Reading Time: 2 min Over the last few months, the WordPress community has been a bit of a mess. The short version of the “mess” is that Matt Mullenweg (the man behind WordPress) is not happy with WP Engine (a major host of WordPress sites) and it’s causing a lot of fallout. My friend Aaron has a great timeline […]
Be a voter
Reading Time: < 1 min If you haven’t yet, I hope you vote today. Perhaps more importantly, I hope you encourage others to do the same. When you do, the words that you use matter. Asking someone to vote is a great thing, but encouraging them to “be a voter” has been found to be 15% more effective. In his […]
Do you know why your side might lose?
Reading Time: < 1 min At the time of publishing this post, the 2024 United States election is tomorrow and it’s very unclear who will win. I suspect that the losing side will be full of “how could that have possibly happened?” kinds of questions, and that’s not a good thing. I know who I’m voting for, and I’m 100% […]
The Sunday Summary: Crazy goals, big fires, hamster wheels, and fence posts
Reading Time: 2 min In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, October 28: Four years of daily bloggingA few thoughts on having done this for four years straight. Tue, October 29: The joy of crazy goalsIt’s unlikely they’ll keep […]
Counting fence posts
Reading Time: 2 min There are some simple math problems that can stump a lot of people, like the “bat and a ball” question that I shared a few years ago. This is a related problem: This kind of issue comes up quite a bit. For another example, suppose you want to deposit four checks at the bank, but […]
The opposite of authentic is consistent
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve shared about the idea of authenticity on here a few times, both good and bad. Authenticity can be a huge step above automation, but it can also lead to laziness. In a recent episode of his “Remarkable People” podcast, Guy Kawasaki spoke with Seth Godin, and Seth laid out some problems with being too […]
The Hamster Wheel of Social Media
Reading Time: < 1 min About a year ago, Jay Acunzo released an amazing concept called “The Idea Impact Matrix“, which was focused on creating higher-impact content. As part of the matrix, he encourages us to stay out of the “commodity cage”, where you produce content that is very general and not too insightful. There is a ton of that […]
Big fires aren’t started by big sparks
Reading Time: < 1 min This is one of those things that we all already essentially know, but I had never really thought about. If you see a giant fire blazing, you never think “wow, it must have taken a huge spark to start it“. A tiny spark can turn into a giant fire just as easily as a huge […]
The joy of crazy goals
Reading Time: 2 min As a lifelong fan of the Detroit Lions, it’s been great to see them become an elite NFL team. I don’t know how long it will last, but it’s quite enjoyable right now as they’re clearly one of the best teams in football. There is one stat in particular that is crazy to me: over […]
Four years of daily blogging
Reading Time: 2 min It’s hard to believe that today makes four years since I started writing every day. It’s also amazing to me that my core purpose for blogging hasn’t really changed either. If anything, I’ve continued to dig even deeper into my reasons for doing this. In particular, I’m doing and more and more to give myself […]