Reading Time: 2 min In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, I’m going to start writing a “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. My hope is that taking an extra look at these posts will help solidify the ideas in my head a bit more, and I hope you find […]
20 years of WordPress
Reading Time: 2 min It feels hard for me to believe, but today is the 20th anniversary of the first release of WordPress (you can see the initial announcement here). The story of WordPress actually began earlier, with a project called b2/cafelog in 2001. It was a similar product that was essentially abandoned by its creators, so Matt Mullenweg […]
They probably don’t remember your name
Reading Time: < 1 min Kevin Kelly’s book “Excellent Advice for Living” gives a lot of small pieces of advice, and I really liked this one: Assume no one remembers names. As a courtesy reintroduce yourself by name even to those you have previously met: “Hi, I’m Kevin.” I like to take it from both sides. First, as you may […]
Do you know who my parents are?
Reading Time: 2 min Some of us are born into more privilege than others. This could be related to race or gender, but it also can be greatly affected simply by who your parents are. You can certainly see this if someone is child of Bill Gates or Elon Musk, but I see it happen on much smaller scales […]
Your opinions should not be predictable based on your other opinions
Reading Time: 2 min Defining yourself based on your opinions can make for a tough life, because then changing your opinions (which you should probably do from time to time) becomes much more difficult to do. In his book “Excellent Advice for Living“, Kevin Kelly says: Don’t define yourself by your opinions because then you can’t change your mind. […]
Experience isn’t practice
Reading Time: < 1 min If you do something often enough you’re likely to get pretty good at it, but simply doing something over and over isn’t the same as practicing it. In his book “Outsmart Your Brain“, author Daniel Willingham shares his thoughts on this: Aristotle was right in saying that the doing is vital—a lyre player must play […]
Yes, it’s a scam
Reading Time: 2 min It’s getting harder and harder to determine if something is a scam, particularly on the internet or over the phone, and your best bet is to just assume it is. In his book “Excellent Advice for Living“, author Kevin Kelly puts it this way: Assume anyone asking for your account information for any reason is […]
What am I missing?
Reading Time: < 1 min I’m constantly on the lookout for what I might be missing. I shared some of these fears a few years ago and how it related to game shows, but I think it’s largely part of being an Enneagram 5 — I feel the need to know all of the answers to all of things, and […]
The Curse of Knowledge
Reading Time: 2 min In reading Jonah Berger’s book “Magic Words“, he shared some thoughts on “The Curse of Knowledge” and how it can impact the ways that you communicate with others. In his words: This curse has a name, and appropriately, it is called the curse of knowledge. It’s a curse because the more we know, the more […]
Let people quietly follow you online
Reading Time: < 1 min I’m one of those people that rarely removes any connections on social media. Sure, if someone is acting wildly inappropriate I’ll cut them loose, but I have hundreds of connections on various sites that I’ve not spoken with in years. I should work to solve that at some point, but that’s not what this is […]