I started my blog as a means to develop my seemingly rapid and disconnected thoughts into a communicable, organized form. I also find writing is a useful exercise for building emotional resilience in sharing these thoughts with the public. I find it frightening to be so exposed, yet also exciting to see what kind of response I get from people. Plus, it’s revealing to look backward to reflect on what topics I’ve written about over time as my story unfolds.
LIVE Net Neutrality Protest at Verizon in Manchester, Connecticut
At Verizon stores across the United States, protesters gathered to express their disgust about the FCC’s plan to repeal Net Neutrality. Why meet up at Verizon? Because the FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, the same person who is fighting to repeal net neutrality, is a former Associate General Counsel for Verizon Communications, Inc. Since the local…
#SaveTheInternet Net Neutrality Livestream Marathon
My friend Neil Karkhanis (@Neil532Gaming) co-hosted a 12 hour livestream marathon to #SaveTheInternet. The livestream was all about the battle for Net Neutrality. What is Net Neutrality? In a tweet: Net Neutrality says that your internet service provider cannot adjust the speed of your internet connection based on the websites you are visiting. This is…
How to Protest in Style: Prepping for the December 7 Verizon Protest
I’ve packaged all the graphics I used to make my awesome protest t-shirt into a .zip file. The .zip contains the originals, plus the Powerpoint file combining them, plus a Photoshop file of the finals. Even if you don’t have Photoshop, you can still combine the images real easily… you can do it! DOWNLOAD T-SHIRT…
Funny Physics: The Math that Drives Me Mad
I originally submitted this essay for the FQXi Physics Essay Contest under the prompt: “How can mindless mathematical laws give rise to aims and intention?” Sadly, I was rejected for “obscenity.” While there is a piece of me that wishes to bash them for restricting my freedom of expression, I really should still thank them…
My appearence on “For the Love of Learning Show” discussing Creating Community for Unschoolers
This week I appeared on the webshow “For the Love of Learning” as part of a panel of guests discussing Creating Community for Unschoolers. It was an honor to be invited to join such an accomplished group of people, admittedly I felt a bit under-accomplished. I don’t know that I did a very good job…
To my younger self: Regarding Addiction
I thought maybe this would be useful to anyone struggling with addiction… Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:
My Experience at Not Back to School Camp
This summer, I had the privilege of being invited to work at Not Back to School Camp, an annual summer camp for unschoolers. To call it a “summer camp” almost feels like an injustice to the event, as it is an experience that far exceeds any expectation one might have of a summer camp. Since I…
To my younger self: Quit School!
It appears that I’ve started a Vlog… If you check the YouTube videos themselves, all references are included. I’ve omitted them from this page since it would take up so much space. PART 1: Part 2: The Rebuttal Part 3: Do it for Humanity Part 4: How it’s Done
State of the Startup: June 2016
There are lots of books written by successful people looking backward at their careers and I always thought it would be cooler to have one from the perspective of someone when he’s down and out and clawing his way to the top. Of course that book would only become an interesting read if the author…
My Interview on ‘Youth on Subjects of the World’
Last week I was invited to be interviewed by two unschoolers, Neil Karkhanis and Martin Harvey-Olson, on the CCN webshow ‘Youth on Subjects of the World.’ It was an honor to be their first non-teen guest! We spent most of the two hours discussing our gripes with the education system and my path to developing Open Source…
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