Five Things: September 25, 2025
"Knowing how to deconstruct a complex system is a critical first step." Five Things for September 25, 2025
Medium Thoughts, after Medium Day
Medium's core pitch is heavily mission-driven, creating a big tent for a wide range of writers and writing goals — but it's tied to a BHAG that reminds you of their origination and very troubled history.
Move Fast and Fix Things: BISG 2025
I took a ton of old-fashioned notes, most of which were reasonably legible a few days later, and here’s some of my favorite takeaways.
Five Things: April 3, 2025
"The potential ripple effects are of personal and professional interest." Five Things for April 3, 2025
Remember the Blogaround Challenge?
Cynics might consider this engagement bait nowadays, but this was pre-social media (as we currently know it), when blogs were peaking.
Five Things: March 20, 2025
"No one paying attention should be surprised by this." Five Things for March 20, 2025
Why keep blogging in 2025?
Blogs have been declared dead multiple times, mostly "replaced" by Twitter and then newsletters that are really just blogs with email and paywall functionally baked in. And yet, here I still am, blogging again consistently (but not too hard) for the past few years. And I'm not alone. But why? If you've known me for a while, you know a Cluetrain quote is coming!