The power of your writing

why you should write even if you think nobody is reading

In recent years, I have been advocating to anyone I come across, that they should write. Not only should they write, they should publish their writing online for…

In defense of sharing photos of your food on social media

A mindful celebration and discussion of what…

Words of Power

Thoughts on language, reality, and LGBT.

Run the U.S. Government like a start-up incubator

The president isn’t a CEO of a company. He’s the mentor of a lot of small companies.

The First Building I Ever Loved

I remember it being the biggest thing I had ever seen. All red sandstone with the off-white domes in the…

It just works. Not!

Nothing is a nipple

Is LinkedIn biased against young people?

For millions of its members, the most powerful tools are…

READ THIS OR DIE: hyperbolic calls to action

Or the post that cried wolf

The Country I left behind

but I never left

Srsly, You Could Do It Better

Typography is for everyone.

¿Escribir en español?

Pienso en español, siento en español, creo en español, hablo en español, escribo en español, comparto en español, me explico en español, veo en español, pido en español, vivo en español.

Human Survival != Your Survival

Time to get over ourselves?

The Era of ‘Cheap Computing’ 

What happens when you can throw away your computer?

I go for a lot of walks and I frequently see newspapers on the side of the road that people have discarded. This gets me thinking — what if that were a computer…

The Great Debate: Booze Vs. Pot

Give me booze, any day

Let me begin by saying I believe pot should be legal, regulated and most importantly…taxed.The way things are going, pot and gay marriage will be legal, while abortion will be illegal.

Amazon and The Washington Post. Good for who?

Sunday morning and I read that the guy who owns Amazon…

The Boys of Summer

Time dilation and the middle aged man

I can remember when it seems as though the instrumental beginning of John Cougar Mellencamp’s “I Need A Lover” seemed to last forever. Back in the day, I would listen to the song on tape and fast forward to…

Swimming To Cambodia 

All the cool kids are going, why not me?

Ok, Medium readers, I’m an expert in something — so read this, Recommend it and get me on the front page. Look, I’m gaming the system! Oh noes!

Doing good work… 

My favourite 3 rules from Austin Kleon’s Steal Like An Artist

The murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

Rough-written, with quite a good description of the doctor and his life, with a daring but slightly predictable end; not bad but not one of the best Poirots either.