Launching a site is like driving in a snowstorm
At this point, I’ve launched a dozen or more sites to the world. (including one for female sports fans yesterday.) It’s old hat at this point, but it’s still always stressful. I think I’ve come up with...
View ArticleJason’s summer reading recommendations
For my fiction reading this summer, I’ve been focusing mostly on near-future science fiction, especially stories that explore the logical conclusions to current trends. Here are two writers you should...
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Your personal API
This is geeky, but supremely interesting if you’re into that sort of thing: the Cambrian explosion of everything. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the past few months about personal APIs,...
View ArticleHow long would humanity last in a robot apocalypse?
Randall Munroe, author of our favorite web comic, xkcd, is writing a weekly series exploring the scientific underpinnings of interesting questions. This week? How long would humanity last in a robot...
View ArticleNot just a sandwich, an accomplishment
The Butler household is getting ready for Patriots season. This sandwich might just hold us until the second half. Big Vince is someone I’d trust when it comes to food.
View ArticleRed Dawn is coming
Wow, I’m going to lose all my “happy resident of the socialist hellhole of Massachusetts” cred, but I’m really looking forward to the remake of Red Dawn. Seriously, we have Thor on our side!
View ArticleFun with machine learning
I spend a lot of time working with machine learning — exciting, I know. That said, this is a really interesting use of it to determine “what makes Paris look like Paris”? Take four minutes to watch...
View ArticleAnd this is how you kill an ecosystem
Wow, Twitter is (in my humble opinion) committing a massive strategic blunder. If you want a thriving ecosystem, let your partners feel confident and make money. Today. Literally, today. I’m sitting...
View ArticleBusy September
Hi kids. I haven’t forsaken you. I’ve been juggling three big projects, and the personal blog has taken a hit. (Also taking a hit: 39 Essays, which may have expanded from a one-year project to a...
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While lost in Walden Woods
While lost in Walden Woods this afternoon, I discovered a neat feature in the new Maps application in iOS6. If you keep pressing the button in the lower left, it will turn on a view where it will show...
View ArticleKickstarter in the real world
So, this is really interesting. First Root Farm, our CSA here in Concord, is doing a Kickstarter project to buy a fancy new tractor. This is the first time I’ve seen Kickstarter used in the world...
View ArticleLaunch mode
So, it’s been a little dark around these parts lately. Sorry ’bout that. I’m in launch mode. I’ll be back up for air in early January.
View ArticleWe’ve launched
Happy new year! I started a few weeks ago as the VP of Product and Technology at a startup called Compass Aging. And today, we just pushed live the first public beta of the product! We’re building a...
View ArticleVegetables for the summer…
I just sent out the check to First Root Farm, our CSA here in Concord. I’m looking forward to the fresh vegetables all summer! If you haven’t thought about a CSA before, you should check out...
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Blizzard 2013
We had a little over two feet of snow here in Concord during the great Blizzard of 2013. At least it happened at the beginning of the weekend. Six hours of shoveling yesterday, in which I got almost...
View ArticleAn outstanding book on caring for aging parents
I’ve been doing a lot of reading to get up to speed in my role at Compass Aging. By far the best book I’ve read is A Bittersweet Season by Jane Gross, the original editor of the New York Times’ New Old...
View ArticleOpening Day, 2013
Well, for the first time since 2000, I do not have season tickets to the Red Sox. Over the past couple of years, we’ve been lucky to get to five of our games over the course of a season. I blame the...
View ArticleAnother launch. More progress.
Yes, I realize I’ve been a little light on the posting ’round these parts lately. (And don’t even talk to me about the state of 39 Essays. That’s turning into the project of a decade, not a year.)...
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Sadie, algebra and Dragon Box
It’s times like these when I’m excited to be living in the future. I learned algebra in seventh grade, from Mrs. Doyle if I remember correctly. That seemed appropriate; even while not starting until...
View ArticleSenior well-being assessments
We just launched a new product called Care Assure. The idea is that we can provide an friendly, objective assessment of your senior to let you both know how she’s doing. I think this will be useful,...
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