When do we let our perceptions of the limitations of our tools (the apps we use, the vehicles we drive, the mobile devices we carry, the models and frameworks we employ), prevent us from exploring their full range? Of thinking beyond the constraints we impose on ourselves before we even get started?
The First Form on the Internet
We live in a world of HTML and interactive web pages and apps, but how often do we stop and think about how quickly it is changing, and how little we really understand how it impacts how we buy and sell stuff?
Who is Ben Talking to?
Why am I writing this, and who is it for? Is it for you?
After a stimulating conversation with friends or coworkers or family, I often find myself with many additional thoughts and questions about models and frameworks and logical problems. Given the strictures of time and the pressures of practical topics often these paths of greater depth and finer granularity are relegated to ink marked pages of small notebooks on my night stand. These posts will serve as a more visible and accessible rendition, while the self-induced pressure of thinking (nay, daring to hope) that someone else might read them is immensely helpful in instigating a fuller, more coherent formulation.