This is a blog for the intellectually curious, for star gazers, for anyone who wants to live a considered life.
I am flirting with a new series, “How the world works,” that will translate concepts from various fields into digestible information for busy professionals. In it, I will link to articles that I believe are worth your time. I’ve been making sense of the world my whole life and career. This is a place for discussion and to share what I’ve observed.
All blog content was moved to private for all of 2012 to 2015. It is resurrected here.
April 2018
19: Over-communicating is not communicating at all
May 2017
8: Sometimes the interruptions are the work
March 2017
21: Life: One big risk / reward calculation after another
February 2017
14: Play to your strengths, even on Valentine’s day
January 2017
30: Stoicism > Hysteria: What do you wish to leak?
6: Taking it down to the science
September 2016
7: The greatest selfie ever taken: Pale Blue Dot
August 2016
25: You can afford it, you just choose not to
22: What exactly is Wall Street?
12: How a stock analyst looks at housework
9: Negative interest rates: When ‘good’ policy is bad psychology, it’s bad policy
4: Should you really just “be yourself?” Will you be fine? Really?
July 2016
30: A bit about the fourth dimension: Time
15: Bulletin: Turkish military stages a coup
4: What does self rule mean to you?
June 2016
23: Have you hugged a hedge fund manager today?
17: To be (dumb) or not to be
6: Don’t let unconscious inertia decide for you
2: The mob asks the wrong questions
May 2016
12: Two mind tricks to quiet your thoughts for sleep
11: Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it
4: Why I won’t be on the Tesla call tonight
April 2016
27: How a year on Wall Street changed his world view
22: Sleep deprivation is literally torture
20: Outsourcing verus insourcing your own life
March 2016
23: Can we treat life like an engineering problem?
((((( Four year blog hiatus )))))
November 2011
19: Got my new (ugly) running shoes on
6: We love consistency but need change: Voila, the seasons
October 2011
31: Lucky seven billion — now what?
23: Rose Egge, 25, reports her tumor is gone
12: Economics should be taught in schools. Period.
7: Simplicity gains momentum, but at what cost?
6: Play to win: Airport security tips down to a science
5: A gift to humanity (Steve Jobs, 1955-2011)
4: You’re know you’re part of the digital revolution when. . .
September 2011
22: Simple life lessons: Following a leadership pattern
22: A note about the new design, and tips for you
21: Are you secretly good at math? Five more clues
19: A tribute to biology, which bugs me
11: September 11, 2001 – September 11, 2011
9: Nothing to see here, for Seattleites only
8: An illustration: Smart phone goes here
7: Five ways to lead a more analytic life
6: The double workday, makers and managers
2: Politics is just politics, not citizenship nor community
1: Have you thought about death today?
August 2011
30: A paradox of modern life: Comfort is a noose
29: Vacation for Americans means working from somewhere else
July 2011
22: The world economy in 10 seconds
15: Halls of Congress <= Halls of Hogwarts (commentary on the US debt crisis)
7: How to become a runner (inspiration for everyone)
June 2011
21: What’s that big white ball in the Port of Seattle?
11: How do you unlock your heart? (A post on thievery)
May 2011
27: Why I start at 4 a.m. It’s morning first in New York
22: The world didn’t end. What did you learn?
19: The world is going to end on Saturday
16: Why the passage of time confounds us
April 2011
9: Don’t be paralyzed by imperfection
4: Applying Wall Street logic to your life
2: Are universities the next bubble to burst?
March 2011
31: Maximize the moment. And jump.
30: Gratitude for bees
28: Don’t be offended, we’re all clueless
11: A Seattle transplant reminisces about swimming pools
4: Lent: It’s not about what you give up, but what you gain
2: Finding “meaning” in the for-profit realm
February 2011
15: Vociferation of meaningless numbers and praise of the obvious
14: Information workers: Move your body, hey hey!
11: Stop feeling so guilty
10: Thoughts to live by
7: There’s no such thing as paradise on Earth
January 2011
2: Gracefully surrendering the things of youth
December 2010
27: When the world underestimates you, keep showing up
21: Happy Solstice! (Learn a new word, and thoughts on relativity)
13: Improve your writing in three steps: Cut, cut cut
2: Suffering by numbers
November 2010
28: Considering the new security measures, with a shrug
15: Airplane conversations & ‘The Rule of 72’
11: Intellectual honesty and a lesson from Bob Woodward
5: Thoughts on suburban life, from an urbanite
October 2010
27: Maybe you are good at math and never knew it
21: Famous graffiti artist, graffitied
18: The back in time tourist
9: Oh, the humanity! (Chilean miners commentary)
September 2010
25: Vegetables to meat ratio (photo)
August 2010
27: Pop the cork, spritz the pricey perfume, today is special (Hurricane Katrina anniversary)
22: How covering Starbucks turned me onto coffee
July 2010
14: Down with gravity; Up with entropy!
7: Let’s play . . . back in my day
June 2010
27: On War: A Higher Perspective — Part II
27: On War: A Higher Perspective
10: Ask not, receive not: Advice on questions
March 2010
17: Seattle P-I: A well run business it wasn’t
February 2010
23: The door’s open, but the ride, it ain’t free
January 2010
8: Totally scooped: One year post-P-I shocker
November 2009
27: Secondary byline: Bruce Springsteen?
25: Observing America through nomadic Thanksgivings
15: Intelligent and homeless
October 2009
15: Five reasons you should hire a photojournalist
6: When the mediums go down, we lose our social
September 2009
21: A layman’s poem with a simple message
12: Obama rallies for health care in Minneapolis (photos)
6: Twentysomething and injured: An ode to good posture
August 2009
15: Pay attention: Journalists got blindsided, so could you
5: How could I leave journalism?
March 2009
18: Paper closes, I’m now working for Seattlepi.com
January 2009
24: P-I employees were silent, some of them shed tears
February 2008
14: A love message
April 2007
17: The P-I lives!
August 2006
25: Goodbye e-mail to Mobile newsroom
13: The other, other Washington
September 2005
1: Catastrophe (Hurricane Katrina)
March 2005
16: Big wheels keep on turning
I got this archive format idea from another blogger, Sean Ogle.