Took 45 years and one fall at a kids vs parents soccer match to get my first diagnosed broken bone. Woo.
Sticks and Stones…
Month: October 2024
Version 1 is for you
A few weeks ago I was at our company meetup in Montreal, on stage in a big room in front of everyone, sharing progress on two brand new products in development. We went one at a time. First Product 1 for a half hour, then Product 2.
Calvin and Hobbes at Martijn’s : Bill Watterson
I have a recurring dream about Kenyon. In it, I’m walking to the post office on the way to my first class at the start of the school year. Suddenly it occurs to me that I don’t have my schedule memorized, and I’m not sure which classes I’m taking, or where exactly I’m supposed to be going.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new musical is based on a cult movie — and is for your ears only
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Hamilton, and playwright Eisa Davis, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, have created a new Broadway musical — which is not actually on Broadway. Instead, it’s a concept album, meant to be listened to in one sitting.
Vigil
This essay of mine was just selected as a 2024 Notable Essay in the annual The Best American Essays series, joining a list of great writers like Lydia Davis, Ben Lerner, Mary Gaitskill, Elif Batuman, and Geoff Dyer.
Pure Blogger
Jason Kottke, one of the blog elders and author of Kottke.org, celebrated Dave Winer’s 30th blog anniversary by calling him “one of the purest of the pure bloggers.” To that, Dave asked Jason what he meant by “pure blogger.
The world sees Japan as a paragon of minimalism. But its hidden clutter culture shows that ‘more’ can be as magical as ‘less’
In 1990, a young Japanese photographer named Kyoichi Tsuzuki began capturing a rarely seen view of domestic life in one of the world’s most densely populated cities. Over three years, he visited hundreds of Tokyo apartments, photographing the living spaces of friends, acquaintances and strangers.
Using ChatGPT to make fake social media posts backfires on bad actors
Instead of radically altering the threat landscape, OpenAI tools like ChatGPT are mostly used to take shortcuts or save costs, OpenAI suggested, like generating bios and social media posts to scale spam networks that might previously have “required a large team of trolls, with all the costs and leak
Dungeon-mastering emotions: D&D meets group therapy
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). A game of creativity and imagination, D&D lets players weave their own narrative, blending combat and roleplaying in an immersive gaming experience.