Just as Coronavirus demanded we all become amateur epidemiologists, the current civic unrest is similarly commanding our attention — turning us all into armchair sociologists and political scientists.
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I don’t watch much TV. Sure I stream the occasional show or two, but traditional ad-supported television broadcasts are intolerable — particularly with no live sports to watch. What’s the point?
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Far down the long list of things I really shouldn’t be worrying about during a global pandemic is what impact it will have on the book I’m trying to get published.
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As we turn the calendar to May, there is growing hope that a return to “normal" might occur in the foreseeable future. This is a natural human desire after any calamity — to return to the comfort of normal.
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As we begin to tentatively contemplate what a return to normalcy after coronavirus might look like, I’ve started to come to grips with the ways my personal lifestyle might need to change in this new world we live in.
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Like most people, the term “Social Distancing” was unfamiliar to me prior to February. Now, it’s become a universal mantra, abided to by people of all ages, geographies, economic classes and (for the most part) political persuasions.
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With the latest news that shelter-at-home and social distancing could continue indefinitely, and perhaps even escalate to a full-blown lockdown, it's time to adapt our cushy, modern lifestyles and learn some basic survival skills.
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As we come to grips with the widespread implications of our societal response to COVID-19, it has been notable how the pandemic has been politicized by both sides. Past times of crisis have brought the country together, unifying us to face a common adversary. That has not happened this time.
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Two months into the new year and it’s safe to say one of the defining events of 2020, if not the decade, is COVID-19, aka Coronavirus. This global crisis is really two epidemics in one — the actual virological epidemic and its much more devastating sibling, the social epidemic.
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Speaking of Leap Day, and God, does anyone else find it strange that the earth takes 365.242189 days to revolve around the sun? I mean… we couldn’t get that to a round number?
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I have been vocal on this blog and in my book about many of the things I dislike about Silicon Valley. While I don’t apologize for those critiques and will continue to make them, I’m not always as quick to point out the things that are incredible about this place.
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One of the creepiest stories I’ve read recently is about Clearview AI, the Peter Thiel funded company that has amassed a database of billions of images of people’s faces.
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Everyone in the world knows about “the American Dream” — our defining national ideal that equality of opportunity is afforded to every American.
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One of the most popular business models in Silicon Valley is subscriptions. The modern enthusiasm for this timeless payment mechanism began its ascendence with software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies in the early 2000s…
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If you’re one of the roughly 150 million Americans who made a New Year’s resolution this year, then today is a big day. Why? Because today, January 17…
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I’m a football fan. In fact, in a past life, I used to write a Green Bay Packer blog. The four do-or-die games of the Divisional Playoff weekend is the highlight of the season for me
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I turned 50 this month. A milestone by any measure, but, in Silicon Valley, being over 50 feels… kinda old.
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One of the scariest things for any author is actually sharing your work with the world. It’s the moment of truth when everything you had in your head and wrestled onto the page is judged by someone besides yourself.
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Among the many high-class problems of the modern startup is the scourge of dirty dishes — a byproduct of the ubiquitous free meals that have become an expected perk.
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I was an early supporter of Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, so I was a little sorry, though not surprised, to see her drop out of the race yesterday. One thing I’m not going to be sorry about is no longer receiving a relentless barrage of emails from her campaign.
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