The art of slow work from Colonial Williamsburg
During my trip to Colonial Williamsburg, which I highly recommend, I got into a conversation with one of the carpenters...
July 22, 2022
Life Lessons
Small towns die by a thousand cuts
I’m reminded today that while big cities die in a dramatic urban collapse, small downs die by a thousand policy...
July 6, 2022
Never meet your first love at a funeral
A dear friend from college passed away this weekend. We’re all chasing the tail end of our thirties and discovering...
July 5, 2022
Struggling with the transition from developer to manager
There are a couple of things I struggle with in the transition from developer to manager. I suspect many other...
April 6, 2022
The best way to cook a frozen pizza
Friends, I just discovered a way to cook a frozen pizza so that it tastes like it came out of...
March 15, 2022
When you tell someone to do something differently, make sure they do it differently.
Look, I’m still relatively new to managing people. I’ve spent most of my adult life working in a technical capacity...
January 20, 2022
Using analytic confidence to improve communication and decision making
Analytic confidence is a standard created by the National Intelligence Council to standardize and apply a rigorous standard to Intelligence...
January 20, 2022
Four of the hardest interpersonal lessons to learn
It’s no secret that my interpersonal and social development was stunted growing up and then further stunted by my own...
December 27, 2021