Voter News Service, World Trade Center, 2000.

Working as a data entry clerk during election night 2000 in a skyscraper that’s no longer there.

Making Almost Millions: Starting A New Niche Content Site

A User’s Guide To Los Angeles

Embracing America’s strangest, loveliest city for all it’s worth.

Welcome to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles area is the center of the global motion picture industry and one of the world’s great urban hubs, known for its pleasant year-round weather… but…

Self-Care For The Self-Employed

A Guide For The Self-Employed, Freelancers, And Independent Contractors

Self-employment and being your own boss are awesome. Self-employment and being your own boss are also difficult sometimes. Most worthwhile things in life are contradictions…

In Praise Of Ordinary Coffee

…Or why not everything has to be fancy.

Welcome To Techland

On Technology And Imagined Communities

Making Podcasts Easier

Or… Creating For An Unknown Medium

The End-Of-Story Wars

As I’m writing this in February of 2017, editors and reporters at the Wall Street Journal are fighting a not-too-secret…

Why Cooking At Home Is So Damn Amazing.

First things first: I’m a writer by trade. The past fifteen or so years have been a…