Writing
Words left behind while following my curiosity

Build Mode
A creative sabbatical to make what matters (and what doesn’t)
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Where Ideas Live
Walking, wondering, and paying attention as tools for discovery

Build Mode: Final Update
A wrap-up that feels more like a kick-off

Exploring the Next Draft
An unfolding story of who I am and where my work might be headed

Opening the Seed Vault
Sharing my stash of creative, business, and project ideas

Build Mode: Update 2
Departments of delight, detour, and discovery

Clam Chowder and Other Small Dreams
In praise of the miniature bucket list

Build Mode: Update 1
A subway map for Maine, poems about money, AI Tinkering, and more

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

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.

Conditions for Good Work
A reflection on the qualities and attributes of my "good work"

Why I Started a Maine Outdoor Newsletter
Outlining my motivation for starting the Maine Outsider newsletter.

How to Run a Curation Newsletter with Ease
Learn how to create a curated newsletter with specific examples from my experience.

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.

Persistent Curiosity and the Seemingly Mundane
Exploring what it means to be persistently curious about seemingly mundane things.

Themes I'm Exploring
Three business themes and cultural trends that interest me.

Know Your Patterns
Learn to recognize the design patterns that influence our behavior online.

The Jack and Max Show
A 45 min unscripted conversation in Lima, Peru. Recored but never published for an experimental podcast project.

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.

Fear of missed opportunity
What I've learned about opportunities, choice, and focus.

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.

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.

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.

Confidently curious: A journey of questions
How I learned to appreciate questions and their ability to create positive change.

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.

New Years Evolution
An unusually personal reflection, covering my learnings from 2018 and outlook for 2019.

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

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.

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.

Fleeting Magic on the Río Samaná
Looking back at a magical 5 day journey, by raft, through the Colombian jungle outside of Medellin.