My Blog

Welcome to my blog, where I explore various ideas and topics. Below you’ll find curated reading lists on key themes, followed by a chronological list of all my posts.

Featured Themes

All Blog Posts

• Teasing apart form from function
  September 25, 2024 • writing, philosophy, communication
• AI Zombie
  September 17, 2024 • artificial intelligence, future, ethics
• Awakening the AI
  September 16, 2024 • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cognitive Science
• AI: The Next Technological Leap
  August 30, 2024 • artificial intelligence, cognitive augmentation, future tech
• Say Nothing and Mean it
  July 30, 2024 • communication, conversational repair, culture
• Introduction to Honk Theory
  July 24, 2024 • artificial language, communication, honk
• Therapists for everyone else
  July 22, 2024 • behavior, communication, psycho-education
• More Questions (Books)
  July 20, 2024 • book-review, books, business
• The curious case of asking
  July 20, 2024 • ask, cognition, communication
• The fear and power of singularity
  July 17, 2024 • ai, control, identity
• All the (right) words you've said or read
  July 16, 2024 • curation, intentional, mindfulness
• How to Unstick or Unpin a Post in WordPress (2024)
  July 15, 2024 • advanced, creativity, edit
• Has he tried to eat his poop?
  July 15, 2024 • communication, curiosity, existential
• Say less and more
  July 13, 2024 • ai, augmented cognition, chatbots
• Right-click for AI
  July 13, 2024 • ai, augmented cognition, chatgpt
• The Safer Way to Boosting Productivity with AI
  July 11, 2024 • ai, filetypes
• The Safer Way to Boosting Productivity with AI
  July 11, 2024 • ai, chatbot, csv
• Be right there
  July 10, 2024 • communication, connection, emotion
• Introduction to Empirical Pragmatism
  June 11, 2024 • belief, empiricism, epistemology
• Words you've never heard
  June 06, 2024 • ai, anthropology, author
• Your words are not yours
  December 29, 2023 • authorship, language
• Know thAIself
  November 14, 2023 • ai, assumptions, chatgpt
• Stop avoiding yourself: the AI in you
  October 28, 2023 • ai, alignment, chappy
• Dear Human,
  October 20, 2023 • ai, chatgpt, existential
• Dear A.I.,
  October 20, 2023 • ai, chatgpt, existential
• Read Receipts IRL
  August 08, 2023 • communication, conversation, dialog
• Dear Love,
  August 01, 2023 • growth, love, love letter
• Not the Point
  November 20, 2022 • argument, communication, communication skills
• Reader and Writer
  April 18, 2022 • austin, communication, dialog
• You're not my dad.
  April 15, 2022 • ASL, deaf, hearing
• Speech-to-Text Forecast
  December 21, 2021 • accessibility, deaf, descript
• Good Goods
  September 25, 2021 • design, goods, household
• Standards
  September 17, 2021 • activated carbon, ANSI, bacteria
• the Best of Food Delivery Services
  September 10, 2021 • amazon, delivery, food
• Commercial Home
  September 10, 2021 • commercial, consumerism, design
• The Pandemic State
  January 28, 2021 • anarchy, anti-establishment, covid19
• Bet your life
  October 26, 2020 • bet, boot camp, doubt
• Bet Your Life: Notes
  October 26, 2020 • bet, bet your life, ego
• The Intellectual Boot Camp
  July 28, 2017 • academic, boot camp, critical thinking
• The Unedited War Story of a Veteran
  April 08, 2017 • combat, communication, dialog
• Irrationally speaking
  February 23, 2015 • ASL, audism, cochlear implant
• Conservative brain data
  December 10, 2014 • brain, education, gender
• Talk about Deafhood: Treating Hearing Status
  December 07, 2014 • adaptation, cochlear implant, deaf
• What's the difference between fundraising and begging?
  November 25, 2014 • fundraiser, homeless, humanitarian
• The new (online) face of humanity: Review of Dataclysm
  October 20, 2014 •
• Language with a bionic ear
  October 10, 2014 • ASL, bilingual, cochlear implant
• Deafhood unheard
  October 04, 2014 • ASL, audism, cochlear implant
• Delete is from your vocabulary to improve communication
  April 17, 2014 • communication, e prime, writing
• Dealing with Deaf at the party
  December 07, 2013 • communication, culture, etiquette
• The Definition of Deaf
  October 26, 2013 • audism, culture, deaf
• Talk about Deafhood*
  October 05, 2013 • ASL, audism, CODA
• A World Without Music
  September 09, 2013 • audism, classic rock, communication
• Art? Boring. Artist? Weird.
  July 29, 2013 • art, children, community
• 15. Lead me home
  May 16, 2013 • Afghanistan, disillusion, exhaustion
• 14. Everyday
  May 12, 2013 • Afghanistan, mundane, routine
• 13. A Need for Combat
  May 02, 2013 • Afghanistan, coming of age, Marine
• 12. Grenades, cigarettes, or melons
  April 27, 2013 • ANP, cargo, culture
• 11. The Superbowl on AFN
  April 26, 2013 • Afghanistan, AFN, humor
• 10. A fog of war
  April 25, 2013 • Afghanistan, combat readiness, guard
• 9. Emotional Warfare
  April 23, 2013 • Afghanistan, combat, death
• 8. The sweeter side of work
  April 20, 2013 • Afghanistan, candy, culture
• 7. A Christmas special
  April 20, 2013 • Afghanistan, chow hall, Christmas
• 6. Battle for peace and quiet
  April 20, 2013 • Afghanistan, ear plugs, Marine
• 5. Webcam starts to capture
  April 18, 2013 • Afghanistan, deployment, disconnect
• 4. Haircut hysteria
  April 18, 2013 • Afghanistan, deployment, haircut
• 3. The nights after the rain
  April 18, 2013 • Afghanistan, beds, care package
• Preface: One of those guys
  April 17, 2013 • Afghanistan, deployment, empathy
• 2. Unfinished predeployment sentiments
  April 17, 2013 •
• 1: It rained
  April 17, 2013 • Afghanistan, apprehension, deployment
• Man's (inner) best friend: his feelings
  March 31, 2013 • analogy, cognitive, contradiction
• Quit psychoanalyzing me
  March 24, 2013 • analyze, conversation, good
• How to climb mountains of grief: don't.
  March 23, 2013 • cognition, depression, emotion
• Don't Change the World
  March 14, 2013 • ambition, chance, difference
• Information consumption in an information age
  February 26, 2013 • information, information consumption, learning
• Political Debate
  September 08, 2012 • chess, conflict resolution, debate