A personal journey into photography as a creative outlet and mindfulness practice. Learn how picking up a camera transformed daily walks, travel memories, and everyday moments. Perfect for beginners embracing creativity without pressure.

A response to The Case Against Travel, arguing that mindful tourism offers irreplaceable benefits.

Explore how AI-assisted programming resembles performance-enhancing drugs in the fitness world. Just as novice athletes should master fundamentals before considering steroids, developers need to "earn the right" to use AI tools effectively. Learn which coding tasks benefit most from AI collaboration in 2025, and discover why the human-AI partnership remains superior to either working alone.

Rest isn't laziness—it's essential for peak productivity. Just like the wise lumberjack who outperformed his younger competitor by taking breaks to sharpen his axe, we need intentional rest to do our best work.

Discover why the standard 40-hour workweek may be outdated for today's knowledge workers. Research shows that working fewer hours—around 5-6 hours of focused work daily—can actually increase your productivity, creativity, and long-term output. This post examines productivity research, contrasts Stephen King's efficient 28-hour week with tech industry burnout culture, and offers a practical framework for achieving better work-life balance while advancing your career.

Discover how bass legend Victor Wooten's wisdom about ego as self-knowledge can help introverted developers face career transitions with confidence and authenticity.

I don't read a ton of young adult fiction, but after reading all four previous Hunger Games books with my daughter it seemed worth continuing the series. If you liked Hunger Games, I think you'll like this one too. It really does add more character and color to Haymitch, and I am impressed to see how Suzanne Collins has been managing the continued expansion of this world and series.

For the past year or two I've been on a bit of a Neal Stephenson kick. He's a scifi author who is particularly legendary in my tribe of people (techie software developer types). After enjoying my time with Snow Crash, Seveneves, and Fall, I was immediately interested when I found out about his new historical fiction spy novel.

This is not a review of John Green's new nonfiction book, "Everything Is Tuberculosis." We live in a time of great uncertainty about the future, and every day we watch as the guardrails around democracy and government services the world relies on become eroded further and further.