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Josh Eppard on the Path of Mastery

Scrolling through Instagram Stories today, I caught a live, impromptu Q&A by the drummer from Coheed & Cambria, a band which I enjoy quite a lot. Most of the questions were regular fare, about life on the road and what songs they are playing on the tour. As he was talking about how they will practice songs even when they are on the road and touring, and change up the set list when they feel like they are playing a particular song well, he started talking about the process of them learning and … (Continued)

99 Percent Invisible on the Automat

I found this 99% Invisible episode about The Automat enlightening, mostly because it is a reminder to be humble and not assume your knee-jerk reaction that something is being caused by technology when it actually may be that what you're seeing is a novel incarnation of something very old. The technology is just the shiny new wrapper: A new restaurant called Eatsa opened up a few years back in downtown San Francisco It was designed to be a high-tech affair where people order on iPads and the … (Continued)

Unused Talent

Eric Hoffer: > "It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into the blood stream."

Running a Ghost Blog, Part 1

Depending on how you count it, this is the fifth or sixth blog I've contributed to, and the first running on Ghost. The first was on Blogger (I never did have a LiveJournal), and the rest of them have been WordPress, which has been the reigning champ of the blogging world for a long, long time. But WordPress is... old. It uses PHP and CGI scripts, which are perfectly functional but dated. Nobody with a choice would use those technologies to start something new and modern. Practically speakin … (Continued)

Why wear a watch?

I use my phone when I need what my phone does. I use my watch when I need the time. I like being on time, I like knowing where I stand in the hour, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the day. I look at my watch a lot, and I just love that it doesn’t look back. Why wear a watch when I have the time on my phone? by Jason Fried

Maurico Miller on Econtalk

On a recent episode of Econtalk, the host interviewed Maurico Miller, who wrote a book called The Alternative: Most of What You Believe about Poverty Is Wrong.... based on his years of running social assistance programs. But what he learned is unique because his programs didn't directly help people. The programs were entirely focused around building a community that would keep each other accountable and help each other out. It was not about handouts or means-testing people. There was no idea of … (Continued)

Knowing Yourself

You think you can make good decisions for yourself because you know yourself better than anyone else knows you. But you also have the greatest conflict of interest. It is easy to convince yourself that what is easier is also better. But in the long run it rarely is. Thus, surround yourself with trustworthy people who want what's best for you, not what is easy. And listen when they speak.

Unfiltered

Brewing coffee this morning in the French Press and taking care to pour it while trying to keep the sediment in the bottom reminded me of last night, doing exactly the same thing with a Wicked Weed sour beer that Steph and I picked up on our trip to Asheville. And I can't shake the feeling that there's something connecting these two things. It would be easy to find beer or coffee that is filtered, that doesn't require this special handling. But, in my opinion, it's settling for less. Now, do … (Continued)

Admiration

We admire things that we can't do but think we could one day. If we can already do it, it's not that impressive. If we don't think we can ever do it, it's just depressing.