What’s so disappointing about FoundationI had my doubts when I’d learned that they were making a TV series based on Issac Asimov’s Foundation. It’s not that I doubt the power of…Jan 19, 2022Jan 19, 2022
Don’t Look Up is brilliant, but not in the way it intended to beI’d heard a little something about Don’t Look Up before watching it, and I’m afraid it nearly kept me from watching. From things I read or…Jan 12, 2022Jan 12, 2022
Rethinking financial independence | moving beyond FIREAnyone reading the blog might have noticed that lately I have been moving in the entrepreneurial direction. I have several side businesses…May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
What I learned by starting a YouTube channel (it’s not what you think)This year I decided to start a new YouTube channel. It’s my second. The first was for my podcast, and I started that as an afterthought.Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Because you searched for it: How to lower your electric billThis last billing period I used 470 kwh of electricity. I’m frustrated. Although it’s a little more than half the average U.S. household…Feb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021
The truth about eBay dropshippingI’ve been following some entrepreneurship channels for some time. I’ve looked into a few different types of online businesses. Stuff like…Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
How I learned to love Twitter again (and what The Social Dilemma gets wrong)Watching Tristan Harris and others in the Social Dilemma documentary, I found myself conflicted. While I totally agree that social media…Dec 24, 2020Dec 24, 2020
F&%$ you money: How much do you need?One of the things I like about Quora is the questions I get often remind me that sometimes I need to go back to basics. In this case, a…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
Down the 90s indie rock rabbit holeAll it took was a single Facebook post. A person I’ve known since posted a photo from their old bedroom wall in the 90s, with a poster for…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
Brave New World actually sounds kind of lit (kind of)Tristan Harris on the Joe Rogan podcast recently, in speaking about the new world of social media manipulation, quoted another author in…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020