Posts tagged with Thoughts
Recounting a 14-Year Career in Software, Part I
A couple of months back, someone asked me about my career in software development and the various lessons along the way. I have relayed individual stories in the past, but I never got around to writing it down in full.…
The Limits of Fictional World-Building
In the first scene of the movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets , there's a handshake between astronauts—hailing from America and China—as one spaceship docks to a larger space station. Subsequently, as the years…
Year in Review — 2017
Man, this has been a rough year for the world. 2016 foreshadowed some of what could happen this year, but a lot of other unexpected shit went down too, mostly for the worse. In contrast, events in my own life…
Studying Sports for Leadership
I just listened to a great podcast from the Lowe Post—an NBA-centric show—about the book The Captain Class. I haven't read the book myself, but you get a good gist of it from their discussion,…
3 Months into Meditating
After reading 10% Happier , I was motivated to give meditation a shot. 5–10 minutes a day seems like a small cost for even an additional 5% happiness in everyday life, and the sheer simplicity of the exercise should enable…
Meta-Blog Thoughts, 2017 Edition
Two years removed from being an employee at Square, I made a trip back to the offices to greet familiar faces and check out the updated decor. One of them offhandedly mentioned that I still kept my blog up, despite…
