My wife Kim just wrapped up an intensive sommelier program and got the highest score of 25 people who took the level 2 certified somm exam. She studied, tested and tasted wine (not as fun as it sounds; they spit) like a crazed college student cramming for finals, except for three[…] Read On
It’s a bummer that I can’t do my two great loves at the same time: write and listen to tunes. It might surprise you to know that writing doesn’t come easy to me. Maybe it’s just how my mind works, but for me, coherent writing requires concentration and focus, and my best[…] Read On
After the Big Bang that created our universe, the force of gravity caused matter to coalesce into young stars – nature’s first generation of organized matter. Stars, like people, don’t live forever; they run out of fuel after a few billion years. Without the energy to stave off the force of[…] Read On
Everyone says you should do what you love, or at least what you’re best at, but how do you know what that is? How do you know what career to pursue? The choices can be mind-boggling. Let me explain how it works, and how it doesn’t: I spent summers working[…] Read On
Feminists and diversity activists everywhere are celebrating the demise of Travis Kalanick, Uber’s founding chief executive who was forced to resign by a group of investors and directors today. Kalanick has long been portrayed as the poster child for Silicon Valley’s bro culture, and his company branded as an evil enterprise[…] Read On
Every day, one or two of the craftier PR people manage to sneak through my defenses and get a pitch into my active inbox, for all the good it’ll do. Got one last week from a publicist pitching a book by a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist I’d never heard of.[…] Read On
The human capacity for endurance is truly remarkable. As I click away at my second book – so much fun I can’t tell you – it’s crazy to think that I wrote and published the first one while consulting and writing five columns a week. I haven’t a clue how I managed[…] Read On