Writings

  • Articles - Writings

    4B or not 4B

    Burnout is the most famous brother in the career family, or more simply, the most infamous. Almost every employee touches burnout at some point in their careers. There are plenty of articles, stories, and steps to address over-worked employees. However, I think there are other phases that employees can walk…

  • Books

    Dani’s Dreamshoes

    What started as a pandemic project (https://www.gofundme.com/f/danis-dream-shoes-a-new-clubfoot-book) is finally nearing its end. It has been a blast being creative again. Its been a fascinating journey finally working on something that fed my soul in a way that no other work truly has before. From conception, to the GoFundMe, to getting…

  • Articles - Writings

    The 10 P’s of Career Perfection

    Frameworks, systems, tools – You could say I’m a fan. I like using them, building them, breaking them down and re-building them. I like how they open up new ways of looking at data, at making comparisons and creating metaphors, and at either zooming out of a problem or zooming…

  • Rant - Writings

    Connecting Dots

    (A little inspired by the #builtforthis campaign) The Internet holds a very special place to me. I wouldn’t be who I was without it, and every day I get excited that I get to help connect people to it’s future. One of my earliest encounters with the magic series of tubes was…

  • Rant - Writings

    A Cautionary Tale: Life as a Startup Martyr

    When I started at Cloudflare, I had high hopes of becoming a “safe pair of hands” – a rugby metaphor used by one of my Georgetown MBA professors. He encouraged us all to become a trustworthy and reliable person to our customers and employers. To be the person that could…

  • Articles - Writings

    Stories of Leadership

    “What is your management philosophy?” was the question asked, pretty innocently. I’d been a manager for over a year at this point, and oddly enough, this was the very first time someone was asking me this question. Fortunately for the asker, as well as my team members, I had a…

  • Crypto - Writings

    The Long Tail & Steemit

    You are now part of the long tail. Decentralization enables the expansion of ideas and products into new markets in ways that were never thought possible before with centralized systems. This unlocks an equal if not greater portion of the value that is available for those ideas and products. Lets…

  • Poetry - Writings

    I Hate Your Poem

    I hate your poem – that spittle you call verse The pustular oozing of emotional soothing broken, gnarled and terse I hate your poem – and it’s childish rhyme scheme Your dutiful pattern so beaten and battered Like an unspeakable crime scene I hate your poem – in all its…

  • Crypto - Writings

    Expressing the Future of Finance

    Imagine the future when almost every cause, company, and even people have their own currency. Think of it the same way most companies and many individuals today have their own domain names, Twitter accounts, and Facebook pages. Billions upon billions of expressions by people creating and sharing what they love…