Halfway through building a series bible for my fiction, I realized I'd built it before, at work. On putting two things side by side and seeing what happens.
Nobody Wants the Cure
Nobody wants their problem solved. They want it to stop hurting. Why rational people reach for the tape, and why I still can't let it go.
The Fountain Two Blocks Over
Twenty years ago I worked in a cigar-smoke office and escaped to a fountain in a downtown lobby on my lunch break. Today my office is two blocks from it.
Your Mission Is Master Data
My mail comes addressed to a name almost nobody calls me. Same man, two names. Professional groups have the same problem with their purpose, and the fix is the same one data people already know: a golden record.
Getting My Feet Under Me
I'm in a new season at work and don't have my feet under me yet. I've been here before, at a data job in DFW where enthusiasm without understanding frustrated everybody, including me.
