The Daily Report
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The Shame: A Personal Essay About Autism
Daughter Ava wrote this for you. “Ava, you need to understand that there’s something wrong with you, actually, quite a few things.” I listened closely, sitting in the large orange chair, making stick figures with…
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Music is the Best
Sharing the music you love with the people you love is one of life’s pleasures. In that spirit: Let’s share.
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Resist revenge tweeting.
The people have removed a tyrant. I feel the joy and wonder of a newborn thing. But I’m resisting my urge to be publicly clever about Trump’s defeat.
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As Fresh as an Airline Food Joke
The truth about lies.
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The dogs won’t eat it
My father used to tell this story to his project management students.
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My Glamorous Life: Sunday Repairs
For about a week, now, my bedroom floor has been torn up due to under-floor flooding created by a malfunctioning window air conditioning unit. The A/C unit began leaking during the summer months when I…
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Fear and loathing on 9/11
A cheesily animated digital American flag was flying on the Jumbotron overlooking the Bellagio fountains.
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See me speak: WordPress.com Growth Summit
WordPress.com is holding its first virtual conference, I’m speaking there, and you’re invited. The WordPress.com Growth Summit is a two-day live event where you can learn to build and grow your site, “from start to scale.” To make it…
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Covid-19 Progress Report
I’m what they call a long-hauler.
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Watching Adventure Time again
Watching Adventure Time again after not having seen it for a year or two, I’m struck by its raw creative exuberance, broad emotional and tonal range, fearless exploration of psychological and political subject matter, brilliant…
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The Young Man from Proviso and His Monkey Friends Meet the Hamburglar
First draft, first chapter, of a children’s book I’m writing.
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First, be kind.
Your feedback has the power to encourage another person, or shut them down, possibly forever.
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Never give up
The really good designers stand up to the misfortune of a killed idea.
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Pro Fonts for iPad
Designer fonts for your iPad (and iPad products).
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Smash, Drag, Bang
The upstairs neighbors in my apartment building are having their flat renovated. Cue the daily floor sander (right over my head) and sledgehammer (apparently they have many walls to knock down). It’s loud enough to…