Fewer and fewer people host their own website using a hosting service. Designers use Framer or Webflow or EditorX or even trying the new Figma sites. Corporate websites are usually hosted in the corporate cloud like AWS or Azure or Google Cloud. Content creators have moved on from blogging to either short form text like…
Two shows I really enjoyed in the last few years are Andor (a Star Wars saga) and The Penguin (a Batman spinoff). The reason for both is how they completely delivered an unexpected product. Andor In he case of Andor, it is a Star Wars movie that chronicles the time leading up to the first…
Who is this post for? This is a true chronicle of an experiment for my youngest son to skip college and directly enter the workforce. If you know a young person who is considering skipping college, this may be helpful to see what someone else did. Fair warning: It’s long. I tried to be as…
Our bodies need constant oxygen. Even a minute without it can do serious damage. Our organs, our brains, our plants, our pets, our stoves…everything needs oxygen. It is the single most important thing in our lives. We need metaphorical oxygen too. I am going to skip all of the ways kids need intellectual oxygen growing…
I am a fan of Black Mirror on Netflix. It is an anthology series focusing on technology and culture in the near future. Most of the time the future is sad, terrifying, or horrible in one dystopian way or another. Sounds good, right? Season 7 just dropped 6 episodes, which feels short, but the quality…
Uncertainty report from 3 years ago with image excerpt. I think the last 3 years have increased the uncertainty on the right. Uncertainty is the big U in FUD. It leads directly to the other two, Fear and Doubt. One thing the world abhors in uncertainty. (Take that Heisenberg!) Uncertainty leads to wars, to famine,…
One technique that I teach almost every mentee is to conduct informational interviews as often as you can. This is especially useful in the early stages as you graduate from school, start your first job, and navigate your career. Informational interview 101 Simply put, it is a meeting (in person or remote) where you ask…
LinkedIn is the only social media platform that I actively engage in. I don’t use Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. I like to doom scroll TikTok a bit, but it’s not like I talk to anyone on it. LinkedIn is the one platform that I will actually talk to people. I accept connection requests from any…
Corporations are not human beings, no matter what Citizens United and the Supreme Court says. As non-human entities, they have no compassion, no empathy, no sense of right and wrong. Corporations are set up for one purpose: to create value, usually in the form of money. Now obviously, I don’t recommend living off the grid,…
I remember the news cycles from 2016-2020. It was a non-stop flood of news ranging from the horrible to the ridiculous. (rarely anything good). I decided back then to limit my news intake to maintain my sanity. We are just two weeks into the 2nd Trump administration and I sadly admit things have become much…
Social media has been a fascinating experiment for civilization. Something in our DNA craves group interactions and the internet has created so many different ways to connect. The digital evolution from bulletin boards (old school method) through MySpace and AOL, to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit, and TikTok has shown interesting patterns. I think they…
Right now, AI seems to fall into a few camps. One is add-ons to existing products. Seems every SaaS provider is adding AI to its offerings. Salesforce is trying to resurrect their flagging growth numbers this way. Another is pure chat like ChatGPT. These are open ended systems. Google Gemini, Microsoft CoPilot, and Applie Intelligence…
I always find it cathartic to review the year and make 10 predictions for the next year. Also, I look back at 2024 and see how accurate my predictions were. 2024 Prediction Grade: 60% 2024 was a tumultuous year, especially in politics. At work, things have been good, but also filled with twists and turns.…
Not exactly a bucket list, but these are things I can imagine myself doing later in life. Educating product design I think Seth Godin’s altMBA is a great example of how you can gather a small group of students and teach them high quality skills. I could imagine doing my own bootcamp to teach new…