The Good Kind of Stress: Why the Best Memories Come from the Hardest Hunts
If the memory of that first cassette resonates, you were born before 1996. Do you remember your first one? Not the one your parents bought you—the one you discovered. The one you saved for, hunted through record bins to find, brought home like treasure. You...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Why Personalization Finally Stopped Guessing and Started Listening
Remember “Choose Your Own Adventure” books? Turn to page 42 if you want to explore the cave. Turn to page 87 if you run away. See content credentials I’ve been thinking about those books because of my ongoing war with streaming algorithms. I watch...
When Better Features Stop Winning, Feelings Take Over
CES 2026 and the Rise of Joyful Design Here’s the shift CES 2026 made impossible to ignore: when products stop competing on features, they start competing on feelings. I’ve seen this pattern play out across industries for 25 years. When functional...