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Archive
2022
- August 2022 - Starting an email list, authenticity online, The Sandman, and Ash vs Evil Dead
- July 2022 - Product design, hand tracking, Invincible, The Munsters
- June 2022 - New computer, theater organ, censorship, lobbying
- May 2022 - Brain machine interfaces, Vangelis, Marvel movies, and Better Call Saul
- April 2022 - Movie night, Gilbert Gottfried, The Tourist, Minx
- March 2022 - Blocks Edit content, Amazing Jonathan, Werewolves Within
- February 2022 - Blocks Edit customer stories, Station Eleven, The Investigation
- January 2022 - South Park's Covid series, Kenny G, Clickbait
2021
- November 2021 - Blocks Edit redesign, cancel culture, new shows
- October 2021 - Halloween, How to Live, Blinkist
- September 2021 - Rework reread, You, Inc, The Mauritanian
- August 2021 - Email design template, The Forgotten City, Suicide Squad
- July 2021 - Another pandemic, Blocks Edit progress, Sliders
- June 2021 - Trip to Romania, Mass Effect Datapad, Last Airbender comics
- May 2021 - Blocks Edit features, Indie Aisle upgrade, Mass Effect rerelease
- April 2021 - Managing emails, coming back out, more 80's horror movies
- March 2021 - Secret project, business is not a sport, and 80's horror movies
- February 2021 - RSS feed, Synchronic, Carrion, In and Of Itself
- January 2021 - 2021 is coming hot! How 2020 went for me
2020
- November 2020 - Indoor holidays, the Blacklist, and Homeland
- October 2020 - Voting during a pandemic, and the horror season
- September 2020 - Blocks Edit free
- August 2020 - Quarantine distractions and reading
- July 2020 - Learnings on the pandemic, design systems, and inspiring people
- June 2020 - 30 years in the USA, Chernobyl, and cartoons
- May 2020 - Stay safe, watch more TV
- April 2020 - My internal, external outlook
- March 2020 - Tips on working from home, and writing good content
- February 2020 - Learning and processing, the work you're good at
- January 2020 - Bye 2019, hello 2020 and a new decade
2019
- November 2019 - Things to eat, think about, and watch during the holidays
- October 2019 - Open source tool, thinking guide, comic farewell, new music
- September 2019 - Conference, jobs-to-be-done, being lazy
- August 2019 - Email editors, on writing, new show, and old show
- July 2019 - Moving, Blocks Edit update, recommended standup specials
- June 2019 - Privacy online and why you should start an email newsletter
- May 2019 - Mobile email editing, traction in marketing, finding freedom
- April 2019 - Information overload, deep work, and owning a niche
- March 2019 - Finding others like you, my all-time favorite stuff
- February 2019 - Losing attention, cheap comics, startups, publishing, and ego
- January 2019 - A guide to spending time and energy
2018
- November 2018 - Up the hill
- October 2018 - Dev talk, comics sale, and business reads
- September 2018 - How I stopped eating meat and dairy and why
- August 2018 - My approach to eating and living healthier
- July 2018 - Blocks Edit Product Hunt launch
- June 2018 - New short story with a downloadable soundtrack
- May 2018 - Myst, an email marketing guide, and my favorite Electric Six songs
- April 2018 - From marketing to selling
- March 2018 - Writing articles and stories
- February 2018 - Joining the startup community, learning to promote my stuff
- January 2018 - Something finished and something started