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Why we built Lookmark
Lookmark is the best way to read, share, and discover the Web. Here's why I built it (cross-posted from the Lookmark blog).
The Age of Big Data approaches. How to learn how to code (and maybe even enjoy it).
It's been almost five years since my last startup; the excitement of starting a new company.
You make what you measure, so measure your health. My review of the Fitbit.
I spent most of the last four years writing code, but almost nobody knows it. Don't make the same mistake.
The difficulty of writing well about death; a review of William Maxwell's So Long, See You Tomorrow.
Ever-increasing complexity has outpaced the abilities of individuals in many fields, but not in software. A review of "The Checklist Manifesto."
Why is it so hard to find good jokes on the Internet?
John McPhee writes from behind the scenes of commerce.
Julian Barnes on memory and the passage of time.
New York is a great place to start your next startup.
Daniel Kahneman on behavioral economics and predictable irrationality.
It's easier to start a company but much harder to hire employees.
Jeff Bezos on company vision and long-term thinking.
Working with email providers to improve delivery.
A passage from The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro.
A short excerpt from Marilynne Robinson's new novel, Home.
Getting past spam filters, part 2 -- DNS–based antispam measures.
The long, difficult road to the inbox; first post in a series explaining how to improve email delivery.
My short re-introduction to blogging.
David Foster Wallace's amazing commencement speech at Kenyon in 2005 is full of insights.
September 28, 2012
The joy of code
April 12, 2012
Starting up again
March 26, 2012
10,000 steps to better health
February 24, 2012
Don't put your career in stealth mode
February 16, 2012
Writing about loss
February 10, 2012
The death of the master builder
January 26, 2012
We had grandma for Christmas dinner
January 20, 2012
Great reads: Uncommon Carriers
January 17, 2012
Great reads: The Sense of an Ending
January 10, 2012
6 Reasons to Move to New York City
January 05, 2012
Great reads: Thinking, Fast and Slow
December 28, 2011
Talent is the limiting factor in startup growth
December 12, 2011
Long-term thinking
November 15, 2011
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Email Delivery, Part 3
January 07, 2009
Alice Munro
December 09, 2008
Home
October 25, 2008
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Email Delivery, Part 2
October 23, 2008
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Email Delivery, Part 1
October 18, 2008
Blogging, Again
October 15, 2008
Being "well-adjusted"
October 11, 2008