Simple Beautiful Travel Gear for 2022 — Suffice it to say, much has changed over the past two years. This is especially true for work and travel. Remote work has been a growing trend for the past decade, but for many remote-first workplaces are the new norm. For many working in this context, sporadic travel is the…

Beautiful Items for Home & Work — For this year’s Gift Guide I tried not to force any category constraints on the items I chose. However, this year’s selection seems to strike a balance between daily personal use and tools to empower creative work. I think this is fitting for 2021, given the displacement and overlap between…

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed Marvel Studios’ first “official” foray into episodic TV shows with WandaVision. The format was ingenious and during some episodes I found myself moving from laughing out loud to suspense to near-horror as an episode progressed. …

Lots has changed since I started doing design and technical consulting in late 2018. From Mid-2020 to today the world feels entirely different—like a strange and alien landscape. During quarantine I’ve come back to this thought over and over again: I never thought this is what the apocalypse would look…

Once again, it’s time for my annual Minimalist Gift Guide. Curating thoughtful, well-designed items is a great joy, especially in a year that has been fraught with so many painful emotions. …

Embracing God’s Presence in Uncertainty — Last night I found myself boiling over as i sat on the couch with my guitar. the kids were all in bed and i was alone trying to come to grips with everything going on around me. it’s the like the pain just wanted to come seeping out of me…

Gaining Wisdom in the Trenches — I’ve been engrossed with episode 208 of the Jocko Podcast recently—a nearly four hour conversation between Jocko Willink and Jason McCarty (the Founder and CEO of GORUCK). Much of the early discussion is around their special forces military careers, and the “hardening” that happens through years and years of training…