Sustained Writing

I call the umbrella for my various efforts Sustained Ventures. I mean this in the general term of "daring undertaking." To put it a different way, I am in the business of taking risks.  These risks take several forms, but all are about me... Read More

I read somewhere that painters like to paint, and writers enjoy having written. This aphorism explains a lot of paintings and the absence of a lot of writing. In that vein, I confess to feeling a strain as I put my finger on the keyboard at this very moment. The act of creation shou... Read More

No-code changes everything, the market experts tell us. But, of course, we hear about something new changing everything once per year. Always a new trend. Is this one different?  Yes - ish. No-code is mechanically a matter of tooling, but the story is about jobs. Understanding those... Read More

"Marketplace" seems to be the pitch I hear most often. The theory seems to be, "I will put people together. They will make things happen with each other. Everyone pays me for the privilege of having been put together."  Most of the marketplaces I talk to focus on... Read More

I think about this story, told on The West Wing 20 years ago, a lot:  ... Read More