Thoughts.

I Will Press Zero Until Someone Answers.

Forty-one minutes on hold for a ninety-second problem. Customer service didn't get worse — it got optimized. The menu isn't there to route you, it's there to exhaust you.

telecom business personal

I Paid to Watch You Film a Concert.

Two thousand people at a Tears for Fears show and half of them watched it through a five-inch screen. You didn't buy a ticket to a video. Thirty seconds, then put it away.

music culture personal

I Don't Trust a Show That Won't End.

Every series now runs until the money stops instead of until the story does. Give me six tight episodes and a real ending over a season nine nobody asked for.

culture tv personal

I Don't Own Anything Anymore.

Twenty-six subscriptions on one bank statement and not one thing I actually own. I rent my music, my movies, my software, and apparently my car's heated seats.

culture tech personal

I'd Rather Drive Nine Hours Than Fly.

Flying turned into a five-hour humiliation ritual for a ninety-minute trip. Give me a car, a full tank, and the 395 north — I'll see you when I get there.

travel personal

I Cook to Turn My Brain Off.

I'm a mediocre cook with nine recipes and one good knife. Standing at a stove for forty minutes is the only part of my day that actually behaves.

cooking personal

I Don't Know How to Make Friends Anymore.

I have hundreds of contacts, dozens of group chats, and a calendar full of meetings. What I don't have is a guy I can call at 9pm on a Tuesday for no reason at all.

friendship personal

I Miss the Internet We Killed.

The internet used to be weird, personal, and a little broken. Then we turned it into a mall. I build the infrastructure it runs on — and sometimes I wish it ran on less.

internet personal

I'm Nostalgic for a Life I Probably Made Up.

I remember my childhood in high definition. The problem is — none of it happened exactly the way I remember it. And I don't care.

nostalgia personal

I Have 40,000 Photos I'll Never Look At.

My phone has more memories stored on it than my brain does. I keep shooting anyway — because apparently deleting photos feels worse than never seeing them again.

photography personal

I Started Running and I Don't Know Why.

I don't have a runner's body, a runner's discipline, or a runner's excuse. I just started doing it. And now I can't stop — which is ironic, because stopping is all I think about while I'm doing it.

running personal

I Judge People by Their Bookshelves.

It's not a personality test. It's better than a personality test. And yes — I've already judged yours.

books personal

I Don't Know How to Act My Age.

Someone told me to "settle into this chapter." I asked what chapter. They didn't have a good answer.

life personal

I Work in the Most Boring Industry on Earth.

Telecom isn't glamorous. Nobody talks about it at parties. But everything you do online runs through the work people like me do — and you'll never think about it until it stops working.

telecom personal

I'm a Grown Man at Disneyland.

I don't care what it looks like. I don't care what people think. If you need me on a Saturday, check Space Mountain.

theme parks personal

I Take My Coffee Way Too Seriously.

I know it's just a beverage. I know it shouldn't matter this much. But it does, and I'm not apologizing for it.

coffee personal

I'm Starting a Podcast Nobody Asked For.

It's called Bad Reception. The name is a telecom joke. The content is everything I've been told to keep to myself.

podcast personal

I'm Never Leaving Los Angeles.

People talk about LA like it's a problem to be solved. Traffic, rent, wildfires, influencers — I've heard it all. I'm still here. I'll always be here.

los angeles personal

I Can't Stop Starting Things.

I run a telecom company, a tech firm, a nonprofit, a publishing imprint, and a few other things I've probably forgotten. I'm not bragging — I might need an intervention.

entrepreneurship personal

I Still Build Websites by Hand.

Everyone's using templates, AI builders, and drag-and-drop tools. I'm writing HTML at midnight like it's 2003. And I'm not stopping.

tech personal

I'm Getting a Degree I Don't Need.

I run multiple companies. I've built a career without a diploma. And I'm sitting in online classrooms at midnight anyway. Here's why.

education personal

Everybody Wants to Rule the World.

A Tears for Fears song taught me more about ambition than any business book ever did.

music personal

I Almost Ran for Congress.

I'm a Democrat. I live in LA. I care deeply about this country. And I decided not to run — here's the honest version of why.

politics personal

I Said What I Said.

About that Facebook post. Yes, I meant every word. No, I'm not walking it back.

politics personal