Checking in: last week my intention was to narrow my focus on what is driving me and give that some space to play around. I made some progress in this arena. Part of that was finding out that my disability insurance was approved (hurray!). I wasn't going to worry about …

Going to do a round-up post of this week and the things that are on my mind at the moment.

• For most of the week things have been pretty steady with the angry god that is my stomach. Unfortunately yesterday it seems all hell broke loose. I tried not taking …

Yesterday, I shredded a bunch of my old work journals. Every year I would buy a new Moleskine journal and use that for the year. I got out of this habit when I was laid off, and I moved to more digital journaling when I used that more for checking-in …

I'm making this official. I'm retiring from project work on April Fool's Day.

Retirement is not what you think it is, though. It's my euphemism for going on disability because of the side effects of my cancer treatments. I'm tired, my focus gets shot, and the part-time work that I've …

I love it when a plan doesn't come together.

I've been working on my Interactive Storyworld Phosphors of the Dark, which told the story of the computer revolution from the perspective of folks trying to build both a computer and a company around it. It's been my focus for a …