Me

  • Personal Stats 2020

    Life is a straight line. Here’s data: Glory to God in the Highest

  • 2017 By The Numbers

    We’re far past Peak Quantifiable Self, but I still like personal data. I track my weight, my location, and my activities in ways that help me stay accountable to myself and my family. I never turn off Google Location History, I use my Chrome Browser History to reconstruct my days, I keep detail handwritten journals…

  • List of videos I cried while watching today

    Presented in the order in which I watched them. It is not yet 1PM. I am steeled. Your browser does not support iframes. https://youtu.be/ypcJrPxbfJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEhIoKeTg0  

  • Leaving Smart Chicago for Ad Hoc

    Leaving Smart Chicago for Ad Hoc

    Today I am leaving my position as executive director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative to join Ad Hoc, a small software company that came out of the successful HealthCare.gov rescue effort. I will be joining Paul Smith, Greg Gershman, and the team they’ve built as director of business strategy & product development. At Smart Chicago,…

  • My Journals, 2015

    My Journals, 2015

    I hand-wrote 467 pages in various journals during  2015. This is actual pen-to-paper stuff. For years, I have been keeping five separate journal types going at any given time. I number each of the journals in order (Health Journal #14, Work Journal #46, etc.) and I try to be as honest and contemplative as possible as…