Category: Culture
Essayist: “…You Should Care About Other People”
I appreciated how Kayla Chadwick’s quote from her essay on compassion and politics rose above the fray to draw an insightful observation. I came across it via Twitter. When Ronald Reagan granted Rupert Murdock citizenship in ~1985 to purchase an...
The Three Most Popular Meeting Times
My startup Meeting Planner has helped identify the most popular meeting times people prefer. The results are surprising, there are three that stand way above all other selections. Now that Meeting Planner and Simple Planner have been live for more than six months, I...
Increase in Seattle Rape Unique on West Coast
Update: The Seattle Police Department statistics for CY2016 are complete. There were 169 reported rapes in Seattle in 2016, up from 108 in 2015. That’s an increase of 56.5%. I believe there’s a relation to the growth of the technology...
Stan (and Eclaire): The Blind Apple Employee Who Upgraded My iPhone
While the iPhone 7 has some incredible engineering advances, it’s obvious Apple’s retail systems are intensely challenged by its annual upgrade cycle. In addition to its limited product availability, its website misdirected T-Mobile customers to visit Apple stores to join...
Operating with Fear
Even in the moments I feel confident and relaxed, there's a voice in my head telling me I'm supposed to be afraid.
Peepless in Seattle: Dating, Friendship, and the Seattle Freeze After Forty
Why 20 thousand additional men in a city might make finding meaningful romance more difficult — for everyone.
Healing from Difficult Breakups
My latest essay describes simple ways to activate your parasympathetic nervous system to support the process of healing from a breakup: “Studies of fMRI scans show that breakups affect the same areas of the brain associated with drug addiction and withdrawal....