Archive - Oscillations

How a photo I took in 2001 ended up on Desperate Housewives

... and what it means for your privacy in the AI age

Jun 20 •

May 2025

I started writing a book with AI. Pretty quickly, I stopped. Here's what happened.

Autohelm's no fun

May 20 •

February 2025

Decisions, decisions

Decisions compound, so understanding how you make them is extremely important

Feb 27 •

February 2024

The Mayday Distress Call's 100th birthday

M'aidez, m'aidez, m'aidez

Feb 22, 2024 •

April 2023

⛵️Networks are fleets; fleets are networks

The juice must be worth the squeeze

Apr 24, 2023

February 2023

Startups are like short-handed sailboats, and vice versa

You gotta do it all (Also: I'm launching a startup)

Feb 21, 2023 •

January 2023

Know your systems

Know where the bungs & mallets are.

Jan 23, 2023 •

December 2022

'NO TV': Possibly the best mantra there is

Four letters worth more than scores of self-help books

Dec 28, 2022

November 2022

Creating a culture of data literacy

The 'Moneyball' principle of data culture

Nov 18, 2022 •

"They're Coming for Every Second of Your Life"

What a decade of mind-destroying growth on social platforms looks like

Nov 10, 2022 •

October 2022

How to think about Netflix's Eurozone pricing

There's a 20% variance in pricing for its ad-supported tier in the four countries in the EU that get it first. Why?

Oct 14, 2022 •

On Naming Conventions

Your team's naming conventions and nomenclature form a language. How easy have you made that language to learn?

Oct 12, 2022 •

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