This is the Golden Age of the Subscription. They are on my mind. A lot. Everywhere we turn, a service is asking for our credit card so it can charge us $20 a month for the rest of our lives for some amazing thing only it provides. While I wrote 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
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
Think of something you love to do. What is your least favorite part of it? What’s the thing which deters you from doing the thing you love or that, if you could just fix one part of it, would mean you could do the thing you love even more? Have Read more
I am occasionally my own worst enemy. I love figuring things out. I’m passionate about technology. And I can get drawn down a settings rabbit trail in the blink of an eye. While they’re usually positives, those three traits can combine into a dangerous mix. When what I want to Read more
What do you do when your technology throws you for a loop? All of a sudden, what worked yesterday no longer does, and you have no idea what to do. If we were working together on your personal technology, you could ask me for a hand. Assuming you’re not, though, Read more
Nothing makes me lose interest faster than a subject matter expert spewing jargon-filled alphabet soup. I get it. They know more than I do about whatever topic. Regardless, their gobbledygook message flies right over my head. And I am guilty of the same sin with AI. I have gushed about Read more
“I love my scanners,” said the vendor at Arts Fest in Harrisburg’s Riverfront Park Saturday morning. “So easy.” Without pulling a credit card or cash out of my wallet, in about 10 seconds I’d paid for a unique candle in a concrete bowl which will double as a planter once Read more
I’ve been spending time thinking about things which don’t relate directly to personal technology and artificial intelligence. Regardless, connected themes pop up in unexpected places like a weed in a freshly mulched garden bed. Yes, I’ve been in the garden lately, too. a lot. Here’s a few top of mind Read more
I know a woman who loves to feed people. She enjoys browsing recipes and snaps screenshots to browse later. Recipes, though, for her are like suggestions from a friend. They’re something to consider, to mull in a quiet moment, maybe while weeding or on the way home from work. Then, Read more