“Sooner or later, everything old is new again” - Stephen King Have you ever heard the saying that every new movie rips off Shakespeare in one form or another? Or, more likely, that into one of several generic story archetypes ? This is how I try to think about technology sometimes. Growing up, most interactions fell into the ‘commerce’ or, as time went on, the ‘eCommerce’ bucket, where you would…
“I will create desolation - and call it peace!” - Megatron, Transformers IDW Collection, Megatron Origin, Issue #3 Last week, a friend of a friend in San Francisco had their startup burgled. The burglary happened while no one was in the office though it was captured on their in-office surveillance video. In the ensuing discussion, someone chimed in, “You know if you shared office space with us at…
I felt bad about having not updated this for a while, but not that bad because we’ve been sleep training our son. Did you know that it involves just leaving your kid to cry for ever-increasing amounts of time? And then your wife starts crying. And then the dog starts howling. And then you realize there’s an ever-present tightness in your jaw. And then finally, your baby wakes up and you do it all…
So this was a long post detailing the setting up of my new project; I’m guessing that in its majesty it was 1,500 words or so. But… one errant two-fingered swipe backwards, which counts as a ‘back’ button on a Mac, and what I’m guessing are several corrupted cloud saves later… I ended up right back at the start. With a grand total of 26 words. In fact, even trying to publish this stub of an…
A common saying is that ‘patience is a virtue,’ but I wonder if anyone believes that anymore. It doesn’t take much to realize that as a society, our attention spans have diminished, and there’s a constant push to fill our lives with noise and activity – from work, to vacations, to entertainment, ad nauseum. Personally, I often find myself flipping between emails, various lists, Netflix, calendars,…
Five months ago, my wife and I had our first child, a son. And while parenthood has been rewarding, it has also meant that I no longer have time to play video games. Sure, maybe it’s a small consolation, but video games have always played a big part in my life. As a kid, running games through the command line on my Commodore 64 sparked my interest in computers, and through my adolescence, running…
I’ve always been fine with other people doubting me. Surely, that’s one of the many baptisms of being an entrepreneur. But, lately, I’ve been filled with self-doubt. An amorphous and unshakeable darkness that just weighs on my confidence. The end result is a nagging feeling that I can no longer create things of value or interest. I think it all came full circle when I read Gideon Lewis-Kraus’…