Humans are bad at understanding risk. We’re all a bit scared of mass shootings, but they only account for 0.1% of firearm fatalities in a year. Or as I shared a few years ago, the full list of what we’re scared of (and is shared by the news) is vastly…

The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, commonly known as the “frequency illusion”, is typically nothing more than annoying. It’s when you buy green Ford Explorer to be a little different, and then suddenly you seem to notice green Ford Explorers everywhere. Whatever is top of mind you tend to notice lot. However, I’m…

I’ve always been a believer in supporting the apps that I use the most. So many small, useful apps go out of business every year, so I try my best to support them and I encourage you to do the same. Snipd For example, the popular “Airr” app on iPhone was…

In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, November 27: Google Tasks is finally decent Google Tasks is not the best task management software around, and probably never will be, but it’s…

So much of what technology does for us is only possible thanks to the concept of “adversarial interoperability”. It’s a weird concept with a simple premise: It’s a system that is wide open enough that other organizations and individuals can use it without permission (via “ The Song of Significance…

As a business owner it can be tough to turn away opportunities, even if they’re not a good fit for what you do. I’ve been guilty of taking on clients over the years that we probably shouldn’t have, and it’s something I’ve worked on improving over the years. We still…

As I’m reading and learning, I try to spend a lot of time finding where the gaps are in my knowledge. There are lot of them, to be sure, but some stay hidden quite well. Those are usually the result of an area that I’m not very familiar with, so…

I hate the idea of “networking”. I’ll attend networking-focused events from time to time, but I’m doing it less often as time goes on. I find that most networking events are just a bad time for everyone involved. On the other hand, growing a network is important for all of…

I’ve shared a few times on here that I often don’t know what I’m wrong about, so I work to try to expose those areas. Reading helps with that a lot, as does writing. In Adam Grant’s new book “ Hidden Potential “, he shares: I’ve seen many people shy…