I recently started watching “Stranger Things” on Netflix again. Season 5 is available and I still had to watch season 4. Beginning the season, immersing myself in a world that feels so reminiscent of my childhood, a few things stuck…
Category: Digital Dilemma
The Boredom Gimmick
At some point over the weekend my eye caught a couple stories about people setting timers to be “bored.” One of the people featured had his laptop turned toward the camera with a running clock. The time he spent sitting…
Teenage Awkward
I occasionally get the good fortune to interact with the teenagers in my life. Mostly they’re relatives or my friends’ kids. I’m endlessly curious about their experiences. What is it like to be a teenager in the age of social…
A Use Case for AI
Submitting insurance claims is one activity I would gladly delegate to AI and automation. The transition from paper forms and snail mail to online data entry definitely improved the process. However, the transformation wasn’t enough to create a real high-quality…
The In-Office Conundrum
The hybrid work arrangement was one of the pandemic’s few silver linings. It was a crazy, forced, social experiment many of us endured. However, in the end, we know the hybrid arrangement worked in a lot of ways. For me,…