Ryan

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Mar 16, 2019

Making the Most of My Time

Making the Most of My Time

The last couple of years, I've experimented with creating an app, and learning about earning money online.  I've spent a lot of time doing that.  Time not with my family. Some of it

Oct 3, 2018

Building Common Ground

Building Common Ground

What can we do to build common ground?We need to listen to each other.  Truly listen.  There are reasons someone is passionate about his or her opinion.  What are those reasons?Ask

Sep 23, 2018

Divisiveness vs. Common Ground

Divisiveness vs. Common Ground

Watched the Beto v. Cruz debate on Facebook Friday.  That an a homily by a priest on Thursday brought to mind what is so wrong in this country today.  There is so much

Aug 31, 2018

Expanding Bubbles

Expanding Bubbles

About a year and a half ago, I grew tired of the self-selected echo-chamber bubble I lived in. Social media bored and annoyed me because it would continually show me things just like

Jun 2, 2018

Announcing Indecision Coach

Announcing Indecision Coach

As you might have guessed by my Play and Decisions entry on this site, I've been thinking about that particular classic toy for some time...I've had the basic idea for Indecision Coach

May 30, 2018

Quality Time

Quality Time

Last November, I went out with a food truck that serves those in need. As we were handing out sandwiches and groceries, I had some extra time to talk with a little girl

May 29, 2018

Budgeting for the Year

My wife and I have this wonderful thing we do to keep ourselves in sync with longer-term goals — we make a budget for the entire year.This budget includes only the anchor items

May 28, 2018

What Comes Next

My daughter just had a birthday. That exact same day she announced she was almost another year older. We tried to explain that she just turned this age, so she isn’t almost

May 28, 2018

Release

I’m getting ready to release an app soon — going through the final steps it takes to ship software — and it's an interesting feeling.Release is such an appropriate name. As a developer,

May 27, 2018

Joy in Clutter

While making coffee this morning, I could see into the very messy playroom. My initial thought was the work to clean it up, and then my mind wandered into what else that room

May 25, 2018

Play and Decisions

Remember playing with this simple toy as a child — asking a ball a yes or no question, shaking it, waiting for the answer to appear, and then turning the ball around to read

Dec 11, 2016

The Curse of the Blank Page

There it is.  Staring back at you in gleaming white perfection.  No matter what you do, you will alter that state.  So many paths to something less than perfect.  So much criticism that