This is a long post. I hope you’ll read it all, but if you want to skim, please start here. The last 24 hours have been hard. Like so many of our friends, Al and I started the night full of hope. Of course, we knew the margins. What seemed guaranteed only a few weeks ago, now looked […]
I’ve been as excited about Apple Pay as the next guy. I’m also keenly aware that it doesn’t work everywhere. And when you live in a small city like Grand Junction, CO, your options are especially limited. That’s why I was so excited last night, when, on a whim, I tried to use Apple Pay […]
What is Zero? What does that mean for me? And how do I get there? There’s a quote from John Mayer where he talks about people thinking they know you because you’re famous. That’s the thing about people knowing anything about you before you meet them … you have to work just to get people back to […]
I had a pretty fantastic childhood. My parents were and are incredibly loving and supportive. My sister and I get along great, though I know we both wish we were closer and could spend more time together. I had wonderful friends and I grew up middle to upper middle class. Life wasn’t all too hard, […]
On the other hand you have something [Paul Graham] calls the maker’s schedule – a schedule for those of us who produce stuff. Working on large abstract systems involves fitting the whole thing into your mind – somebody once likened this to constructing a house out of expensive crystal glass and as soon as someone distracts you, […]
I always hold myself and my work to a high standard. An unreachable standard, often. Unreachable, at least, within the confines of what I have to work with and the constraints I’m under. It’s one of the hardest things I deal with on a daily basis. I live with the knowledge that if I just […]
I finally got around to taking pictures of my new apartment. There’s still work to be done, art to be hung. But after nearly two months, it’s clean and comfortable. Without further ado, here are the pics. The blue in the kitchen isn’t exactly my style, but it looks pretty nice either way.
I, for the moment, have dual citizenship. I have an apartment in Denver and an apartment in Grand Junction, CO. Both. At the same time … also … I’m moving again. Although Junction is small, non-urban, politically conservative and, you know, far from urban, it’s a great little town with an amazing community of friends […]
I am ideas. I am rebellious. I am kind. I am new. I am old. I am brilliant. I am rubbish. I am intrepid. I am bold. I am shy. I am music. I am art. I am science. I am Josh.