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2015
/ Apr 2015
Lessons learned from a month of EV ownership

Lessons learned from a month of EV ownership

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live with an electric vehicle (EV), here’s a list of things I’ve learned since taking the plunge.
2015
/ Mar 2015

I love my cats but they are assholes

On conditional love
2015
/ Feb 2015
Riding the Pacific Northwest Coast in January

Riding the Pacific Northwest Coast in January

Winter in Oregon is my least favorite time of year, because we tend to have gray, foggy, rainy days from November clear through April. When…
2015
/ Jan 2015
Designing Software for Altruism

Designing Software for Altruism

How can we design software that promotes random acts of kindness? Plus, a proposed product feature that enables altruism.
2015
/ Jan 2015
More on Podcasting’s past/future

More on Podcasting’s past/future

As an update to my previous post on the past and potential future of podcasting
2015
/ Jan 2015

How to save $1,000-3,000 on any new car purchase

The Google Maps mobile app on iOS/Android has really improved in the last year or two, especially since Google
2014
/ Dec 2014
Ten Years of Podcasting: Fighting Human Nature

Ten Years of Podcasting: Fighting Human Nature

Podcasting is taking off, but limits of technology and the lack of social features in podcast software may limit its appeal.
2014
/ Nov 2014
The Stewart

The Stewart

This is the story of how The Stewart came to be, though I’ll admit up front some of the exact details are fuzzy, as I was enjoying myself…
2014
/ Oct 2014
Fun with Fatbikes

Fun with Fatbikes

“Fatbikes” (generally mountain bikes with 3.7-to-5+ inch wide tires) have taken the bike industry by storm over the last few years. They’ve…
2014
/ Sep 2014
Sundance Vacations: from scams to forgery

Sundance Vacations: from scams to forgery

In January of 2013, I was contacted by Sundance Vacations over this thread at Ask MetaFilter. The company appears to be some sort of time…
2014
/ Aug 2014

The Eye-Fi mobi card is the real deal

Back in 2006, I was an avid user of Flickr and was asked to help test a new camera card
2014
/ Aug 2014

Barley is the bomb

I haven’t been blogging here nearly as much as I wish, but a few months ago one of the
2014
/ Jun 2014
YOUR EAGLE IS CALLED MEFI!

YOUR EAGLE IS CALLED MEFI!

Some things are worth more than money
2014
/ May 2014

(Untitled)

I posted some big news about MetaFilter over at Medium. https://static.medium.com/embed.jshttps://api.medium.com/embed?
2014
/ May 2014
On the Future of MetaFilter

On the Future of MetaFilter

Peak ads, MetaFilter’s Google Problems, and the need to scale back.
2014
/ May 2014
Passwords aren’t broken at all

Passwords aren’t broken at all

Computer security in 2014
2014
/ May 2014

Don’t obscure UI with alerts

A public note to the Gmail iOS design team
2014
/ Apr 2014
MediumTweets

MediumTweets

How to see every Tweet mentioning a Medium post