I used to think that mobile homes were universally trashy places that only people with no shame would deign to inhabit. Then, after a six month contracting stint during which I earned a lot of extra cash, I bought a mobile home and have lived in it for four of the last five years. I [...]

This entry first appeared in a blog I called “The Mobius Life”:
Many things in life that look different are, like the sides of a mobius strip, actually the same. And sometimes things that look quite similar are in fact completely different. The Mobius Life explores things that aren’t what they seem at first glance.
The original [...]

While working on the predecessor site to The Professional Network, my brother with whom I was collaborating quoted some wise person saying that “perfect is the worst enemy of good enough.” In other words, once something is good enough to do the job it’s designed for, the worst thing you can do is to keep [...]

Having a great idea is a lot of fun. The initial rush of setting up a blog on a new topic that has inspired you will carry you through the first few days or weeks of entries. The problem isn’t so much that the rush wears off and the blog dies as that nobody’s around [...]

Ah, the good ol’ days, before I learned how complex the internet is. I remember the peaceful days of my youth last year when I started designing Info Bite List. RSS had a few problems. Atom had a few problems. I had some answers. Designing an alternate format was easy. The internet was my virtual [...]

I was thinking about the phrase “Don’t knock it till you try it”, and how it doesn’t apply in some situations. For example, Willy is doing drugs, and Joe tells him he’s stupid to do so. Willy says “don’t knock it till you try it.” Yeah, obviously Willy’s an idiot, but he may not think [...]