Games of 2011: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
I’ve spent a lot of time in 2011 playing games, but not a lot of time writing about them. Instead of my usual end-of-year game recommendations, I’d like to tell some stories or share some thoughts...
View ArticleOut Of Sorts
One of the things I’ve always loved about New York City is the balancing act between the routine and the unexpected. The smooth action of swiping a Metrocard, the jingle of the door at your local...
View ArticleSome Thoughts On DrupalCon Portland
It was somewhat funny to attend my first DrupalCon this week, given my personal trajectory of CMS systems over the years. For those that haven’t been with me since the very beginning: after cobbling...
View ArticleLosing My Edge
Let me start with a basic truth: I am not the nerd I was when I was 20 years old. When I started blogging in 2000, it was something resembling a brave new world. I cut my teeth with learning web...
View ArticleThe Friend
This isn’t the post I thought would be the one to break my blogging silence, but it’s the one I need to write. It was Sunday evening, and the perfect conditions were combining into a moment of perfect...
View ArticleDesktop No More
About two months ago, my iMac died. Five years ago, this would have been a huge inconvenience. In 2016, it became a mild irritation (mostly because I was making good progress on Jonathan Blow’s...
View ArticleLoyal To My Sorrowful Country
Eight years ago, immediately following the first election of Barack Obama, I wrote a blog piece entitled The Great Release. While I had memories of writing it, I hadn’t re-read it in the years since....
View Article2017 in Five Sentences
For as long as I’ve kept this blog, I’ve tried to find some positive way to put a bow on the milestones of my life, including the end of the year. I have tried my hardest to look back over this year...
View ArticleInexplicable Things I’ve Removed From My Facebook “Advertising Interests”
Have you ever looked at your Facebook ad preferences? You should. (more)
View ArticleSo…
I am, apparently, Twitter user #79,903. That’s almost 16 years on the hell site – out of what is nearing 30 years online – so it is easily the longest internet platform I’ve ever engaged with. Like...
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