2025 Weeknote 29 : Can leaders be individual contributors? (Technically, yes. But try to avoid it.)

July 14 - 20 My weeknotes capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, often focused on work, but with home life stuff, too. Learn more about weeknotes here. Professional weeknotes Had a solid meeting with our legal folks this week and confirmed they are on board with making the case for brand … Continue reading 2025 Weeknote 29 : Can leaders be individual contributors? (Technically, yes. But try to avoid it.) →

2025 Weeknote 25 : Let’s not do that again

June 16 - June 22 My weeknotes capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, typically focused on work. Learn more about weeknotes here. My weeknotes are very tactical this week. A lot happened in this crazy week. There aren't a lot of work or professional insights here as the week mostly revolved … Continue reading 2025 Weeknote 25 : Let’s not do that again →

2025 Weeknote 12 : Edging past the equinox

March 17 - 23 Weeknotes capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, often focused on work. These are mine. Learn more about weeknotes here. I'm making a few more format updates this week and I'm thinking about changing up the weeknotes habit itself, moving more toward essays, with less day-to-day stuff. More … Continue reading 2025 Weeknote 12 : Edging past the equinox →

5 Photos: Death Valley 2004

If February 2004 my wife and I escaped the Alaskan winter to find a little time in the southern California sun. I'd been working for an Alaska Native Corporation on a military contract at Fort Irwin, staying in Barstow, so I'd been getting to know the Mojave a little better, but I never had enough … Continue reading 5 Photos: Death Valley 2004 →

5 photos: Earthquakes and The Lost Coast in 1992

I'm trying out something new here -- limiting myself to 5 photos from my collection, and telling the story around those images. Immediately after finishing my junior year of college I took a trip. This was late April 1992. No parents. No friends. No cell phone. No GPS. I flew from Ohio to San Francisco, … Continue reading 5 photos: Earthquakes and The Lost Coast in 1992 →