{"id":1052,"date":"2025-08-31T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T22:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/?page_id=1052"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T22:11:28","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-6d3fbd8f wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1046 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/the-case-for-simple\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Case for Simple<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The best thing about minimalism is it&#8217;s great for sales. First you sell your design\/self-help book, then after disciples realize that box springs are indeed worth the clutter, they&#8217;ll shop for replacements for everything they cut out. Of course abundance does create problems. Our environment functions as a kind of memory that can trap us&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-08-31T14:51:53-07:00\">2025-08-31<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-869 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-global-town-square-is-for-everyone-not-just-blue-checks\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Global Town Square is for Everyone (not only blue checks)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">GM. A unified online space is vital for humanity. Building it the right way is perhaps our greatest challenge but part of that challenge is that there&#8217;s never been anything like it. Meatspace is defined by barriers. Geography, citizenship, language and other affiliations constrain communication while in cyberspace anything is possible. This &#8220;town square&#8221; could&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-09-23T11:46:06-07:00\">2023-09-23<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-846 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/books-are-worth-fighting-for\/\" target=\"_self\" >Books Are Worth Fighting For<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Everywhere I look, there they are. Crowding the night stand, filling the fireplace and out in the garage. I&#8217;ve got a bad case of The Books. Dozens and dozens of unread books! OK, there are worse afflictions. Isn&#8217;t this what technology is for? An e-reader perhaps? Sometimes but paper books are superior so when I&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-09-08T12:00:01-07:00\">2023-09-08<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-813 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/originality-own-your-influences\/\" target=\"_self\" >Originality: Own Your Influences<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">One of the hard challenges for a creative person is overcoming doubt about originality, thinking Has this been done before? Isn&#8217;t this just like so and so? Am I ripping off my heroes? Everywhere we look, we find high-quality content which feels like magic conjured by great talents for us to enjoy. We may wonder&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-09-07T11:56:24-07:00\">2022-09-07<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-810 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/use-better-social-media-platforms\/\" target=\"_self\" >Use better social media platforms<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">&#8220;The best social media platform is texting.&#8221; 3Blue1Brown&#8217;s Grant Sanderson The quote above is from a conversation with Lex Fridman on how to engage with social media. Lex says he feels best when he checks it once a day and Grant recommends engaging with fewer people, more deeply offering finally with a smirk, &#8220;The best&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-07-04T15:03:30-07:00\">2022-07-04<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-748 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/gross-individual-product-a-long-term-measure-of-value\/\" target=\"_self\" >Gross Individual Product: A Long-term Measure of Value<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In Feb 2021 in San Francisco, a Crunchwrap Supreme combo which includes a Crunchy Taco (upgraded to Supreme for $0.80) and a large Diet Pepsi is $8.73. Due to unfortunately high volume, fast food is where I feel inflation most. Taco Bell, the purveyor of the aforementioned items, has lagged other restaurants in raising prices&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-02-26T13:45:13-08:00\">2021-02-26<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-733 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/running-part-1-the-first-weeks\/\" target=\"_self\" >My Running Story &#8211; Part 1: The First Weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">At mile nine running next the San Francisco bay I chewed on sour patch kids and reveled as their sweet energy entered my blood. I was going for 13.1 miles, a half-marathon, inconceivable just a couple months prior. When I finished I was dizzy, utterly exhausted with aches all over. Feeling this way I wondered&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-13T13:52:00-08:00\">2021-01-13<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-727 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/pubg-and-its-highest-strategic-principle\/\" target=\"_self\" >PUBG and its Highest Strategic Principle<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">&#8220;GG.&#8221; The fourth circle just popped. Your squad is strung out on a long rotation in the blue. You&#8217;re almost to safety but one of your mates got knocked off a bike by an uncanny bolt. Meds running low and prospects uncertain, you scout and crash the only compound that&#8217;s free. Half the lobby&#8217;s still&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-09T15:35:36-08:00\">2021-01-09<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-722 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/living-with-the-algorithm-side-stepping-social-media-addiction\/\" target=\"_self\" >Living with the Algorithm &#8211; Side-stepping Social Media Addiction<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It&#8217;s 4am and you haven&#8217;t slept. Tomorrow starts in three hours but you can&#8217;t stop scrolling. You&#8217;ve seen it all and yet you continue to reach for some last hint of novelty. Excited by a new thumbnail you tap. A repost. Disgusted you turn off a phone still propped up by the pillow next to&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T13:16:28-08:00\">2021-01-07<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-719 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-default\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsterry.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/a-3d-printer-is-an-open-door\/\" target=\"_self\" >A 3d Printer is an Open Door<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In 2015, 3d printing started to go viral. Printers came under $1000 and everyone who was crafty and technical-enough was getting onboard. Some enjoyed gadgets, others made art, most everyone used a banana for scale. It looked like a hell of a lot of Fun! So I bought one and and joined the party. 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