The Canon: The Simplicity that Creativity Requires
On The Accidental Creative Podcast, Todd Henry addressed the problem that I have felt over the last couple of days as I have finally made a deep dive into Twitter. The problem? I feel the constant urge...
View ArticleWhen The Walls Came Tumbling Down
The music industry had to deal with it first I think–when Napster came along and the download craze crippled the major labels. It has been a mixed bag in the music world for the last decade and a half....
View ArticleCaine’s Arcade and Why Serious Playing Matters
Innovation Crush presented a behind the scenes look at the the making of Caine’s Arcade, a powerful story about a 9 year old boy who built an arcade out of cardboard boxes. This is the perfect example...
View ArticleHow to Go Big When Staying Staying Small Won’t Do
Growing a company from 8 employees to 130 plus is not something that I imagine myself doing. But that’s the journey described here by Sarah Bird, the new(ish) CEO of Moz. When I was a teenager I did...
View ArticleThe Work and the Other Work: Hyphenating to Survive
How many things are we required to be? When ever someone asks me what I do, my response? “I am a writer.” As the reply passes my lips I immediately feel like a fraud. I know that I don’t earn my...
View ArticleHow I Fail As a Parent and As an Entrepreneur
I spent a few years in Germany during the early 2000’s. I moved over there after I finished active duty in the Army, mainly because I wanted to connect with my toddler daughter. (she’s fifteen now…how...
View ArticleThe New Havens
Is there no hiding place? While I do have the occasional fit of paranoia, it is mostly my narcissism that makes me think that other people are concerned with what I’m doing. Am I important enough...
View ArticleLeveling Up and the Forward-Leaning Position
Go through a mind expanding experience and there is no turning back. Can blown minds be un-blown? Sometimes I imagine transformational growth to be like that: mind-blowing. Momentous. A switch,...
View ArticleSnapLog
If you follow my Snapchat stories you may hear me mention some stuff I (mixed in with the random foolery). Below are the links so you can check’em out. If you’re not following me on Snapchat, what up...
View ArticleSome Bullet Points.
It has been long time since I tried to put some sentences together. I don’t even know what I think anymore. So here are some bullet point for you. Intention and practice and disconnect from the...
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