my second class assignment — My second class assignment was an informative speech. I chose the Business Model Canvas. (I think I will add Lean Model Canvas next)

a submission from my public speaking class — I am not a great writer… I own that, and I am moving on. I have to face it, I don’t enjoy it. I see the work of people like David Wu and Clay Christensen and my jaw drops. Their eloquence with the written word is awe inspiring. That ain’t…

Starting with the End in mind — So my wife and I are watching Captain America. (The first one, haven’t seen the new one yet.) It’s the moment where Captain invades the weapons factory and Red Skull realizes this day will not end well for him. …

Howdy, I had a thought the other day I’d like to share. Your wife and your vision of a wife may have been created in 2 different time periods. I have a lot of conversations with my married friends around how marriage isn’t at all what we thought it would…

for me it’s personal. . . — I can’t and I refuse to believe that demographic data is causal. Why? Because if demographic data is a causal mechanism for behavior, then I let the Racists|Sexists| Ageists|Homophobes win. And I refuse to do that. To say, multiple colors of our product will relate to this group BECAUSE their…

I am not sure why, but over the last few years I have been feeling myself pulled to a place of detachment. Not apathy, but the release of needing everything to go my way. The release of judgement. I have learned that without enough context you can’t say whether a certain circumstance is either good or bad. It always depends. Learned from a Buddhist monk named Abrahm to think in terms of Good?Bad? Who knows?

My first post on Medium — Curious to how this works. I love how design is now characterized by so much of what is NOT there. When i tried to turn in a blank sheet as art in high school I was not received as well. Ervin