Jun
24
micro-06-24-2025
Listening to the latest episode of Dithering makes me wonder if tech companies paying employees for the value they provide
technology
Sep
11
micro-09-11-2022
It’s strange to discover how well someone is doing in their professional career ~20 years after university when you haven’t followed them on social media. Learned this morning...
Jun
25
micro-06-25-2022
App request: calculate playing time of series with breaks so a viewing session ends with an episode that makes it possible to stop watching (i.e., before the penultimate...
Dec
14
micro-12-14-2021
We’re Sorry, You Can’t Join Our Street Gang Because You Don’t Know Ballet - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Jul
25
Sunday Listening - Ryan Holiday
I listen to Ryan Holiday and Bari Weiss discuss morning phone habits, attention, inboxes, and starting the day intentionally.
2 min read
Apr
22
micro-04-22-2021
I appreciate this article from Napkin Math about the potential revenue generated from newsletters on the various platforms. Am I getting ripped off writing at Every?
Apr
16
micro-04-16-2021
Has Twitter ever recommended a topic or an ad that has appealed to you?
Feb
17
micro-02-17-2021
“How can kids listen to music on an Amazon Echo while watching TikTok on their phone?” he asks, while watching YouTube on the TV and scrolling Instagram on his phone.
Dec
12
micro-12-12-2020
My daughter’s homework required her to write about how life has changed compared to the recent past. One of her examples was to mention MySpace. She got pretty excited when I...
Oct
21
micro-10-21-2020
"The punchline would be something along the lines of 'Who knew humans could create so much crap.'" - me, writing about Twitter before it existed.
Oct
21
micro-10-21-2020
Found this interesting too. Fifteen years doesn't seem that long ago, but then I read this: "There’s still problems with Windows XP, but Microsoft is planning on launching the...
Sep
23
micro-09-23-2020
It’s never not amusing to me having conversations with people who aren’t users of social media beyond Facebook.
May
20
micro-05-20-2020
Interesting new feature from Twitter to limit who can reply to tweets. May help to have more informative threads and cut down on the hate or reply guys?
Apr
15
micro-04-15-2020
Listening to my daughter’s teacher (Zoom meeting with 25 kids) explain how to upload the student’s assignments on Google Slides and Seesaw, and watching short videos together...
Feb
07
A Letter to Email
I write a public letter to email, from Pine and early joy to Basecamp's Hey and the chore email became.
3 min read