What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a black polo shirt and gray shorts because these were clothes at hand this morning, not to make any kind of monochromatic fashion statement. How does Dave…

Yesterday I burned or shredded all of my old notebooks. They contained years-worth of morning pages, ideas, drafts, reminders, todos – all that notebook jazz. Within them I processed, expressed,…

The last few weeks I've slowly been moving my tasks, notes and to-dos from my phone to a notebook. I've gotten into the habit of carrying it with me fairly easily but that doesn't mean I regularly…

I’m back in the blog zone again! I’ve been reading a bit in the last week, I’ll talk about it some here!

Building a caching layer for my blog turned into something else: a window into who actually reads it, and what reading even means now.

Discover why AI-powered productivity doesn't replace founder judgment in startups. Learn when to use AI for drafts and automation, when to avoid it for analytics and compliance, and why talking to…

Since the last 2 months I had to change my environment in which I used to do my long hours of deep work. One of the things that was part of the change was a standing desk. Actually it was not a desk…

April was a busy month. It seemed like every weekend something was going on. It wasn't necessarily bad, just felt like I hardly got time to rest. The weather has also been all sorts of crazy jumping…

This started because Google One gave me free trial for Google AI Pro Plan.Started from 30th March to 30th April. I Opened Antigravity. And i did lot of things.Like Iron man with his Jarvis.With…

Up early, mail chew, bid 'bye to family. Planning call until lunch. Amazed that a metric compatible font: Carlito has such dramatic regressions in its metric compatibility - strange. Plugged at admin…

Hello, from Minneapolis! It is proper spring today– sunny, warm enough to be outside, but with a cold breeze. Spring is spranging, May Day revelers have come and gone– Minneapolis is…

We are happy each time we disagree, because we know we’re going to learn something new; it’s going to make some sparkle. —Bertrand Piccard, Swiss explorer The Late Night Slack Ping…

So... I think I did it, I did well on the math exam. Now I'm waiting for the results, I think they'll be out in two weeks. for now I'll enjoy the

I'm starting over here because I need a space where no one knows me. My old blog got discovered by too many people in my real life, and I caught myself holding back. I can't stand doing that. Plus, I…

More field trips for more interesting experiences for better stories and more interesting work.

i was sick last year right after christmas, and so was my mother. i got better but she didn't. on the 6th of january at 2am in the morning, she called my cell, she said she can't breathe. the perks…

(image courtesy of unknown artist ) when life becomes something that you feel that you're constantly running behind on, "putting off" : are you really living for yourself, or at all, anymore? i, once…

There's a sentence I've been saying in workshops and keynotes for years now, and it never fails to land: Nice is for you. Kind is for them. People tend to pause when they hear it. Then something…

Lately, I’ve been thinking about who feels the strain first when something isn’t working inside a team. It’s rarely the lowest performers. In my experience, it’s your best people. This can be…

Almost 2 years ago, I wrote a post on organization vs automation for sales and marketing, and if I may say so, I think it stands up pretty well. Since then, AI-slop has only proliferated, making more…

Yesterday, I was in one of those conversations that starts as a catch-up between engineers and ends as something more like a collective working-out of what the industry is becoming. The kind of…

In my 20s I had a bunch of chances to move out to the bay area or New York, work at a big company, play the startup lottery. I never did, clearly. One company approached me with a creative director…

I’ve never had a boss and it ruined me Dear Magicians, They say: “Do what you love and you’ll never work another day in your life!” ​ ​ I say “Yes, that’s because you’ll be unemployed.” ​ Maybe…

From Sabrina Carpenter to Kendall Jenner, discover the best Met Gala 2026 red carpet looks and the artworks that inspired them, from Van Gogh to classical sculpture. L'articolo Met Gala 2026: The…

This week’s Delightfully Friday Junior ( if you’re catching up on what this is, learn more here ) involved a roundtable sharing of some prompted questions. A few of these questions were: “What song…

Every organization has a communication problem they think is small. A tiny annoyance. A glitch. Something that “only happens sometimes.” But communication problems rarely start big. They…

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple PodcastsIs "taste" the must-have skill of the AI era — or just the latest tech buzzword? In this episode, Petra Wille and Teresa Torres…

yesterday i was grateful for yoga with anne and perfectly cooked salmon for dinner... today i am looking forward to my modeling gig at burkelman ... day 4 of journaling on my blog... i was thinking…

May Day fell on Friday this year, and what better way is there to celebrate workers than by not doing any work? It was hot and sunny, so I slathered on some sun cream, put on a hat, and went down to…

Build caching is becoming an everyone problem. Here is how we think about productizing it at Tuist for indie developers and small teams, not just enterprises.

It's 1:30 AM and my wife is in the middle of labor. We're both trying to get some sleep while she dilates further from 3cm to the ultimate goal—10cm. That's when I wake to one of the nurses telling…

a few years ago, i used to struggle a lot with talking about things i liked. i feared that my words wouldn't ever be able to properly articulate why i loved the things i did. it kind of felt like i…

firstly, the spider man image has nothing to do with this post other than I like spider-man and he is reading is just amusing. Anyway, I am trying to read more. I feel calm, at peace and not thinking…

This past month, I did not buy anything from Amazon or Ebay... and I saved some money doing it. Fortunately, I have a good salary, but I still do not want to spend my money in useless stuff. I've…

Disclaimer: This is not financial, tax, or investment advice. It is a description of how I structure my own balance sheet, with risks I understand and accept for my situation. Borrowing against BTC,…

Personal Field Report

Welcome to ​​One Thing Better​​. Each week, the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine (that’s me) shares one way to achieve a breakthrough at work — and build a career or company you love. Before…

I’ve spent the evening doing chores, walking the dog, running. Throughout much of it I was listening to people reading things in ways that make you soften a little, or take a deep breath. There’s…

Deleted the YouTube application off of my phone. Thinking of going back to school next spring. Finally made a savings account. Changed my loan repayment plan. Saw 3 friends in one weekend (I rarely…

Playing Rocket League and Navigating your Career as a Software Engineer are not so Dissimilar Experiences TLDR - We can shape what tech looks like through collective stewardship, as the people who…

I haven't written any text in Farsi for the last three years. Back in Iran, I used to work as a literary journalist, something that perhaps reveals my decent understanding of the language. Yet after…

Anitra and I saw the sticker pictured above on a Model Y Tesla parked outside Lucky Tigre, Tampa’s hippest Filipino restaurant. “How hip is Lucky Tigre?” you might ask. It’s this hip: Here’s a…

The Human Geography AP Test is tomorrow, and all I can do is wait

Exhaust Vent, Bentonville Arkansas 2023. Last week, I was called before a committee of lawyers, IT executives, and my own boss. It was not to win an award. The week prior, I had used a non-approved…

Whoops I guess it’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted anything here, how did that happen?

Some of my favorite smells: IcyHot, pencil shavings, theme park bromine water, wet concrete. (Click to expand)

Okay April was going to be a big month no matter how I looked at it. I had a lot of things going — foremost among them, my training for Paris-Brest-Paris 2027, and items on my 101 Things in 1001 Days…