My friend blasted me at this wedding last weekend and said I read every column inch of CityLab, which may or may not be 100 percent true (but is probably close to true). I was just reading it — GUILTY AS… Continue Reading
Basic idea is here in Fast Company, and here’s the grid that Jack Dorsey (famous for Twitter, currently of Square, and once written about on this blog) came up with for himself: Monday: Focus on management and running the company Tuesday:… Continue Reading
100 used to be a semi-unattainable age. It still mostly is, but more and more people will get there — to the point that The Atlantic did a cover story on that topic, which I just read on a plane. (Interestingly, the… Continue Reading
I converted to Catholicism in March of 2013. I wouldn’t necessarily say I was anything major before that — I think technically I was Protestant — but I converted in part because it seemed relevant / interesting (my mom grew… Continue Reading
Dating back to 1999, this is how many games the Kansas City Royals lost in each season (remember, more than 81 losses in a MLB season means you’re a sub-.500 team):
Many animal societies have “despotic” leadership models, meaning that the leaders dominate the followers. You see this in societies such as wolves, etc. Perga affinis, a type of insect common in Australia (often called a “spitfire” or “sawfly”) may be… Continue Reading
Wrote about this briefly in a review of DFW WordCamp, but wanted to flesh it out a little bit here. I’m having an average day at work — I wouldn’t say I’m very busy or relevant, but it’s not awful… Continue Reading
I find buyer behavior pretty interesting. (I mean, who wouldn’t, am I right?) I know people — pretty close to me — who totally nickel-and-dime a $400 flight somewhere, but then spend $8K on new dishes. (No joke.) Clearly, the… Continue Reading