Unless you spend most of your time self-promoting, it's difficult to get word out about your successes, not to mention your interesting failures. There was a time, maybe 2009-2015, you could post about a new project on social media, or even your blog, and people would hear about it. These days, the signal-to-noise ratio on… Continue reading My 2025 Highlights
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A Mouse on a Treadmill or a Rat in a Maze?
I'm torn between which metaphor best describes my life: either I'm a mouse on a treadmill, running in place, getting nowhere, or I'm a rat in a maze, going blindly down random paths in order to get that cheese, which, face it, isn't much of a prize. Consider this: I work a high-prestige, low-paying job… Continue reading A Mouse on a Treadmill or a Rat in a Maze?