You Don’t Need Logos
You don’t need logos to tell the world who you are.
The Cake
I am not the labels applied to me. I am me.
Meandering
Asking yourself uncomfortable questions may keep you from speeding recklessly toward your goals, but it also ensures your goals are the correct ones.
More Than You Need
Picture Hemingway. Or Thoreau. Or Virginia Woolf. The idea is to get in your head the image of an author; someone from before the computer. Before the transistor, even. Someone who has only been featured in black-and-white photos or sepia-toned…
The Internet of Things
This piece was originally featured in Let’s Know Things, a free, irregularly published email in which I discuss a topic and do my best to explain it concisely in historical, present, and future context. A piece in WIRED magazine focusing…
Opportunity Costs
There’s no avoiding opportunity costs, but you can make them bear more fruit, for you, and for others.
Bootstrapping Art
One needn’t choose between financial and creative fulfillment, so long as one considers carefully the work they do to pay the rent.
Harmonious Independence
Relationships should not be about sacrifices — they should be about mutual support, admiration, and harmonious independence.
Coffee
I don’t like coffee, but I will make myself appreciate it. For personal growth.
Social Contracts
There are pros and cons to laws and social contracts, but how you deal with them is up to you.