Collaborate Disseminate
This year has been … interesting. And while it may seem a little early for a retrospective, I’m calling it. I need the rest of 2023 to pass without any more change. It’s just too much.
And it’s not just change. Much of it is change that in many ways fe… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Running in Reverse (Premium)
As I write this, we’re on the final day of a three-week-plus trip to Mexico City and that means we can’t really enjoy it despite the sun and perfect weather: We have all kinds of cleaning up and packing to do, and a friend of my wife is visiting our ap… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: The Unquiet American (Premium)
As a writer, I have a long and complex history with Microsoft Word, the greatest word processor the world has ever known. And with Word turning 40 last week, I reflected on my personal history with the app, which oddly predates my switch to Windows in … Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: For Write or Wrong (Premium)
Last week, I saw a tech story about iPhone 15 Pro owners experiencing screen burn-in issues. As the owner of one of these expensive devices, I was understandably concerned about this problem and so I read further. And I discovered that an upcoming syst… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Misleading (Premium)
30 years ago this coming year, I started working from home full-time, which set me apart from virtually everyone I knew. And while some friends and family members joined me in doing so in time, most workplaces that could accommodate working from home d… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Feeling Remote (Premium)
Nobody likes to be criticized, but there is one bit of feedback I get that’s as common as it is unwelcome. It’s that I’m negative.
Many of you are probably nodding your heads in agreement with that, and while I can’t pretend to not understand the senti… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Nothing Works (Premium)
I’m always fascinated when I discover that something I’ve independently arrived at is in fact well understood and has a formal name.
The best recent example, perhaps, is the phrase “doom pile,” which I discovered this past May and have been doing my en… Continue reading Mattering (Premium)
My life has turned into a real-life version of the movie Groundhog Day, where I’m repeating the same events over and over again and feel like I’ve lost any sense of control. The themes will be familiar if you’ve been reading along with these editorials… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Groundhog Day (Premium)
I’m a world-class procrastinator, and I’ve come to understand a few things about this trait over the years, and how it’s related to other coping mechanisms I employ and to my “doom pile” habits. These things are all interrelated (and ADHD-related, I’m … Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Always More to Do (Premium)
We’ve all heard some version of the advice “do what you love” or “follow your passion” from some well-meaning family member, friend, or outsider. Compared to the equally schlocky “everything happens for a reason,” which is just a call for the passive a… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: Just One Piece of the Success Puzzle (Premium)