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Transcribing UFO letters to the government (and other stuff I wrote)
I had a lot of fun learning how to volunteer online for The National Archive. I spent a few hours transcribing letters by a man who…
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We buy too much crap anyway
If you want to understand America, spend some time in thrift stores. These are monuments to our collective excess—a museum of the things we’ve collected…
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See What’s On Your Hard Drive and Other Stuff I Wrote This Week
Over at WIRED I wrote a quick guide to visualizing what’s taking up room on your hard drive. I hope this empowers people to track down the large…
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Practice Is The Point
Writing isn’t just my job—it’s how I think. When I’m not sure what I feel about something I start typing. I put down ideas, contemplate…
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Stay private while browsing and other stuff I wrote this week
Last week I explained how to tell if Jeffery Goldberg, Editor of the The Atlantic, is is your group chat, which is obviously among he most…
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Extrinsic motivation is ruining everything
It’s one of those patterns you can’t stop noticing once you think about it.
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The lost art of cleaning out your feeds and other stuff I wrote this week
I regularly go through everyone I’m following on social media and remove accounts I’m not enjoying or learning from anymore. I’ve been doing this for…
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How to Tell If Jeffery Goldberg, Editor of The Atlantic, Is In Your Signal Group Chat
Only you can protect your privacy from Jeffery Goldberg, Editor of The Atlantic
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Playing modern games on an ancient TV and other stuff I wrote
I recently wrote about why new tech only feels good for a short time over at PopSci. It’s a little bit outside my wheelhouse—it’s about tech, yes, but…
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Is constantly insulting your core customer base a good marketing strategy?
Imagine a Budweiser Super Bowl ad where the Clydesdales can talk and they spend the entire two minute ad discussing how much they despise country…