I have struggled with pacing myself my entire life. Pushing myself and attempting to use every last drop of my available energy has been my default for a really long time. In part, this is because I saw other people putting a fraction of the effort in and getting good enough results and I thought …
Supporting a Psychedelic Journey
I recently got back from Amsterdam where I had the privilege of working with Amanda Gelender and Nikolitsa Paranomos of Psychedelic Exploration to explore my inner psyche and work through some personal blockers. At some other point, I will talk about the amazing experience that I had and its impacts on my daily life. Right …
Radical Support
It's no secret that the world right now is a complete and utter dumpster fire. People who are already marginalized by systems that are hundreds of years in the making are under direct attack by the current administration and the many hate groups around the world. It's easy to feel hopeless, powerless, and depressed by …
Falling Out of Love with the Screen
Ever since I was incredibly little, I have spent my life behind one sort of screen or another. My father was a computer operator for mainframes as I was a kid, so I can't remember any time that there was not at least three different computers in the house that I was growing up in. …
Online Communities and the Evolution of Relationships
This past May, I became a Community Manager for the GitHub Community Forum. This position is focused very heavily on the strategy of the community, shaping how it grows and evolves over time, so I've been thinking a lot about online communities in general and how they've shaped the relationships that I have with other …
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