Our lives are filled with experiences. The degree to which we can learn and grow from them depends partially on our ability to capture micro moments and turn them into macro meaning. I do this by, among other things, journaling, by annotating articles, by reading a lot, and by using Read more
There’s a new game being played at college graduations this spring. Maybe you’ve seen it. A commencement speaker mentions artificial intelligence, and the audience starts to boo. The speaker continues their prepared remarks and mentions AI again. The boos build. It appears to be great fun for the new graduates Read more
What do you do when your very first paying customer, the person you shepherded from an effective but improveable password system onto Bitwarden, sends you an article on a Friday evening about possible changes with your recommended password manager? If you’re me, you read the FastCompany article they sent then Read more
A gorgeous Sunday afternoon in early May. Out for a walk to clear my head. Instead, afterward I felt unsettled and maybe a little anxious. Not optimal. I have multiple projects moving. Deliverables pending. And always too little time to get it all done. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everyone is busy. Read more
I am excited about artificial intelligence. It is an ever present thinking partner I use to identify opportunites and deliver incredible value in every aspect of my life. And I am also genuinely concerned — like almost to the point of being crippled by intense existential dread — about what Read more
When I used to be active in local politics and we tried to understand what was happening with an issue or why a person said or did something, a good friend always said that “It’s all about who’s ox is getting gored.” In the world of local political campaigns, that Read more
I don’t know about you, but I pay more today for electricity than I ever have before. And you know what? We’re likely all in line for higher electric rates in the near future. Why? Data centers. The necessary building block for the next wave of artificial intelligence advancements is Read more
Hi. I’m Dan, and I am an introvert. Always have been. Always will. Often, when I tell people that, they don’t believe me. Happened just a few weeks ago, in fact, on a video call where I met several people l’ll spend time learning alongside in a few weeks at Read more
Whenever I help my 80-something father with his iPad, I check YouTube to see what he’s watched lately. His feed is filled with AI Slop; fake videos dramatizing seemingly real events trumped up to look like news coverage. The videos have disclaimers, but he never reads them. According to Mom, Read more
When the shit literally hit the fan, when I found myself in the middle of a home maintenance dustup the likes of which I’d never dealt with before, I turned to Claude, the thinking partner I knew would be at my side throughout the situation. I just didn’t count on Read more