I decided that in 2022 I’m going all in on chess. I ordered a new set of triple weighted pieces, bought a digital clock, renewed my USCF membership, and started getting back on the scene by going to events around town. Last weekend we were in Denver at the MLK Jr. Memorial Chess Tournament. My first rated tournament in 8 years! 5 round...

It was the largest chess tournament ever in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center. Several thousand of us were there from all over the country to compete in the US National Chess Championship, or SuperNationals. This is what one of the rooms looked like: I was in 5th grade playing for the Springs Ranch Eleme...

“This is the second post in a series I'm calling Using, Consuming, Doing. It's an idea inspired by Jason Fried's 'Heard Something, Read Something, Saw Something'. I will write these up whenever I want to share new products / services I've been using, what I'm reading, watching, listening to, etc. And whatever projects I'm working on. ✌...

“This is the first post in a series I'm calling Using, Consuming, Doing. It's an idea inspired by Jason Fried's 'Heard Something, Read Something, Saw Something'. I will write these up whenever I want to share new products / services I've been using, what I'm reading, watching, listening to, etc. And whatever projects I'm working on. ✌”...

HEY World, On this day four years ago, I rolled up to the Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. headquarters in Denver, CO for my internship orientation. It’s one of those corporate office buildings that has windows covering an entire side, and is sandwiched between a golf course and a busy regional airport. It’s actually beautiful. I parked and st...

HEY World, I just finished Rework by Jason Fried and DHH. It was the most refreshing thing I’ve read in a long time. It tore down and rebuilt how I think about business, and in many ways life in general. I have felt for a while that there’s a different gear that I could be shifting into at work, but I hadn’t understood what it was or h...