There is a popular kind of article on Hacker News that is always 1/3 self-deception. The content of the article can be boiled down to three parts: A description of some cool accomplishment by the author...

What’s the next action for “be a kinder person”? After years of being a caregiver for someone with a debilitating neurological illness, the stress had taken its toll. I was unhappy with...

My first attempt to give myself super powers merely gave me sore palms. Riding in the back of my mother’s beater as a five-year-old, I focused sunlight on the center of each hand using a magnifying...

A few months ago, I was really psyched about some project (don’t recall which), and said to myself, “I’m going to finish this thing, and nothing’s going to get in my way.”...

Today I finally wrapped up Control Time and submitted it to the app store :-). Hopefully they’ll publish it soon. Thanks to my brother Matt for creating the icon and to everyone who tried out the...

A lot of people view their motivation as something out of their control. It comes and goes, catlike in its fickleness. By breaking down motivation to its components, however, you’ll be able to troubleshoot...