The rise of artificial intelligence, for better or worse, is a big deal. And it worries me. I'm not convinced we have the capacity, as a society, to receive this dubious gift right now. Not with the wisdom and patience it demands. Those feel like uncommon virtues here on the cusp of 2025, don't they?...
I’m not sure there’s been any product I’ve had a more mixed relationship with than the AirPods Max. I returned my first pair…then missed them just enough to buy a second, which I’ve kept. Rarely a day goes by where they don’t piss me off in one way or another…yet rarely a day goes by...
To slow down time. Life feels longer when there’s more of it to look back on. Take more photos and you preserve more memories. The more you do it, the richer your life looks in retrospect. Here are some photos I’ve taken with my iPhone 15 Pro Max this year:
Lately, I’ve found myself captivated by analog watches. I spent a long time admiring them from afar, mostly as intricate little capsules of human ingenuity and craftsmanship—fascinating to admire, but unobtainable. I couldn’t make sense of owning one in a world where the cheapest digital watch is more accurate than the most expensive analog. My...
Well ok, of course it does—but I need to get your attention so I can hold this in front of you enthusiastically. Quick recap: Vampire Survivors is a wildly addictive, deliciously simple game released a couple of years ago that's won a small pile of awards and is now available on every major gaming platform,...
I use Obsidian the same way I use most productivity apps: simply. My email and my personal notes app have no folders. There are no tags in my task management system. If I’m not actively benefiting from a layer of complexity, I remove it from the system. In my experience, it takes at least a...
Ninn Salaün, a talented and expressive illustrator, seems to have equal skill wielding the pen as she does the proverbial brush if her ongoing short-form literary project is anything to go by: “Reports From Unknown Places is a daily project that aims to document meteorological and other natural events in various undisclosed locations since March...
I got an email this weekend from a reader that included (among other lovely things) a thought-provoking question: “If it’s a personal blog, why does the audience matter?” As I was thinking through my reply, I realized I could answer publicly and clarify something: my intention here isn’t to grow an audience. In my first...