Thirtysomething

But already now I've noted the patterns - the cracks the spiderwebbed through my carefully constructed sand castles.

5:10:31 PM me: no. i'm pretty busy and stressed at the moment 5:10:49 PM him: why? you've been stressed since freshmen year in high school... 5:11:09 PM him: despite your trips and attempts to be a writer/photographer. 5:11:

I cracked the puzzle before, took off but then realized that even on the road, money was something everyone needed.

That first departure for Africa led me to a lifetime of travel. It shaped the way I see the world and showed me that there was more to write about than my own inner miseries. Paul Theroux: The Lesson of My Life This article has a lot of how I&

The business model of online advertising isn’t sustainable for traditional publishers who focus on premium content - they have to appeal to the lowest common denominator (slideshows, gossip, headlines) to get enough impressions-click-throughs to tread water

I think it would be much more interesting to think about why talented people sometimes can’t change a company, how org structures affect innovation and all the lessons I learned trying to build revenue at one point and building engagement at another point for Yahoo.