typing on right now was created by a [...] Continue reading →

I’m endlessly fascinated by cryptocurrencies… not so much for their actual intended use, but for their investment stories. It’s hard not to see parallels to the industry I’m in, which is packed with opportunity, but (very arguably) low on real money-making opportunities. Let’s start here. The (simplistic) dream of the crypto coin is [...] Continue reading →

The other thing about taking time off that I alluded to in my previous post relates to how much time to take. If you’re burning out (or burnt out), a day or two isn’t going to cut it. It’s just not enough time to get all the work crap out of your head, to [...] Continue reading →

Chris and Steffi’s recent points about taking time off got me thinking about ye olden days of working in the more traditional corporate world. I’ve also had to take more unexpected time off recently than usual, so our “take care of yourself”-centric policies have been top of mind (and most welcome). As important as [...] Continue reading →