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Why aren’t sales-driven websites more transparent?

What's the purpose of your website?

I had a semi-deep thought this morning and decided to write a post about it. It won’t be anything remarkable or even that nuanced, but I think people might be missing the boat when it comes to how to design/structure… Continue Reading

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Forget Maslow. Focus on autonomy, relatedness and competence.

Autonomy Relatedness Competence

Hierarchy of needs is the most powerful motivational theory ever. But, it’s probably wrong. Continue Reading

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Start quoting Tim Cook in your presentations, ya prick

Tim Cook

Tim Cook has apparently created as much value as Steve Jobs did since becoming Apple CEO — and of course, Cook did it while also dropping some less-than-secret personal contexts that make him stand out in the tech industry. In… Continue Reading

A walk is so simple, yet so powerful for productivity

Nightly Walk

I was at my in-laws for Thanksgiving for about five and a half days. I know the term “in-laws” has certain types of mostly-negative connotations, but I do enjoy/love my in-laws as people, both individually and in a group. That… Continue Reading

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What exactly is Michael Keaton’s Birdman about?

Birdman Movie

I saw Birdman last night, as part of a renewed focus in December on seeing movies that will likely get nominated for a slate of Oscars. It was good, and interesting, and you can argue that a handful of people in the… Continue Reading

Scott Frost is going to be the next head coach at Nebraska

Scott Frost

When coaches start getting fired after a season ends (any season, really, in any sport), the repercussions can be insane. With football, it’s even more intense. You have college coaches going to the NFL, NFL coaches going to college, and 17… Continue Reading

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Serial Podcast: Adnan Syed didn’t do it. Honestly.

Serial Podcast

Mail Kimp — and why Adnan is probably innocent. (Hint: The timeline is a wreck, as is the core of the prosecution’s case.) Continue Reading

How to make Thanksgiving dinner via YouTube

Thanksgiving Dinner

You can manage Christmas almost entirely via YouTube, and do the same with Super Bowl (or other occasion) chili recipes. But the mother of all multiple-prepared-dishes holidays is Thanksgiving. Can you get at that via YouTube? Of course. In fact, I… Continue Reading