The Why’s and How’s of Starting an Internal Wiki for your Organization
I’ve started a new role and taken ownership of a project that really excites me: an internal wiki. Over time, an internal wiki can become a central hub for an organization. It all boils down to...
Recommencement
It’s peculiar. I want to write, but I don’t. I’ll set out with a strong intent and a dose of seriousness. I’ll try something ambitious. I’ll decide to jump in at 500 words a day. And, I’ll do it for...
A Language Learning Lie
There are a lot of self-defeating and fatalistic statements that quietly pervade our thinking. Some of these get repeated to the point of cliche, and are nearly axiomatic. These things need to be...
Advice (that’s mostly for myself)
I keep on running into folks who say how important the habit of writing and publishing daily has been to them, and I think: "I need to start doing that... tomorrow." Each and every time, I realize...
The Neopets Trajectory
In a weird turn of events, Neopets turned me onto computer programming. Neopets was (and probably still is) essentially Tamagotchi on steroids. Much of my childhood got sunk into Neopets, so I’m...
Distributed Science
The year is 2026. The time is 8:37 AM. A wall-mounted speaker comes on and a male’s voice announces that you’ve just crossed the border into Oregon. Beyond the window myriad shades of green whizz...