It's impossible to ignore the pain the world is in right now. When I originally wrote this blog post on mindful decision making back in 2019, I was thinking about my usual, day-to-day considerations. And while it still applies to those considerations, I realized that it also applies to bigger social issues. Whatever actions you… Continue reading Making Decisions
Month: May 2019
Project Management and the Art of Herding Cats
"Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up." Oliver Wendell Holmes My experience of working with globally distributed, multistakeholder, volunteer communities as something of a project manager has taught me a few things. Project Management: tl;dr The short, short version: Time zones suck. There's no way around… Continue reading Project Management and the Art of Herding Cats
Tweet Jamming: The Fun Inherent in Asynchronicity
On May 9, 2019, I participated in my first "Tweet Jam". What glorious chaos! The topic was the upcoming Identiverse conference, and the goal was to get people thinking about the topics that will be touched on during the week of the conference itself. What is Tweet Jamming? Tweet jamming is a structured and yet… Continue reading Tweet Jamming: The Fun Inherent in Asynchronicity
It Takes All Kinds – Freelancing for a Living
"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life." – Amy Poehler People often ask me what it is I actually do for a living. What is freelancing that it lets me travel the world for 35-40% of the year, and… Continue reading It Takes All Kinds – Freelancing for a Living