Digging for Fire

Derived from the Old English Wōdnesdæg, Odin’s Day.

This is a special audio-only episode of Digging for Fire, where I discuss Brandon Sanderson's latest Cosmere novel Wind and Truth with special guest Lior Carbis.

There are three kinds of ads.

Keep ‘em in suspense.

"I love that Facebook shows me the ads I want to see!"

I noticed something weird about the things that interest me.

Depending on where you’re at in life, and what kind of processes you have in place, you may dive right into the idea.

In the early days of the cigarette, smoking was considered a harmless or even beneficial activity.

Everyone is making it up to some extent.

Tuesday morning, I'm in the car with my son, and the topic of steganography comes up.

In 2020 I started writing a novel.

I've been having an ongoing argument with a friend about AI's role in recruiting.

I'm building an app called Pita.

On the 25th of February in 2015, I backed what would become my most beloved kickstarter project.

Try asking DeepSeek about Tiananmen Square or Uyghur Muslims or Taiwanese Independence.

We use the word "goal" to talk about so many things.

There's something special about black and white photography.

I've always been a troublemaker.

I recently wrote about the way AI is making it possible to build software essentially for free.

On June 28, 2005, Apple release iTunes 4.9.

Ben Thompson's aggregation theory posits that the internet created an entirely new disruptive business paradigm, because for the first time in history, products could be distributed with zero marginal cost.

A little housekeeping post, with a few updates to the website.

I was inspired by something I saw on Joshua Wold's blog a few days ago.

My method for practicing bass guitar is based on the Circle of Fifths, inspired by a method taught by Scott Devine.

Every so often you'll come up with an idea that you're pretty sure nobody has tried yet. 99% of the time you're wrong.

On a drive with Talia yesterday, I wanted to tell her about some of the interesting things I discovered while writing my Input 2024 post.

Since 2021, I've recorded every Book, Film, and Television series I've seen each year.

Growing up, we always showered using (what my Italian mother called) a straccio.

Inspired by Tobias Horvath (and a whole bunch of other bloggers), here are my App Defaults. 📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail 📮 Mail Server: iCloud 📝 Notes: Apple Notes ✅ To-Do: Physical notebook 📷 Photo Shooting: Apple Camera 🟦 Photo Management: Apple Photos 📸 P…

Twenty twenty-five is such a great number.

In 2024, I led a series of Film & TV classes for a small group of homeschool students.

As the year draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the lasting impact of my career.

The table’s set for many guests, with challah bread and wine A kookaburra watches us from the washing line Mum prepares the salads, Dad jumps in the shower There’s that blue-faced honeyeater On a banana flower The kids clean up the lounge room, Grandma st…