Thinkings Space
Essays from my head to yours.| Thinkings Space
You finish late at work. You need to get home, eat, and sleep so you can do it all again tomorrow. You sprint through the supermarket, grab dinner, and head to self-checkout. Before you’ve begun, the machine shouts: UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA.| Thinkings Space
For years, I gave this advice: do not waste time culling photographs. Storage is cheap, and your time is not. Instead of spending time sorting through the...| Thinkings Space
I have come up with a framework for understanding people at work. The idea is that people are either farmers or builders. This isn't a particularly revela...| Thinkings Space
I bought a new camera. Specifically this lil' guy: I did not intend to buy a new camera this year. In fact, I’ve been trying to wean myself from the i...| Thinkings Space
WordPress is a complex and joyless machine. Every attempt to harness its power becomes a wretched chore. The cottage industry of WordPress consultants and plugin developers exists only because the platform demands constant work—work that takes me away from thinking and writing. I've had enough.| Thinkings Space
Conservatives want to turn back time. This is because they believe that the past was superior and that the future is a threat. Rather than being honest about this, conservatives instead mask their true goals with distractions like identity politics or free speech. Their inability to grapple with the complexity of the past means they are ill-equipped to help solve modern problems.| Thinkings Space
The digital holiday I went on in April has become a blueprint for how I want to live my life. It is a common thought while on holiday: I wish this could go forever. The beauty, then, of a digital holiday is I could both have that thought and then do something about it.| Thinkings Space
I never read non-fiction. After all, I thought, I lived in real life, why would I need to read more about it? Real life can be a bit much, sometimes, after all. A view I am embarrassed to tell you about now, but I genuinely preferred to escape into the world of fiction whenever I was to pick up a book. | Thinkings Space
To know our values is to know who we are. I’ve argued in a previous essay this very thesis. Since then, I have only become more convinced by the conclusions I reached. This essay, then, is the natural partner to that earlier essay and will explore what my values are. | Thinkings Space
== In the transition to Bear from wordpress the formatting of this essay has changed. I hope you can still enjoy.== Those who browse my —recently moved in...| Thinkings Space
You know that itch when someone mirrors your quirks just closely enough to set your teeth on edge? I’ve come to believe this discomfort is to blame for our i...| Thinkings Space
