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Preface: My primary purpose of this post is to convince you to watch this Neil Gaiman commencement speech – one of my favorite presentations of all time. In 6th grade a friend taught me to draw a simple maze, and since then I’ve drawn mazes on chalkboards, envelopes, sidewalks, and any other surface I can…

During most of my life I did not have interest in coffee. My college study sessions were fueled by Jolt Cola (All the sugar! Twice the caffeine!), and – somehow – my infant-induced sleep deprivation did not drive me to drink (at least not coffee). Then I moved to Seattle. Now I am a java…

This year I’m conducting a wide-ranging series of 2-week self-experiments. This is Experiment 4. As a 10-year-old I borrowed a Joanie Greggains workout cassette from my mom, and then spent the summer with Barry Manilow as my soundtrack, Copacabana-ing myself from husky to slightly-less-husky. Fast forward 30 years, and my life involves mostly sitting in a chair looking at screens…

Image: Blizzard Entertainment via icy-veins.com As I shared at the beginning of this year, I am conducting a series of 2-week self-experiments. In the first, Address Book Lottery, I connected to others. In Experiment Number 2 I have turned the focus inward. The Experiment: Meditate once each day for 2 weeks. Hypothesis: Daily meditation will reduce stress, improve…

The Problem: I have approximately 17 million ideas that I typically don’t follow through to completion. Instead, I spend much of my life in the daily loop of tasking, numbing, and tasking. The Idea: Live 2017 as a series of two-week experiments. I intend to try new things, and I even start some of them,…