Thoughts

I pay a 30% tax on keeping up with the friends, as they only post life updates on enshittified platforms.

A thought experiment about how Apple could create a new hybrid model of personal websites + social media leveraging iCloud and other products.

Keenan is killing his blogroll, mostly because it sucks to decide what’s on it and what gets left out. He worries about how that makes others, and himself, feel. I … Read more

The common tale told about the rise of the big social media platforms is that they consolidated virtually all online social activity. And there’s a lot of truth to that. … Read more

A dozen or more years ago, one of my friends said something that really caught my attention. We were at her apartment pool hanging out with a few other friends, … Read more

I did a long road trip last month, making my way from Phoenix through south Texas and over to New Orleans, then generally up the Mississippi River to Illinois and … Read more

I think that Derek Sivers—one of my favorite people to read online—has the right idea when it comes to modern book pricing. From his post on considerate book pricing: That … Read more

Below is a list of the 15 largest city parks and preserves in the United States. Four out of five When most people think of Phoenix, they think of endless … Read more

Unless you die earlier than you need to, the last years of your life generally suck. When planning out the course of our lives, many of us see retirement as … Read more

I spent a few minutes tonight looking through my old Flickr account, which I’m in the process of finally closing. The earliest photos I posted there came from my first … Read more

A (transported) twitter thread about the treasured memories you can make after putting yourself out there a bit.

Since so much of the outdoor media seems to focus on being faster, setting new records, tackling increasingly insane distances, and generally pushing the human body further than ever before, I wanted to remind you that you can, indeed, hike your own hike.

“Wow, that sounds exhausting. I think I’d rather just spend more time at one place,” she replied after hearing my itinerary. I responded with a knowing nod. I understood why … Read more

For the ninth or tenth straight year, Kim and I bought an America the Beautiful Pass (or its predecessors, the National Parks Passport and Golden Eagle Passport). For $80 a … Read more