PlayStation 5 demo — Stunning!
For the first time ever, I’m tempted to get a PlayStation! youtu.be/qC5KtatMcUw
A Better Facebook
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…
Know-How
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…
Love and Fear
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…
30 Years
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…
The Square Peg Foundation Journey
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/
A New Beginning…
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…
Feed That Wolf
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…
You are not your depression
Conversations on depression have been flowing around the tech community for the last few months. It’s important, and many people have written about their experiences. There is some wonderful, helpful, and deeply personal insights out there. This morning I found one that really hit me. Mike Monteiro is a Designer and runs Mule Design Studio in…
To Make a Great Product, Be Present and Self-Aware
A key principle when thinking about a product is to understand, deeply, the needs of the user of the product. What job are they hiring it to do? Why – What are they trying to accomplish? But this is difficult – and not just because it takes long hours and many cycles of iterative improvement.…