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Churchill
I just finished Paul Johnson’s Churchill; it is a concise, well-crafted biography that manages to cover remarkable ground in relatively few pages. Johnson writes with clear admiration for Winston Churchill, but he doesn’t let that affection cloud his judgment. The book honestly addresses Churchill’s faults and failures alongside his triumphs, giving readers a balanced portrait…
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High Tech, Low Touch
A journey through San Francisco’s transportation layers—from legacy taxis to runaway Waymos—and what it reveals about empathy, experience, and the systems we’re building
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4 Hour Work-week
I just finished The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss, and I need to clear up a major misconception right off the bat: this isn’t a book about magically reducing your corporate job to four hours a week while collecting a full salary—it’s about escaping traditional employment altogether to join what Ferriss calls the “New Rich”…
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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
I recently finished Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler, and it’s an extraordinary biography that captures the full complexity of Disney himself—his visionary genius, his very human flaws, and his relentless, almost obsessive drive to create experiences that transcended the ordinary. Gabler doesn’t shy away from Disney’s darker qualities—his controlling…
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The Hidden Drags That Undermine Team Leadership Effectiveness
In 2026, the difference between thriving and surviving will come down to efficiency. And I’m not referring to the obligatory mechanical kind powered by automation, which we are all going to have to adopt, but the human kind: the ability to lead a lightweight, focused team that cuts through challenges and adapts to challenges on…
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On The Sacred Act of Distraction Free Writing
I am back from my three-month sabbatical; an amazing benefit Automatticians receive every 5 years. I spent a significant portion of that time reading and writing (distraction free writing that is). After some accounting I put the count north of 100,000 words. Some went towards a thriller I’m writing. Others went to journal entries, reflections…
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High Tech, Low Touch
A high tech, low touch journey through San Francisco’s transportation layers—from legacy taxis to runaway Waymos—and what it reveals about empathy, experience, and the systems we’re building.
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The Hidden Drags That Undermine Team Leadership Effectiveness
In 2026, the difference between thriving and surviving will come down to efficiency. And I’m not referring to the obligatory mechanical kind powered by automation, which we are all going to have to adopt, but the human kind: the ability to lead a lightweight, focused team that cuts through challenges and adapts to challenges on…
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On The Sacred Act of Distraction Free Writing
I am back from my three-month sabbatical; an amazing benefit Automatticians receive every 5 years. I spent a significant portion of that time reading and writing (distraction free writing that is). After some accounting I put the count north of 100,000 words. Some went towards a thriller I’m writing. Others went to journal entries, reflections…
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Brutally Honest
We wish for the courage to be brutally honest, forgetting to wish for the empathy to know when honesty becomes brutal. – Jesse Friedman
