Collaborate Disseminate
This past weekend, I spent over 25 hours completing the first preview version of a new book my wife and I are writing together, a marathon session that’s difficult to explain, let alone believe. And I experienced it.
Here’s how it went down. On Saturda… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: 25 Hours (Premium)
We’ve been in Mexico City for almost seven weeks, our longest trip yet. I came here with two big items on my to-do list, both book-related: Get the Windows 11 Field Guide updated for Windows 11 version 24H2 and publish at least a preview of the new boo… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Slog (Premium)
Many, many years ago, I realized that my enthusiasm for personal technology had shifted from supporting products and services, or perhaps the companies that made them, to supporting the users of those products and services, or perhaps the customers of … Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Breathtaking (Premium)
Twice this past week, I’ve experienced a familiar out-of-body sensation that used to occur much more frequently in my travel-heavy pre-pandemic days. Lying in bed in the dark of the early morning, I heard the instantly recognizable sound of a trash bin… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Good (Premium)
My mother is an endless source of stories, most of which are sadly unkind and of no interest to anyone outside my family regardless. But she has her moments. Years ago, we were speaking on the phone and she asked me about work. What I do for a living i… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Stories I Wanted to Tell (Premium)
Death is an unavoidable fact, mocking us with the certainty of it happening and the paradoxical uncertainty of when.
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Earlier this summer, I wrote about a shift I made away from Sonos. Oddly, this change was unrelated to the easily avoidable problems the company brought on itself, problems I refer to collectively as Sonosgate, but the timing was interesting, if only f… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Reactive Change (Premium)
When we were first married, Stephanie and I lived on the second floor of a ramshackle house in Canton, Massachusetts, next to Dedham, where I grew up. Like most young, newly married couples of that time, we didn’t have any money and this house was what… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: One (Premium)
As a 13-year-old, I eagerly anticipated the release of the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strike Back. I have clear memories of the build-up to that release, which included me reading Donald F. Gut’s novelization right before the movie premiered. I… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Only What You Take with You (Premium)
In the 25 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, I traveled extensively for work and for pleasure. And when that came to a screeching halt in March 2020, the only question I had was when we would return to normal. But as the weeks turned to months and the… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Bagged (Premium)