I used to listen to her all the time when I would go snowboarding. On the chairlift and ripping down the mountain, I would shout, "Jolene... Jolene.... Jolene, JOLEEEEEENE!" Read her book too. She was a strong woman who didn't take shit fr…

An American hero.

RIP Dolly Parton

I don’t know how it happened… Okay, that’s a lie, yes I do: I ate too many calories, too often. God, humans are really bad at counting calories. I thought I was hovering around maintenance, but nope! The love-handles started to appear, fee…

It snuck up on me

I got fat

I saw this post online and had to share it: We stop creating new memories. As adults, we start sleepwalking through life. Same route. Same office. Same conversations. Same glowing screens. Your brain stops recording and starts compressing.…

We stop creating new memories

Do regular bloodwork if you can. I uncovered my clinical hypothyroidism (last reading: TSH 7.44). I use a service called Rythm Health. Over the last year I noticed my energy levels starting to plummet… My TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)…

Found out about my hypothyroidism

Get regular bloodwork

1. Good coffee makes life worth living 2. There are no rules 3. Find a life partner 4. Work out, lift heavy 5. Nobody knows what they are doing 6. Read more books 7. Keep up with your friends 8. Use social media less 9. Take photos for mem…

Here’s 36 random thoughts I scribbled down literally right now

It’s my 36th bday

My theory is that Apple will become more of a software company than a hardware company. We're already seeing mass penetration of Apple software products like iMessage, Apple Notes, FaceTime, Photos, and Safari among Gen Z users who are mob…

and they've lost the plot

Apple is losing itself

Let me preface by saying that what I say here only applies to software companies. Hardware companies NEED to be in person at least for the foreseeable future. It's rah-rah to be all in on in-person, and I really do like in-person, but the…

I'm more bullish on remote work than ever.

now i'm the contrarian

stop shooting yourself in the foot. every time i run into a hard problem, and my back is up against the wall, i notice an inclination to want to “think my way out.” turns out, that it doesn’t just work that way. we can characterize this as…

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