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In defense of not deleting photos

“Bad” photos that you might otherwise delete? Those might have special value and make your “good” photos more personally meaningful.

Where I Go To Explore Like a Kid Again: Agua Fria National Monument

A piece I wrote for Vrai Magazine in July 2017 that I’m republishing here.

*Like most of the National Conservation Lands, Agua Fria National Monument is a place that’s meant to be explored and investigated, not a place to blandly stroll from interpretative marker to interpretative marker.”

It’s not about nostalgia, it’s about human connection

Look, the early internet sucked. It was shitty design. We aren’t looking to go back to shitty design for shitty design’s sake. What we are nostalgic for isn’t terrible websites. It’s personal websites. It’s just a bit of diversity in design choices. It’s a hint of a person. Not a personal brand. An actual fucking … Read more

June 20, 2024

I’m working on three big projects right now. The first is finalizing my dad’s stuff. He passed away last month and there’s still a lot to do, from planning and hosting the memorials, taking care of financial and legal obligations, and dealing with the remainder of his stuff. And, grieving, of course—that’s obviously been ongoing. … Read more

Using Text Replacement

These custom text shortcuts can be incredibly useful in making some typing tasks easier—whether that’s routine things like your email address, or hard to type items like special characters.