I get a lot of glowing praise in my inbox for this website. Compliments are nice, but frankly, they are pretty useless. My goal in writing isn’t to give people something nice to read each morning, but hopefully translate that writing into an improvement in quality of life. I’d much rather get a comment that […]
Problems With the Site?
It looks like I have to call on my smarter readers once again. If you have any technical skills, I’d appreciate some help as the website has been doing something bizarre. It seems that an iframe has spontaneously set itself on top of the post headlines. I haven’t changed the formatting of the website in […]
Posting Resumes Tomorrow
After a forced 5 day internet hiatus, I’ll be able to resume posting on Wednesday. I’ve moved back into Residence at the University of Manitoba. After four months of quiet, it was fun to be surrounded by hundreds of new and old faces. The last few days have been a mix of emotions. I’ve had […]
I’m Nineteen
Today I’m celebrating my 19th birthday. To mark the occasion I spent much of yesterday reviewing the past year and setting out plans and goals for the future. I thought I would interrupt the normal stream of new content to share a bit of that review. This post is going to be entirely self-indulgent, so […]
I'm a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, podcast host, computer programmer and an avid reader. Since 2006, I've published weekly essays on this website to help people like you learn and think better. My work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, TEDx, Pocket, Business Insider and more. I don't promise I have all the answers, just a place to start.