Reviews My Favorite Products From 2020, Part 1 Here's a roundup of the products I discovered in 2020 that made a meaningful improvement in my home, digital life, overall wellbeing, or happiness.
Software & Apps Breaking My Phone Addiction, One Sec at a Time As we start a new year, it felt like the perfect time to share a tool that's helped me dramatically curb my phone addiction…
Announcements Welcome (to my new) Home In the past I've published to a smattering of different places like Tumblr, Medium, Twitter, etc. etc. but none have ever quite felt like a "home" to me—so that's what I'm striving for with this brand-spanking-new website.
Ideas Start a thread: reducing chatter and distraction in Slack Update: Slack pushed a big update to Threads! Many of the things originally discussed in this post were addressed, which is awesome! More on that below… Slack outlined the problem
Tips & Tricks Reading more, better reading: How I finally fixed my news & reading habits For my entire life I’ve struggled with reading. In high school doctors and counselors would chalk my painfully slow reading to a hearing…
Ideas Game Time Notifications: Solving for last-minute event changes Here’s a scenario you might be familiar with:
Startups Blast from the past: Looking back to early 2012 at Circa News 1.0 pre-launch I was rummaging around in some old files today when I came across the original pitch decks for Circa. One in particular was a trip down…
Tips & Tricks Five little life hacks that made me just a little happier and more productive at home Between my digital addiction and penchant for procrastination I’ve struggled for a very long time to feel like I spend my downtime…
Ideas There’s a chat for that: Apple’s biggest platform opportunity yet Preface: This post continues to get a lot of attention, especially following Facebook’s Messenger Platform announcement. It should be noted this was published June 2015. It’s exciting to
Startups The right way to ask users to review your app tl;dr: 1) Build a great app, 2) Don’t annoy your users, 3) Ask nicely, don’t beg
Personal The moment my life changed This isn’t something I’ve really shared much about before. This tale won’t be pretty. But it’s real. And it’s what changed me forever.
