About

An Exocortex is a theoretical augmentation to a person's brain. It's basically extra functions and memory you could add to a brain to make people smarter.

They don't really exist yet, so this notebook is my exocortex in the meantime. I keep it full of notes for reference and sharing. Most are related to web development but could honestly be about anything - nonfiction, fiction, general life skills and topics, and whatever else I want remember without relying on my unreliable brain.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. Why exactly I get such a high off learning? I might have a basic drive in our brain to fight uncertainty. The more I know, the more likely I am to solve many of its perils.

Not knowing everything is all that makes it OK sometimes.

A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn’t last.

Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

Type A: ambitious, impatient, self-critical, proactive, goal-focused, hard-working, status-conscious.

I’m no longer interested in perfection, which seems to be a recipe for eternal dissatisfaction and self-flagellation. Instead, I want to get to the point of ‘good enough’ in each area of life, and leave it at that.

I don’t need to do or become anything in order to be OK. Everything is always already OK.