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Make Blogging Easy
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I’m banging this drum again, your threads should be a blogpost and you should be blogging. If you’ve thought about it here are some tips from a 20 year blog veteran to help you get started.
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Constraints are the Antidote to the Toxicity of Hustle Culture
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We live in an age of abundance. An age where you can order almost anything you want online and have it delivered in a few days to your doorstep. If you live in a major city you don’t even have to wait a few days, your momentary desire for longer metal straws can be fulfilled
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Writing in the Age of Endless Options and Bad Advice on how to be Productive
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The abundance we live in should mean that we have time to write, read, or do whatever we want. For many though under the abundance lurks the truth that they want to be a famous author, not go through the pain and sacrifice of writing. When the rubber meets the road, doom scrolling is what
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Librarians are Superheroes
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Yes, this can be America because some Americans like fascism and only want you to have the freedom to do the things that they approve of.
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Focus on What You Want to Build, Not Who Notices
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By many metrics we live in an attention economy now, where every big company wants to monopolize every moment of our lives so that we spend that moment enthralled in whatever makes them money. They don’t care about what you want to spend your time on. In fact this attention economy is all about ensuring
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It’s just a phone and I just don’t care
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Today I found out that Apple has new iPhones because Chris wrote about it. Now I’ve looked at them and I just don’t care. My 13 Mini still serves its purpose without issue. I don’t care about Apple Intelligence and I’d rather have a mirrorless camera if I’m looking for a better camera. My wife
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Overflowing with Nothing
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Excess is one of the defining words of culture today. Excess money for some, while others struggle. Excess emails and tasks for everyone. Business owners push AI as the next saviour because tech companies have tricked us into believing that the excess that’s good for billionaire investors is also good for us. Political excess running
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The Myth of the Self-Made Success
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The introduction of Never Play it Safe ends with a story I’ve heard before from Chase Jarvis. To abbreviate it, Paul is a photographer in Africa and he gives up his living situation to pursue his dream of photography. We hear about Paul because he succeeded. His story is talked about by Jarvis as one
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Three Ways to Resist the Oligarchy of Distraction
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It’s easy to say that you want to be an author, or in better shape. Show me how you spend your time and I’ll show you what you value. For many if we looked at where you focus your attention we’d assume that the most important thing in your day is scrolling on your phone
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The Efficiency Trap – Why Productivity Rewards Suck and an Antidote
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This was the book club book for August 2025. Join the free newsletter to get all the posts that talk about it. In September we’re reading Never Play it Safe by Chase Jarvis Where most productivity books try to give you a system to get more done, Oliver Burkeman takes a different stance. You need
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