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Exec on the Desk

From Blank Page to Published Book in 57 Days

Inspired by “Elf on the Shelf” and Dilbert, I wrote, illustrated, and published a book on Amazon.

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Apps are traps

The usual frame is that there’s an app for anything you’d want to do. But that frame hides a cost.

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The Story Behind Exec on the Desk

How this all began: The (official) backstory of Exec on the Desk.

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Conspiracy is a system

An update to Hanlon’s Razor that accounts for systems.

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Uncertain thoughts

An exploration into uncertainty.

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Going cyborg

Is it inevitable that mankind must merge with machine?

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Improving the world by staying silent

Sometimes, as Paul Portesi puts it, you have to get small.

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Control Theory by William Glasser

A book review of a classic work by William Glasser.

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Why folks do what they do: Jobs to Be Done

An overview of Clayton Christensen’s Jobs to Be Done theory.

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Learn by doing, then by thinking

It is only through risking failure that you might stumble on success.