I’ve been on the Internet for a long time. Long enough to remember when websites had personality, social media didn’t exist, blogs were everywhere, and being online wasn’t detrimental to your mental health and wellbeing.
Since you’re reading this, you probably already know my story. (If not, check the bio.) I’ve done a lot of stuff online. Started and ran an online awards event which I eventually sold. Started and ran the only podcast in the Smithsonian’s permanent archives…and ended it. I’ve also started a literary anthology, ran a short-lived personal goods brand, started and ran my own global creative studio before the popularization of remote work, and have worked at tech startups in the U.S. and beyond. So I’ve seen a lot of things and experienced a lot of change, but the one thing I haven’t really done is talk about it outside of interviews…until now.
This is the idea behind Tiny Thoughts. It’s a blog, I guess. A journal. A notebook. A collection of observations, marginalia, the occasional essay or two, and whatever else happens to be taking up space in my brain at the moment.
You can expect some writing about design, tech, podcasting, culture, and creativity. There may be some stories from the Revision Path years. There may be stories from before that. There will almost certainly be opinions. (Some of them may even be good!)
But one thing you shouldn’t expect is a regular publishing schedule.
I mean, I’ve been making things online for more than twenty years—most of it for free. I’ve started up enough blogs and newsletters and podcasts and other side projects throughout my career to know what I’m capable of doing and who I’m capable of reaching. But when I look at the Internet now, I see a lot of people just making content—writing, videos, etc.—just to appease an algorithm, not connect with an audience of humans. And with that much volume, a lot of interesting thoughts and conversations and such never really see the light of day.
Tiny Thoughts is my attempt to carve out a small space away from all that. It’s somewhere for me to think in public, document what I see, question structures and ideas, and even do some good ol’ fashioned complaining about the state of things.
No hacks or lead magnets or checklists or stuff like that. Just thoughts. I'll write when I have something worth saying. And frankly, I think the Internet could use a little more of that.
Let’s see where this goes.