Category: Ideas

Nope, this is not a thinkpiece about the future of the WordPress ecosystem, it’s my notes on migrating this website off of WordPress-dot-com and setting aside other Automattic products where possible. This website has moved! I mean, it’s still at the same URL, so you probably haven’t noticed much, but since I left Automattic, I’ve…

Four months into my move into climate tech, the last 11 days of January lasted about a year, and were not the best days, but we beat on, boats against the current, borne forward ceaselessly into the future, to interpolate Fitzgerald. Highlights Predictions: I published my 2025 sustainability predictions on LinkedIn, my personal blog, and…

This week on LinkedIn, I’ve been publishing my 2025 predictions about key trends to expect in corporate sustainability and the intersection of climate tech, energy, and data centers. I wrapped them all up in one post over at Overt Impact, and you should at least click that link to feast your eyes on the not-subtle…

Three months into my pivot to sustainability, I’ve successfully narrowed the focus of my conversations, job applications, certifications, and publications.  All that and a bag of (GPU) chips below… What’s next for me: An ask for you: Do you know anyone else who pivoted to sustainability from some mix of tech or media? Connect us,…

Two months into a transitional period on the way to my goal of working full-time in sustainability, I’ve been keeping busy with calls, reading, research, and other projects. Selected milestones and activities during November 2024, by the numbers: What’s next for me:Finishing some reading, taking a Green Software Practitioner course to see how much I’ve…

I still find myself running into conversations where people are skeptical about the use cases, benefits, and wisdom of using Generative AI. I don’t think this is a case where we can ignore a technology (kudos to you if you completely sat out Web3 NFTs), but I find myself thinking about the assumption that AI…

tl;dr: I’m launching my consulting business today to help big companies answer big questions about Sustainability, AI, and WordPress Architecture. Throughout my career, I’ve built experience and expertise on a wide range of topics all centered around content and marketing technology on the web. In many cases, I’ve developed well-informed strong opinions on certain topics,…

Sometimes, you just need to go through your many, many open tabs and find the good stuff. And then share it. You do share the good stuff, right? Here are three things I’m reading and a useful tool.

Yesterday was four weeks since my last day at Automattic, and I’ve been keeping busy.  Selected Activities since October 3, 2024, by the numbers: What’s next for me:Registering an LLC, grabbing a domain, and opening a bank account to get set up for a consulting business. A question for you: If you’ve done consulting work, how…

💡Something struck me while I was listening to this excellent 20VC podcast from Harry Stebbings with AJ Tennant (from Glean, ex-Slack, ex-Meta): Their points on how and when to build different sales functions and verticals were right on, and I wish everyone I worked with in 2018-2019 knew then what AJ Tennant knows now.  (Everyone…