Small Reminders
I have a long and deep history with mental disorders and my struggles with chronic anxiety and depression can have a lot of downstream effects if not handled or treated well and with care.
A Little Lift
Want to get to the very top of your industry and field? Outside of doing the work (which accounts for 99.99% of your success anyway – don’t worry about the muse) you’ll find it important to network with folks who are in a position to help you along.
What’s Fair
Life isn’t fair… and most grownups understand this (although I still encounter humans who feel like they are fundamentally owed something from the universe… and that baffles me).
You Rule My Drool
I recently got some amazing cards from my two older kiddos… I find them hilarious and also heartwarming:
At the Cost of Your Users
Scathing commentary on how Medium.com sacrifices their core reading experience to “maximize” engagement and conversion of new users – brutal af (but totally warranted):
2,000 YouTube Subscribers: (9 Years, 7 Months, and 8 Days)
… not exactly sprinting to that goal, are we…?
4:00am Problems
Sometimes this little guy joins me for early-morning stuff… like 4:00am. For whatever reason, he just likes waking up between 4 and 5:00am… sleep training is a real thing.
Make Them Remember You
I really love this music video that League of Legends created, for a number of reasons… but first, give it a watch:
How My Brain Works
I don’t believe that software programming (and the languages and skills associated with it) is particularly better than any other type of skill. Meaning, I don’t consider it qualifiably better than really any other type of trade skill (and I hate when I read arrogant programmers who say stupid shit like that).
Lead, All The Way
There’s nothing more demoralizing than working for someone who has not (and perhaps will not) ever done the work that they are asking you to do. This is especially bad in larger corporate structures, but happens in every size organization.