These will make your personal and professional life much easier — In today’s world of remote working and work/life imbalance, communication is more important than ever. Whether we’re joining our daily Microsoft Teams call with co-workers or hopping on a Zoom happy hour with friends, we’re desperate to connect with others while being heard and understood. Even before a worldwide pandemic…

Ask yourself this question every time you open your mouth — In case you couldn’t tell by my profile picture I am, in fact, a white guy and like most of us, I have a lot of opinions. Naturally, I have opinions about owning homes (I don’t own one yet) and education (I’m not a teacher) and of course I have…

Blah Blah Blockchain Blah Blah — Clean my apartment. FaceTime my parents. Try CrossFit. Even once. Read Infinite Jest unironically. Watch every episode of Seinfeld. Take an MBA course taught by Elizabeth Holmes. Clean every bathroom stall at Mar-a-Lago. Twice. Run a 5K while sipping Malört through a CamelBak. Listen to the entirety of The Joe…

An argument for simplifying even more — If you work in the tech industry long enough, you inevitably here the term “minimum viable product,” or MVP for short. Hell, if you’ve seen an episode of Silicon Valley, you’ve probably stumbled across these three words without realizing it. Like most things in tech or business, they sound way…

We live in a very different time than Hemingway — It’s a wild time to be a writer. Thanks to the internet, power has shifted from the few to the many and we no longer have to jump through the same hoops previous writers faced. Gone are the days where your only option to jumpstart your writing career was to…

We’ve all had a crappy experience with the healthcare system. From not feeling heard to being (unpleasantly) surprised with a massive bill, most of us have at least a few complaints with the way healthcare is currently working, or not working. A few years ago, I had my first in-depth…

A Man’s Guide to Inclusivity in the Workplace…for Men — OK, guys. Listen up! A few years ago, I was on a work project where, during most days, I was the only man in the room. (Gasp!) I know! And guess what? I survived! Not only that, the project was related to babies and pregnancy! I might as well have…

Every business should be a human-centered business — If you work in corporate America and want to succeed, hire a UX designer. Period. End of story. Notice I didn’t say, “If you work in corporate America at a tech company…” This is intentional — UX designers aren’t just valuable when it comes to tech (even though all companies…

Especially if we want to live happier lives — Stop me if you’ve heard this one. You’re sitting there, minding your own business when suddenly your pulse quickens. That all-too-familiar feeling of dread washes over you and you start to breathe a little heavier. You wonder why it feels like a 500-pound gorilla is sitting on your chest when…