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Words left behind while following my curiosity

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Philosophy

Where Ideas Live

Walking, wondering, and paying attention as tools for discovery
Life Updates
Business

Build Mode: Final Update

A wrap-up that feels more like a kick-off
Business
Life Updates

Exploring the Next Draft

An unfolding story of who I am and where my work might be headed
Business

Opening the Seed Vault

Sharing my stash of creative, business, and project ideas
Creative Writing
Life Updates
Philosophy

Build Mode: Update 2

Departments of delight, detour, and discovery
Philosophy

Clam Chowder and Other Small Dreams

In praise of the miniature bucket list
Life Updates

Build Mode: Update 1

A subway map for Maine, poems about money, AI Tinkering, and more
Life Updates

Build Mode

A creative sabbatical to make what matters (and what doesn’t)
Business

AI for Nature

A reflection on AI’s potential impact on the environment and a non-comprehensive list of ways it could be used for good.
Business
Philosophy

Conditions for Good Work

A reflection on the qualities and attributes of my "good work"
Business

Why I Started a Maine Outdoor Newsletter

Outlining my motivation for starting the Maine Outsider newsletter.
Business

How to Run a Curation Newsletter with Ease

Learn how to create a curated newsletter with specific examples from my experience.
Business

How to Automatically Track Webflow Sitemap Changes in Airtable

A short tutorial and script you can use in Airtable to automatically track and manage changes to a Webflow sitemap.
Philosophy

Persistent Curiosity and the Seemingly Mundane

Exploring what it means to be persistently curious about seemingly mundane things.
Business

Themes I'm Exploring

Three business themes and cultural trends that interest me.
Philosophy
Business

Know Your Patterns

Learn to recognize the design patterns that influence our behavior online.
Life Updates

The Jack and Max Show

A 45 min unscripted conversation in Lima, Peru. Recored but never published for an experimental podcast project.
Business

An abridged list of business and side project ideas

Sharing business and side project ideas I've written down in my notes app over the past few years.
Business

Fear of missed opportunity

What I've learned about opportunities, choice, and focus.
Business

Question storming: A guide for brainstorming questions

A tactical guide for brainstorming questions. Covering the basics and background of using structured inquiry to generate innovative ideas, surface opportunities, and inform design decisions.
Business

You can do marketing

A simplified look at what it means to market an idea. Debunking the notion that marketing is a specialist skill reserved for experts.
Life Updates

Reflections on a spontaneous year

I look back on a year filled with travel, learning, and questions, including a hike in the Peruvian Andes, a month on a vineyard, and an unexpected detour to South Africa.
Philosophy
Business

Confidently curious: A journey of questions

How I learned to appreciate questions and their ability to create positive change.
Life Updates

10 days in the Cordillera Huayhuash

A collection of photos and stories from a 10-day trek in the Cordillera Huayhuash range in the Peruvian Andes.
Life Updates
Philosophy

New Years Evolution

An unusually personal reflection, covering my learnings from 2018 and outlook for 2019.
Philosophy

My favorite quotes and ideas of 2017

A list of quotes and ideas pulled from my favorite books and articles of 2017.
Philosophy

Creativity and individuality: Unlocking the positive potential of travel

Exploring methods and mindsets we can use to travel in a more personal and impactful way.
Business

16 tools in my startup marketing toolbox

A brief explanation of the tools and techniques I find useful for creating and executing early-stage marketing strategy.
Creative Writing

Fleeting Magic on the Río Samaná

Looking back at a magical 5 day journey, by raft, through the Colombian jungle outside of Medellin.