Why the Kickstarted Project “Red” Makes Me See Red.

I first heard about Kickstarter through my love for the Delaware St. John adventure series back in April 2012. That campaign did not succeed, unfortunately.

Things I don’t understand about polyamory

So, are you telling me that I should have more partners? After working really hard to find one decent one, now you want me to struggle…

Weekend Diversion: The Physics of Flamingos

Ever wonder why they stand on one leg? Surprisingly…

I have moved over to Svbtle

http://nothingbutsnark.svbtle.com/

The Only Growth Hack You Need to Succeed on Medium

How to be a better Medium collection editor—gain…

Getting to know yourself

Four rules and a few methods

So You Didn’t Go to College

A note to myself four years after not going to college

“Why do you cross-post your essays?”

People frequently ask me this question. Here’s my response.

Jailbreaking for the rest of us

How to make the best phone in the world slightly better

Other strongly held opinions about The New York Times’ editorial strategy belonging to reader P— R—

52 Hours to Live and I Forgot to Say Goodbye

Six months ago today I lost my grandfather. Having never…

The Flight

Just so y’all know — I did write a blog post all about how I cleaned my room, but it was so atrociously boring I decided to spare you the…

The AI Civil Rights Movement

Is already over. They won.

Ma Noirceur

W.E.B. Dubois discussed a state of perpetual balance as twoness:

“an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn…

What’s in the 1% DNA Difference From the Chimps?

Humanity can hope for a better future only if quality…

In Praise Of Living Alone

Because of socks, sparrows and disco balls

Nearly Kidnapped Thirty Years Ago — Unleashing the Fear

When long-form is good form

TL;DR: let’s not fixate on what we call the genre but the content itself.

The Magical Art of Dealing With Brutal Criticism..

..and using it to make you a better writer

require-grunt-configs 0.5.0

Function as configuration

Just Drop It

We all know you’re holding onto something

The Essence of Wisdom2.0

Why everyone should stay curious

Stay curious. Have a beginners mind. Know you always have a choice in how you feel or what you do. You are not your emotions, rather they are a part of you.

No Hope

Down in the realms of darkness

Gianni Rodari. Il grammatico della fantasia.

Italiani maiuscoli. Storie di piccoli grandi uomini (e…

Insight of the rhino crisis in Vietnam

WildAct

Jailbreak FOMO: Episode 1

Ben Discusses Jailbreak Hype from Home

I’m not an “Expert”

My hesitations on writing an ebook

I know the benefits of writing. There are a lot of them. In fact, I can’t think of a disadvantage it can give other than time passing by. But the time used to writing is still time “gained”. First of all, I’ll…

Jailbreak FOMO: Episode 3

Ben begins a Journey of his Own

Why do we write?

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