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F1 Qualifying is sometimes more exciting than a re...
It’s finally cool enough that I can drink my...
Home today for a warranty repair to our AC unit th...
I think I’ll likely stick with the base mode...
Looking forward to the iPhone event tomorrow. I&rs...
The end of the Bills-Ravens game was wild. What a ...
Scout Motors partnered with local coffee shops to ...
I bought a wireless CarPlay adapter for my car and...
Some thoughts on the Cracker Barrel rebranding fiasco from a visual identity researcher
Most of our neighbors have doorbell cameras and mo...
I switched from the Tiny Theme to the Mythos Theme...
I loved newspapers and magazines when I was young....
I’m working in the School of Journalism&rsqu...
I really want to use Ulysses or Scrivener for my d...
I’ve been in two active shooter situations. ...
An active shooter on the University of South Carol...
According to Facebook, I started grad school seven...
My PhD research is on how people respond to logos....
Excited to see South Carolina switch from Under Ar...
Thanks Cracker Barrel and MSNBC! I needed some mor...
My daughter and I are discussing the best fictiona...
Working on a new typeface design that I started si...
Modern cars have all the problems of a car, plus a...
Digital permanence
I love these moments when Team Wertz is all togeth...
Went to campus. Got caught in a rain storm. Now si...
I can’t think of a sports parallel to F1 sum...
McSweeney’s with a gem: The EM dash responds...
An insightful read from the Nieman Lab on NY Times...
This blog post about additive and extractive techn...
Really enjoyed the Fantastic Four. Fun story with ...
Two new typefaces for my 50th birthday
In honor of my 50th birthday today, I decided to r...
Fell asleep after working on a paper for grad scho...
This paper for my independent study is a mess. I&r...
Scenes from a roadtrip
I really do think there is something to this: How ...
Setting prices for type
We got some breakfast Hot Pockets and they no long...
Excited that Cotton Bureau has finally added custo...
Me: I really need to wrap up this paper on deprofe...
Waking up to big F1 news. Christian Horner out at ...
SbB Emote: A colorful faux emoji set built in Fontstruct
Adobe's Project Indigo a home run in tough lighting
Fireflies baseball. A beautiful night to catch a m...
My dad randomly asked me if I wanted the typewrite...
Watched the entire Cubs game today… 8 home ...
Watching Cubs v. Cardinals on Apple’s Friday...
We’ve reached the part of summer break where one o...
Embracing old tools in new ways + two new Fontstruct designs
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Yep, the Mets are still p...
Enjoyed this beautifully art directed and illustra...
My son wanted to play video games with me, so we p...
This restaurant doesn’t look crowded, but the numb...
Playing around with Adobe’s Project Indigo camera ...
Artificial intelligence with a side of seasoned fries
Just finished my last assignment for my six-week s...
Kia’s new EV2 is an adorably small electric ...
My wife discovered the hidden yellow jacket nest b...
There is no better feeling than coming up with the...
Saw a double rainbow on my way back from picking u...
Just watched Apple’s “haptic trailer&r...
Thinking about Apple’s new Liquid Glass desi...
If you want to watch two of the best teams in base...
Switching my blog into summer mode. My fish logo i...
Google Scholar is blocking searches from my comput...
Working in a Starbucks that’s just been renovated....
Dr. Annie Andrews is running for Senate in SC. She...
Rewatching Arrow Season 1. So delightfully over th...
Everyone is excited about Apple renumbering the op...
Sixteen years ago today, I shared my first Fontstr...
Some creations are foundational. If you design a t...
Beware hype without details
My Three Fontstruct Color Competition Entries
Remember the hype leading up to the introduction o...
Wrapped up a really long middle school lacrosse se...
I’m taking a six-week summer grad school class for...
Spending the morning at the Subaru dealership whil...
Luxury experience
Did some grad school work after watching the Andor...
Color fonts and signal flags
Loved this: Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids. ...
On tiredness
I have no tolerance for people who preach compassi...
Leo XIV is notably the first person named Bob to b...
Prom pictures for my Jilly.
I’m writing a paper for class and I’ve...
I know that students love the food delivery robots...
I need to finish a couple of class projects for th...
Clean Slate
The Cubs' offense is fun to watch this year. I&rsq...
Return to Fontstruct
Happy Easter from Team Wertz!
Quick favor. I need a few more responses for a pil...
Watching the Rocketeer because it’s fun to watch t...
Spent today at Augusta National with no phone or d...
I’m back to playing around on Fontstruct. Ju...
One thing about going back to grad school in your ...
Getting back in the habit of writing one of my ele...
Today, we are thankful for protective lacrosse goa...
Great game, Gamecocks! So much depth. Looking forw...
Google’s AI Overview has already declared th...
Spring is finally coming to campus.
As a South Carolinian, I’m happy to see Cory...
Looks like the Women’s Final Four will be So...
Saw this last week and I’m still thinking about it...
Took the modular numerals from the 2025 McLaren F1...
I’m ready for an F1 race that doesn’t ...
Writing became secondary.
Today was disappointing. Tomorrow will be better.
I’ve settled into a morning routine of playing App...
I accidentally started listening to an old playlis...
Stayed up late last night to watch the Australian ...
Reflections on a DIY Dryer Repair
I’m curious how font foundries are structuri...
Sitting in the lobby of the Alumni Center waiting ...
Is it unusual that Columbia doesn’t have an Apple Store?
Slightly melted
📺 Watching Drive to Survive Season 7. Ready for th...
I think every social media platform should allow m...
Rich People Are Firing a Cash Cannon at the US Eco...
Five lectures
Yesterday, my middle schooler lost his backpack wi...
My sleep schedule has been a little bit off lately...
Eight years ago today, I attended an Edward Tufte ...
My son’s middle school has been sending an e...
The start of another season. Ryan had some really ...
Nicknaming places
If you don’t value government, everything looks li...
Long day ahead of me, but the weekend is on the ot...
Nine years ago, I wasn't in a mass shooting
It’s been a long week, y’all.
They are about to start work on the riverfront tra...
AI and Design: It’s what you make of it.
Long day ahead of me today. A couple of important ...
I’m taking an asynchronous class on survey d...
I’ve pretty much stopped posting to Instagra...
Shots from last night at Craft and Draft in Irmo. ...
It’s easier to destroy than to govern.
Proud of Jilly. Honorable mention in the district ...
The senior citizens in the doctor’s office waiting...
I love Iconfactory’s Tapestry – a unified timeline for my iPhone
It’s almost time for the college baseball season t...
My 17-year-old daughter wanted to listen to her ne...
It’s dark. And my son is still in the backyard get...
Sitting on a bench on the Horseshoe and A SQUIRREL...
Enterprise has me in their system as “Roberta” ins...
Today would have been my mom’s 80th birthday...
After two weeks of kids being sick and snow days, ...
Big party at Craft and Draft Irmo to celebrate the...
Parasocial
Six years ago, I wrote a blog post encouraging peo...
Iconfactory’s Tapestry is nearing release. I...
For a class research project, I’ve been read...
Had to take a few more pictures of the snow before...
A little snow in Columbia, South Carolina is a big...
If the Bills win, it will set up a battle between ...
Helping my 7th grader understand linear regression...
Just ordered a custom Timbuk2 backpack to replace ...
Reflections from 1.19.2025
Enjoyed Star Wars Skeleton Crew. Fun show. Loved t...
I’m going to get a Micro.One subscription fo...
My wife and I are making some changes around the h...
People are talking about the “new” Hon...
I think it’s time to phase out bowl games. With op...
Then: Reflections from 12.31.24
2025: Incremental Progress
Our family has been going at full speed since Than...
My daugther’s school has banned use of any u...
Had to come back home this morning to pick up a pa...
Thanks to the librarians at the University of Sout...
Then: Reflections from 12.15.24
My favorite eight pictures from 2024.
Tracking down a copy of my thesis from 1997
Listening to a podcast this week and I realized th...
You say “Bless you” when someone sneezes. My son w...
I started watching F1 this season with the Canadia...
Subscribed to The Verge’s new subscription p...
Enjoyed Skeleton Crew last night. It does feel lik...
I think professional wrestling might have more con...
Then: Reflections from 12.01.24
Hey Siri. Play Sandstorm.
Down goes Clemson. South...
As a McLaren fan, it was a fun F1 Sprint Race this...
Post Thanksgiving date night at Craft and Draft Ir...
Excited to see the first two episodes of Star Wars...
I added the “Quiet Posters” feed on Bl...
Random thought for my Columbia SC creative friends...
Dear Rick Wertz of Indiana,
Please stop giving peo...
Reflections from 11.24.24
Just saw a headline that SMU is going be in the AC...
Tomorrow, our youngest turns 13. Which means that ...
Refining my social media approach
I’m thinking about setting up an email accou...
A nice update outlining all the Marvel shows and m...
Bluesky and Micro.Blog make a pretty complementary...
Just changed my username on Bluesky to my domain n...
Checks mentions. Sees a bunch of replies from Blue...
South Carolina’s offense isn’t always pretty, but ...
At this point in the semester, Team Wertz is headi...
One of the fun things about being a Ph.D. student ...
The number of people I actually know on Bluesky ha...
How the Ivy League Broke America. Incredibly thoug...
I haven’t been active on Twitter in a very l...
Really, really don’t understand how people a...
Then: Reflections from 11.10.24
Today, everything in my life seems small. My job f...
According to Facebook, 15 years ago today, I got a...
Then: Reflections from 10.27.24
Just a reminder that aggressive tariffs and the re...
I got a really great score in Quartiles this morni...
I thought it was interesting that during the start...
Scout Motors is unveiling their new vehicle design...
I know I should probably vote early, but it’...
Then: Reflections from 10.20.24
SEC football this season is incredible.
Went to the SC State Fair to see a giraffe.
Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader:
RS...
I really enjoy the Apple News+ game, Quartiles. It...
Got the email that my latest journal article was a...
I bought my first Retro 51 pen at Origami Ink in A...
Then: 10.13.24
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Then: 10.6.24
Just found out that my favorite pen store in Ashev...
It’s funny to see how a post shows up when c...
Parker 25B: My first vintage fountain pen
In general, I avoid Twitter and Facebook. But Twit...
Really enjoyed The Armageddon Protocol by Dan More...
Then: 9.29.24
Expected Helene to be bad, but we don’t normally g...
For several reasons, I decided to work from home t...
The NY Times on the White Sox' historically bad se...
Academics: A CV and resume are completely differen...
Got a revise and resubmit with minor revisions on ...
Then: 9.22.24
Today was my 10th race watching F1. I started with...
Then: 9.15.24
Blind copying people on emails is silly. There is ...
Then: 9.8.24
ESPN is bringing Gameday to Columbia next weekend ...
Great win for my Gamecocks today against Kentucky....
So I shipped a typeface a few months ago. And then...
Cooking some turkey breasts on my Weber Kettle ton...
Then: 9.1.24
Today was terrible. Start to finish. Just rough. T...
Trying to troubleshoot cross posting to Threads fr...
Because of an accident on the interstate, took the...
Hey @manton. FYI: Something is broken with Threads...
The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down:...
The Red Lobster near me has closed, and I’m kinda sad.
Papaya ≠ Orange?
Then: 8.24.24
Harris Walz supporters should add the US Flag emoj...
This week has been strangely draining. Not sure wh...
Tucked in that Obama speech last night at the Demo...
Businesses are trying to make their offices more l...
Professionally, I feel like I need to maintain a L...
Found my wife’s old 11-inch MacBook Air and compar...
I’ve seen a 1990 Acura NSX around town latel...
Then: 8.17.24
Survived going to both Trader Joe’s and Targ...
Got my oldest about 2/3 moved into her off-campus ...
Seth Godin on “The paradox of lottery thinki...
Shadows.
Our twelve-year-old son made dinner for the family...
Then: 8.10.24
First day of school postponed because of the storm...
Watched part of the Harris/Walz event… And now I u...
I’m always fascinated with the desire to del...
Liz and the kids think I look like Jedi Bob.
Yesterday, Liverpool and Manchester United played ...
Gym floor lettering.
Then: 8.2.24
I keep thinking, surely, this is the moment where ...
I’m really enjoying watching the Olympics th...
I think Biden’s proposal to reform the Supre...
Peacock promoting Paris-themed Hallmark movies alo...
I like how my now page has become a type of weekly...
I picked a good season to start watching F1.
The new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds preview clip...
Dawn Staley is having the time of her life at the ...
Then: 7.27.2024
Watching the women’s Olympic cycling time tr...
Opened Facebook. Criticized some obvious political...
Open Social vs. Indie Social
Picked a really good day to unplug for a week.
Just noticed that the Mercedes F1 team is sponsore...
Then: 7.20.24
It’s an early beta, but I really like where Iconfa...
That fact that one bad update to a third-party sys...
Woke up in the middle of the night and couldn&rsqu...
Sticker Mule: A bad equation
Comfort Star Trek
Spent the evening troubleshooting some fonts that ...
I wish Cotton Bureau made stickers.
The ACC and Florida State/Clemson are going to set...
We bought our soon-to-be middle schooler a phone t...
Fun fact: One of my favorite pieces of memorabilia...
Then: 7.13.24
Stopped by Rutledge on my way across campus today....
The South Carolina Women’s Basketball team d...
Early in my career, the president of the insurance...
So tonight, I’ve learned that Lego is releas...
According to Facebook Memories, 13 years ago, I wa...
I’m taking (and sharing) a lot fewer pictures this...
What an exciting British Grand Prix. As a new F1 f...
I’ve decided to publish a Now page again. I&...
Then: 7.6.24
My 12-year-old tried again to watch the Lord of th...
Dead Mall Memories
Rok-Tahk on Star Trek Prodigy is one of my favorit...
Holding down the fort with a skeleton crew at the ...
Micro.Blog as my home base
Happy Fourth of July, designers. 🇺🇸 The red, white...
Twitterless: An Epilogue
I had numerous captions on some of my old posts ov...
I missed that Lego released a refined visual ident...
SbB Fonts: My new two-color type design site hosted on Micro.Blog
Can we stop for a second and appreciate that &ldqu...
Watched the Austrian Grand Prix. Quite a race. Fee...
I love pixel fonts, so I was absolutely delighted ...
After watching a particularly violent episode of T...
Saw a bald eagle circling over our neighborhood to...
I noticed today that I’m listening to fewer ...
I’m completely procrastinating right now. Ne...
That’s an interesting place to end the episode.
Excited to see the plan to finish the Three Rivers...
I had to have a conversation with my 12-year son t...
Voted in the SC primary on the way into work today...
I watched most of Apple’s WWDC Keynote today...
Our SC state representative is texting about how h...
Suicide is often ignored in the gun control debate...
Woke up to the noise of a couple of chatty Barred ...
Fireflies are out in force in our backyard.
I’ve never really watched any car racing, but out ...
Watching F1 with my daughter, who keeps surprising...
I took tomorrow off from work to have a “ret...
While I think most designers overreacted to the ch...
Here’s the other one I’m finishing up:...
I’ve been working on a couple of variable ty...
Working on a typeface design tonight and I’m...
Enjoyed the first two episodes of The Acolyte. Loo...
Watching old episodes of Eureka tonight. Forgot ho...
My wife’s car was totaled in a particularly horrif...
School’s out and I don’t have to take ...
I tried to help my wife with an issue on her work-...
Pretty much the only reason we have an Alexa in ou...
A neighbor has built a custom motorcycle sidecar f...
I have yard work to do… so obviously, I&rsq...
Today, I was surprised to learn that my 16-year-ol...
Just a reminder on Memorial Day that using the Sta...
15 years of Fontstruct
A designer on Threads asked what tool he should us...
Finally got around to finishing X-Men 97 on Disney...
Project Repost: Moving select posts from Squarespace to Micro.Blog
A former coworker was arrested two years ago on a ...
Reading back over 14 years of blog posts... and deciding what to do with them.
Web pages are disappearing. Links are broken. This...
When I was in high school in 1992, an alternative ...
So I ended up in the Threads test group with Tweet...
Jay Kuo dissects the NY Times Battleground Poll:
...
I’ve got an old Squarespace site with over a...
Does social media content become popular because p...
CNN has an article about how Victorinox might crea...
My wife is about to start a PhD program. She has a...
Just had a fun conversation with my girls about ho...
I’ve always picked up wiper blades from my l...
Now that the semester is over and I’m not te...
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Strands #61 “A shade envious?”
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I’ve been ...
Bad Batch finale was wonderful. Loved every moment...
Glad to see Instagram is trying to shut down the a...
What value does a national organization offer?
Every time I’m reading online and a “s...
Explaining to my teenage daughter what microfiche ...
Today was rough. Not sure why, exactly. Nothing pa...
My inlaws were getting “Breaking News Alerts...
Why didn’t the airbags deploy?
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updat...
The last few weeks have been a blur… busy a...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chocolate Cake for Breakfast, and Gill Sans: Separating work from their creator?
Turned in my final paper for the class I’m t...
Finalizing a paper for grad school on a rainy Sund...
Dealing with replacing my wife’s totaled car...
My wife and son were in a car accident last week a...
So even though I don’t work on the athletics...
National champs! Great game, Gamecocks!
📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #7: Wellbeing. ...
Anyone have recommendations for fountain pen frien...
📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #6: Windy. Stea...
New women’s basketball fans who’ve bee...
📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #5: Serene. Cal...
📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #4: Foliage. Th...
Remember when you had to manually set the RAM limi...
📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #3: Card. Ace o...
Panera closed an old location near us and built a ...
📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #2: Flowers. My...
📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #1: Toy. A vint...
Is it just me or are people and companies extra Ap...
I just added another retro tech shirt on Cotton Bu...
Inherent. Indestructible. Permanent.
I’m not sure how I feel about the Canva acqu...
Was changing the battery in my wife’s Buick ...
The Dunkin’ Donuts near our house is closed for re...
Spending my evening sitting on the back deck with ...
Our local minor league team, the Columbia Fireflie...
After all the upsets yesterday, I was surprised to...
Liz and I walked a couple miles in the park behind...
I’ve gotten back into designing shirts and I...
As a creative person, your job should not be your ...
More car manufacturers are showing interest in dev...
Green beer for St. Pats at Craft and Draft in Irmo...
The Jobification of Volunteer Work
A new BBQ restaurant opened nearby and I was excit...
Started writing a blog post about how local call-i...
On April 8, a solar eclipse will occur over the mi...
Watching an old episode of MacGyver where he&rsquo...
I put Jump Around on my grad school study playlist...
The South Carolina women had a buzzer beater yeste...
South Carolina Women’s Basketball goes to 31...
How big is the Rivian R3?
The Rivian R3 looks exactly like what I’m lo...
Took today off because I knew I had grad school wo...
Went to the Apple Store in Charlotte for an Apple ...
That time my 89-year-old grandmother “helped someone old”
Forgot how much I like the “Relics” ep...
Retiring “International Bob is Grumpy Day”
Tina Roth Eisenberg (aka Swissmiss) commented over...
The end of the Apple Car: This isn’t the revolution they thought it was…
Today, I learned that Tim Hortons has locations in...
My first guess in Wordle today eliminated all but ...
The Apple Sports app for following games in progre...
Just thinking … @manton … would it b...
I’m really glad I was able to export my twee...
The price of taking yesterday off is seven meeting...
One irritating thing about working on your PhD at ...
South Carolina Women’s Basketball just beat ...
My daughter was in the student section 1.5 hours b...
I changed my Micro.Blog avatar to my little fish l...
The Church Sign Problem: An extended metaphor for many things in business and life.
Trying out a new Starbucks that just opened. This ...
I like the way that @manton has improved crosspost...
So happy that Project Tapestry is funded. Congrats...
In a crowded Starbucks. I glance up to see if they...
We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a ...
A good week for South Carolina basketball. The men...
More than 30 years ago, I used a Mac for the first...
So I’m working my full-time job, taking a cl...
Seth Godin on Variety and the Long Tail:
It’s eas...
Honda shows off EV concepts – and two new logos
The Atlantic: If There Are No Stupid Questions, Th...
The user experience for setting up a kid’s a...
Over the holiday, I had to search on Google for so...
Both of the textbooks I need for the class I’m tak...
Reset, Continued: 2024
Got word a couple of days ago that a coworker of m...
It’s Christmas Eve and two of the presents w...
How to fix American democracy, from ranked-choice ...
2023 Favorite Eight
I was thinking about buying my middle child a non-...
Woke up this morning to low water pressure. Turns ...
How NASA Learned to Love the Worm Logo - The New Y...
Had my last in-person class of the semester this m...
Every Sunday afternoon after a shift change, the m...
I know we are a women’s basketball school, but the...
This NY Times articles on the changing nature of t...
SC defeats Mississippi Valley State 101-19. I knew...
Had some downtime today and built a quick monospac...
This year, I’m thankful for all of the alter...
Leaving the office for Thanksgiving break. And I w...
Years ago, I had a professor who discouraged the u...
I’ve been involved in many non-profits over ...
I watched the most insane high school football pla...
Completed: All Souls Lost by Dan Moren 📚 Fun paran...
We’ve reached the point in the fall in South Carol...
South Carolina Women’s Basketball starts the seaso...
Over a decade ago, some Petsmart employee typed my...
I think one of the reasons I’m skeptical abo...
South Carolina’s new look women’s bask...
Social media was misnamed. We should have called i...
Took today off to work on some classwork and recov...
I watched tonight’s Apple event and followed...
I’m reading some PR readings for class and t...
The leaves in our backyard are starting to fall.
I’ve never really been into crosswords, but I’m en...
Ryan’s last two lacrosse games for this seas...
Social media is history — just ask the kids!
The ...
If you ever think we know how the world works, rea...
Barnes & Noble Undergoes a Back-to-Basics Redesign...
I went to the UCDA conference this weekend. (Unive...
Saw lots of electric cars on my trip to Atlanta th...
At my son’s lacrosse game today and a family...
Milestone: My first published research paper is now online
I really enjoy Apple’s new crosswords in Apple New...
Flat tire today sidetracked my plans for the day. ...
Finally updated to macOS Sonoma on my Mac and iOS ...
Absurd Ahsoka Finale Speculation
My son, Ryan, is back in goal for another fall lac...
Weather is beautiful today. Hanging out on the bac...
Columbia’s Soda City Market is hoppin’ today. I re...
Overheard at a grad school symposium:
I mean, we’...
Loved this story on the Washington Post about the ...
As a designer who is also a Ph.D. student, I don&r...
Reading back through some journal articles for cla...
Got to film in the South Caroliniana Library on ca...
Sports talk radio all over South Carolina is going...
Rewatching the first few episodes of Ahsoka again....
Today is a holiday, but my daughter needed to stud...
I realized a long time ago that watching South Car...
The wifi at my daughter’s dorm room is slow ...
Saw these flowers outside of a restaurant this eve...
I had a great view of campus today. From the 8th f...
I follow a handful of Mastodon accounts here on Mi...
The Beekeepers Who Don’t Want You to Buy More Bees...
Streaming killed the TV clip show
Dropped my oldest off at college today. She is liv...
With the start of school, my wife’s sleep sc...
Just discovered that the Apple TV MLB app lets you...
The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than Yo...
Finally got around to watching the season finale o...
Rewatching Alias on Disney+. I forgot how engaging...
The only Barnes and Noble in town is one of the la...
This article makes me want to use periods even mor...
It seems to me that fewer people are posting on so...
Picking out my pens and pencils for the Fall semes...
I’m working on revisions to a paper that is ...
Just got a minor revision decision on a manuscript...
I’m surprised that the Strange New Worlds mu...
The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Musical Episode ...
This ESPN story about Florida State wanting to lea...
Thanks to the Barbie movie, my girls have discover...
My daughter just declared that her favorite font i...
I’m at a local coffee shop that’s normally packed ...
My academic research is primarily in branding and ...
Spent my morning working on some typeface designs ...
Threads as a "federated" brand solution
The University of Georgia School of Journalism too...
Finally got around to adding a fonts page to my Mi...
I’ve been reading the coverage of the Twitte...
A coworker of mine took Twitter off her iPhone hom...
Last day of vacation. Caught a Columbia Fireflies ...
I’ve worn contacts since 10th grade, but for...
Twitterless: The Final Chapter
Road-trip to Charleston and saw a bunch of cool EV...
Beach day today at Isle of Palms. Found a couple o...
Back in 2018, I wrote a second blog post about pre...
My academic research is typically focused on logos...
We’ve always had independent media. Why should social media be any different?
I don’t know why the Star Trek: Strange New ...
Day two of vacation: Caught up with my sister and ...
When we got married, Liz wasn’t planning on being ...
Day one of vacation. Hanging out at the pool.
My daughter (ACL repair) and my dad (back surgery)...
Two long days to start this week. Productive days,...
Working this afternoon from the Ph.D. student suit...
Was the first person in the office this morning. I...
I was going through my sketchbooks today and reali...
Trying to add some academic journal RSS feeds to F...
Went down a rabbit hole and discovered that iron-a...
My daughter is getting playing around with her new...
Seth Godin with the reminder that you can’t ...
Sharing Apple News Links
After watching this week’s Strange New World...
Signed my oldest up for her college move-in time. ...
Vampire cat.
I’ve had this small task hovering over my he...
Insomnia is kicking my ass tonight. Tomorrow is go...
According to Facebook Memories, 12 years ago, peop...
Threads arrival shows social media is fragmenting ...
Billboard companies always give me PSD (Photoshop)...
Predictably, the mass media narrative about Instag...
Just plotted out a walking loop inside our new off...
So there are lots of rough edges on Threads, and i...
So I got access to Bluesky about 5 minutes after I...
The Instagram Threads launch and media effects theory
I don’t know much about how wine is made, bu...
This article on the The Verge about the changing s...
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Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! ⚾️
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I’m tired. But also, I can’t sleep. Sigh.
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Spending some time tonight thinking about my disse...
For a short week, it’s been a long week.
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Saw this beautiful flower on campus yesterday.
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Happy Easter from Team Wertz.
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Gruber linked to this article about GM phasing out...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #29. Slice. Or rather, sli...
📷 March Photo Challenge #28. Prompt. My car is pro...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #26. Instrument. My wife’s...
I wrote up my quick first thoughts about Adobe Fir...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #24. Court. Basketball pra...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #23. Chance. Flipped a coi...
I came up with my silly U2 “The Fly” insect photo ...
📷 March Photo Challenge #22. Insect. Listening to ...
Amazon is shutting down camera review website DP R...
📷 March Photo Challenge #21. Tiny. 1950s Hit submi...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #19. Analog. Weber Kettle ...
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Just watched A Sort of Homecoming, the Disney+ U2 ...
📷 March Photo Challenge #17. Early. Meeting a frie...
📷 March Photo Challenge #16. Road. Crossing a stre...
As someone who once drove a VW Rabbit, I have to s...
This laser printer “review” from Nilay...
📷 March Photo Challenge #15. Patience. Waiting for...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #13. Connection. Monitor C...
My iPhone case is starting to fall apart, so I&rsq...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #10. Ritual. I love that m...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #8. Walk. Lunchtime stroll...
📷 March Photo Challenge #7: Whole. Rings closed. C...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #5: Tile. The entrance to ...
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📷 March Photo Challenge #3: Solitude. Just me in t...
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Enjoyed the Mandalorian Season 3 premiere.
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Beautiful day on campus today.
Tried out a new trail on our Sunday morning walk.
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Hey @futuregeek. What do you think?
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Saw a Mercedes EQS 450 on the road this afternoon....
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I knew I’d gotten out of the habit of writin...
Adding a "now" page
I missed Twitter today during the South Carolina/U...
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CNN reports that the Chinese surveillance balloon ...
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I heard the rain when I woke up this morning and a...
Moving past commentary-driven media
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Just finished a nice hike.
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Finally got around to watching Glass Onion. So muc...
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Every time Sticker Mule has holographic stickers o...
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Just bought some Nanoleaf smart lightbulbs for our...
At my daughter’s physical therapy session and it’s...
Merry Christmas from Team Wertz. 🎄
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Had coffee with a friend this morning and was tell...
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Go-kart fun.
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Finally got around to watching the Guardians of th...
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Seth Godin has some thoughts on why search engines...
Brands: Federated
Just placed a JetPens order.
SOUTH CAROLINA UPSETS CLEMSON!!!! 🏈
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Bob Iger is back at Disney.
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The balance between broadcast and engagement
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Taking the rest of the day off to try and reset my...
Studying with my daughters at Starbucks.
Liftoff! 🌎->🚀->🌛
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Six hours after the presale began, I was able to s...
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This line on the Ticketmaster site concerns me: &l...
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Getting work done at Starbucks this morning.
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Working from a coffee shop this afternoon. Made pr...
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I took today off for a personal “retreat.&rd...
📷 #9: Bloom: Tiny roses.
📷 #8: Union. Sky+Ocean. Sun+Sand.
I’m glad my kids love lacrosse, but I’m really exc...
📷 #7: Park. At a park today for the last 10U lacro...
📷 #6: Silhouette. Elton’s down there somewhere… fr...
📷 #5: Earth. Dried and cracked mud.
📷 #4: Thorny. A little bit literal with this one. ...
📷 #3: Experimental. This week, I’ve been exp...
Interesting study on sleep finds that for middle a...
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📷 #2: Photo. The cover of a 1970s photo album.
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