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  • The purpose of a system is what it does

    The purpose of a system is what it does

    March 8th 2025

    Intentions don’t matter, if you use it, you choose it

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  • All this loneliness and population decline doesn't bode well

    All this loneliness and population decline doesn’t bode well

    February 17th 2025

    Why people need to get out, meet, and make love, figuratively and literally

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  • The questions I'll always ask in a product review

    The questions I’ll always ask in a product review

    February 9th 2025

    Product reviews shouldn’t be an exam where you hope the right stuff comes up

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  • The different types of people you work with

    The different types of people you work with

    January 24th 2025

    Over 15 years, I’ve found there’s 5 types of people you can ask to do things

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  • Just Run

    Just Run

    March 27th 2021

    A short story about how I learned to Just Run

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  • Don't forget to launch

    Don’t forget to launch

    December 23rd 2020

    If there’s one thing I’ve told a hundred startup founders…

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  • A new homepage

    A new homepage

    July 1st 2020

    Let’s try this again

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  • She would be 80 today

    She would be 80 today

    February 13th 2019

    Here’s some words you don’t ever want to hear: “It’s on her liver, now”.

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