Greener on the other side: why I’ve switched to Android and why it stuck this time
My iPhone 15 Pro is a marvel, but after over a decade of iPhone use, I am, frankly, bored. Apple products have become familiar to...

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My iPhone 15 Pro is a marvel, but after over a decade of iPhone use, I am, frankly, bored. Apple products have become familiar to...
Why are we lying to young people about work? The pendulum continues to swing, from the post-war grit of our parents' values, to the easy-going...
You wouldn’t think that a book about suffering is also, intrinsically, a book about happiness, but such is the case with No Mud, No Lotus....
The more I learn about anxiety, the more I begin to see evidence of its presence all around. In the world, and in the lives...
One way to learn how to appreciate music is by starting with minimalism. At its core, listening to music means listening for changes. Minimalism explores...
This is one of those posts that makes you feel like the world is trying to shake you out of a stupor. Matt Duffy is...
When's the last time you sat down and just...listened to music? Not as background for work, not while exercising, not during your commute. Just listening....
Keith and I shared many classes in university, and I've been so happy and grateful to see him writing prolifically over the past year. We...
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More than two years after it was published, I still think about this provocative post by Ted Chiang. Will A.I. Become The New McKinsey? We...
Sasha Chapin wrote about How to like everything more, and it made me think about how important it is to cultivate appreciation. A lot of...
Collin Lysford, in a recent issue of his Desytemize newsletter, eases into a thoughtful discussion about intelligence (artificial and otherwise) through a baking analogy. Here's...
Adam Mastroianni, writer of the unmissable Experimental History newsletter, recently shared some writing wisdom in a piece called 28 slightly rude notes on writing. Here's...
If someone were to ask me how to improve their copywriting, this is what I'd tell them: The best writer is the one who can...
If you’ve ever stored Logic Pro X project files (.logicx) in Google Drive, you may have gone back to them after a while only to...
I've written a shareable guide to using AI responsibly at a company—any company. Maybe even your company. You can find it at howweuseai.guide. It starts...
Every time I sit down to write music these days, I’m visited by an unwelcome thought. Somewhere, right now, my art—music and writing—is being ground...
These days, I’m less inclined to invest my time, my trust, and myself in the enormous tech companies looming over us like a gathering storm....
Obsidian is a topic of deep interest for me and for many of you reading this, so I wanted to follow up on my first...
Back in 2017, Bowers & Wilkins convinced me that wireless audio had reached a point of excellence. I no longer own the P7, but today...
A core tenet of audiophile folklore is “burn-in”, the idea that headphones, speakers, and other audio equipment benefits from a period of time (usually measured...