Newsletter
How to Make Friends
My version of Dale Carnegie’s “How to make friends and Influence People”
Newsletter
Newsletter
In Defense of Small Talk
Before we can talk about deeper topics like grief, we have to hold space for the weather.
Newsletter
The Enshittification of Tech Jobs
My first “adult” job was as a product manager for a startup that didn’t have a product. The founder raised 24 million dollars by telling the story of using big data to solve problems in travel. The business case was supposedly self-evident because travel spending was in the trillions
Newsletter
Managing
“Managing” is how we survive in a world where cruelty is the point.
Newsletter
Let Time Pass
I arrived at the US Senate as a 27 year-old ready to make a mark. It was the first time I had worked in a centuries old institution. Emboldened by a steady diet of “girlboss” ideology, I wanted to bring tech literacy to Congress. But the Senate operated in years
Newsletter
Welcome Back
The fall started with the death of a dear friend and ended with my father’s death. Needless to say, I was drowning in sadness. I dissociated from immense grief by burying myself deeper into the TikTok algorithms. I disengaged from the joys of my life like ceramics and exercise.
Newsletter
Building in Community
“Everything Worthwhile Is Done With Other People” - Mariame Kaba
Newsletter
Customer Development as Bearing Witness
“Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.” - bell hooks
Newsletter
Recovering from Burnout
“One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others” - bell hooks
Newsletter
Introduction to A Revolutionary Technologist
To bastardize a Nikki Giovanni quote, “I’m 33 years old, a revolutionary technologist. I love.”