Here you will find writing on topics that interest me including psychology, business administration, and software development. Most of the recent events of my life are catalogued here (somewhat), or at least give an idea of what was important to me at the time they were written.
As I put down my year-long investigation into langauges and runtimes that was IO Ledge Software and Compare Basic, I have more relief than grief about the process. My inspiration was partly a reaction to what I had experienced across my 15 year career.
This post's title mentions bicycles because it highlights the mechanic of needing different amounts of effort and force while moving at different speeds...Read full article
When I turned 23 and got tired of answering phones and filing papers in New York, I decided to learn how to write software code around 2008.
There was one huge problem with this plan: I was about to share my escape from other people, with other people who wanted it to be their escape, working for money, answering to people who didn't really understand what we did all day.
What could go wrong, right? Read full article
As 2024 begins and 2023 sheds it's calendar presence like the dust settling on a dirt road. I wonder what will happen to the tech industry as it reaches a level of layoffs not disimilar to the early 2000s. Read full article
A lot of discussion has surface lately around the place social media has in society. The most pressing question is how much value is recieved for the time spent on social media and how this effects our lives overall. Read full article
In 2011 I was informed that I was fighting a battle I would not win by myself. When you fight a battle all by yourself there is a part of you that will always secretly want you to loose. because if you win, you are alone. In this case, the battle I was fighting was actually with myself. Read full article
It puzzles me that “Judgment” is seen as such a bad thing for people to do to each other. Bear in mind that I don’t set out to make the world a terrible place, and I don’t think it is one (generally). Read full article
I was on the train yesterday with a few former junkies. I say that without prejudice because honestly they seemed like good people. Read full article
It seems like these days everyone is reaching deep into their pockets to find loose change.
The economic situation after covid is full of reports of recovery (except for San Francisco) and a renewed way of life focused around working less in an office but still consuming and partaking in the same activities and products. Read full article