Dead Wax is a favorite show. I love listening to brilliant people talk in great detail about their craft and appreciating the brilliance in others. If you ‘re into music, you’ll love it – especially if you’re a musician of any sort. Today this show is brought to mind because I watched this episode with…
There is a new retrospective book about Apple that’s just out, “After Steve: how Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul”, by Tripp Mickle. It sounds like a good book with some good stories. But many Apple followers are pointing out the flaws in the narrative. It seems the author doesn’t really “get”…
For the first time ever, I’m tempted to get a PlayStation! youtu.be/qC5KtatMcUw
Simple Steps to get the shit out of your newsfeed I’ve done a bit of cleanup on Facebook in the last few days, and with great success. All I did was “Hide all from …” for a handful of pages on Facebook. In the iOS app, it’s two clicks: the … on the upper right…
From Hobbies to Trade Skills to Artistic Expression, developed knowledge and improved craft is the mark of accomplishment — Coding is no different. – Darius Dunlap I wish schools still had Shop, and Band, and Art. I believe there is a kind of mental development that’s missing without them. And I believe that these kinds…
Yesterday I was cleaning up around the house and enjoying the latest Tim Ferris Show, What I learned in 2016, and right in the beginning was reminded of Oprah’s idea that there are only two emotions, Love and Fear. We push back from this sort of idea. It’s too simple, we say. “I’m not afraid…
June 20th, 1986 I started a new adventure at a new job and in a place that would become home. Since then, I’ve had an amazing career, traveled the world, married my best friend, and with her founded a non-profit that’s changing lives. I’ve thought a bit about this journey, but I’m not sure what…
I wrote a short thing about our long journey together creating and building Square Peg Foundation. It’s over on the Square Peg blog: https://www.squarepegfoundation.org/2016/01/a-journey-together/
I’ve occasionally thought about grabbing this domain, dariusdunlap.com, for some time. As I was getting some new things setup on my various blogs, I realized that now was the time. More will appear here over the coming days, including some of the archives from my old consulting business website and other stuff. I’m working to…
The One You Feed is a show I often listen to on my hikes or while doing chores around the house. It starts with the parable of the two wolves. You know the one. They have great guests and it’s always an interesting conversation. The guest this week is our friend Kristin Neff, who my wife and I met…
