The Chokehold of Calendars

Meetings may be toxic, but calendars are the superfund sites that allow that toxicity to thrive. All calendars…

Discovering Sketch

“the designer’s toolbox”

Epistemological Realism: The major distinction between Photography and Painting

Both photography and…

What the Hell Are You Doing?!

A Serious Stare Down the Barrel of an Ordinary Life

Speech to the World Domination Summit in Portland, OR

July 7, 2013

If P, then Q : Funny Weird Logical Argument

Deductive Argument

Philosophy is basically formed by a set of arguments. Arguments need to have correct reasoning and require a set of principles. Such principles are called logic.

Leaned In, Screwed Over 

As a new mother, I put everything on the line for my job. I wish I hadn’t 

The 75 — 20 — 5 Rule

Don’t believe everything you read. Or anything, really.

The Value of Beauty

Beauty is the most important thing to strive for in all that you create.

Cut the bullshit and make time to write

At the top of the list of bullshit that writers tell themselves (along with ‘my main…

Why you should write.

When I was a kid, my grandfather (a charming old Jew of a man) would give handwritten notes to just about everyone he…