what's minnow been up to?

That said, I find myself in a season of my life where I am no longer seeking what is 'big and loud'. I'm not interested in trends, virality, job promotions, or epiphanies. Instead, I'm looking for what is timeless, what remains under-appreciated, and what is quietly profound. I'm seeking opportunities to nurture what's important to me, improve the ... See more

Like with most of my projects, this is a very personal one. It fits my way of doing things, and similarly like with Timav, changes the things I do. The latter forces me to spend time doing the things I want to do, by showing me the time tracking data in a specific way, the former makes me think thoughts that I probably wouldn't have thought otherwi... See more

This gives me a satisfying understanding of boat theory as applied to blogging: a blog is a public in a boat, sailing the zeitgeist seas, primarily fishing for sustenance, but not entirely averse to the memetic winds blowing you off to strange and distance places, where you can have premium mediocre intellectual adventures.

The fun thing about the game called life is that no one really knows what we are doing here. And once you can really accept that you realize that finding out what comes next can be quite interesting.

Portnoy, for instance, has gone from Boston sports, to all sports, to sports betting, to pizza, to the stock market. His success has taken many forms over the last 17 years. What this means for myself and everyone else in the early innings of a newsletter project is that whatever we’re doing right now will eventually have to be reinvented on the fl... See more