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Part newsletter, part podcast. Grappling with how technology is distorting our lives, experiences, and relationships... and how to deal. All a work in progress.

Ever wish you could talk to the people who design, build, or study technology about how they deal with technology in their own homes — with their own kids?

Well, that’s what I’m doing.

Personally, I navigate uncertainty by talking to people and hearing their experiences, and I’ve been doing this for about a year now with colleagues, but 1:1. More often than not, I walk away thinking “man I wish I had recorded that because [insert friends name] is struggling with exactly that question.” So I’ve decided to have more of these conversations, but this time record and share them.

Maybe it will be interesting to people, and maybe it won’t and I’ll just have a good time talking to myself and screaming into the void. But I’m doing it. (Manifesting, etc. etc.)

What is “it?” Basically an informal podcast made up of conversations between me and experts in technology who also happen to be parents. Also, written words of some kind, shared on some regular cadence that may or may not be affected by sick kids and the volume of school emails during any given week.

This is not intended to be an academic exercise and I am absolutely figuring it out as I go. It will be informal and unvarnished, and there will likely be some cursing and typos. You’ve been warned. Oh, and who am I? You can learn more here and here.

If you want to follow along, you can find clips on Instagram, and full interviews on YouTube and/or wherever you get your podcasts. And of course, follow this Substack.