My 2018 Personal Balanced Scorecard
Every year, I take a different approach to resolutions. Since 2013 I’ve crafted a personal balanced scorecard to guide my personal behaviour, and, hopefully, improve it. Most of this is pretty personal to me, but…
Designing Products, Experiences, and Marketing
What Can Video Game Design Teach Marketers?
It’s more than the gamification buzz that’s been thrown around. I’m a total nerd. It took me a long time to realize how big of a nerd I really am though. In high school, I…
PC Upgrade
Last month I decided it was time to do a new custom PC build. It wasn’t much on the “budget” side, but I did already have an Nvidia GTX 1070 that I’d picked up last…
Why I Believe Global Warming / Climate Change Science
the factors that convinced me of climate change
My Homelessness Video Script
Dialogue(conscious thought dialogue) 0:00Good Morning Iowa, welcome to November! We’re digging in to fall, the holiday season is nearly upon us, and so as we take a break from plowing through the bucket of leftover…
2017 Personal Balanced Scorecard
# Mind / Professional Read 1 book p/month (track at Goodreads.com) Dedicate 30 minutes p/night to reading January: What Is Not Yours is Not Yours Write 1 long-form blog post per month (sethmsparks.com) Dedicate 60…
Leveling Up – Backyard Additions
This post was written on July 29, but went unpublished as I’d hoped that it could be edited in favor of our situation. It has not, so the original post is being published, along with…
When Will We Stop Writing?
I keep seeing people debate whether or not kids should learn to write in cursive. I hear it from my wife who’s a teacher. I see it in my social media streams. I see advocates…
Learning From John Green at Brandcast 2015
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m what some people would call a Nerdfighter. And one of the guys (John Green) that “founded” the vlog that created the community now known as Nerdfighteria recently spoke…