This week, I listened to a podcast that talked about Roku’s partnership with DoorDash to create shoppable ads. The hosts called it “the next phase of the couch economy,” and I thought, okay, it’s really time to write the newsletter about friction. To start: does it feel, most days, like we’re living in the [...]

  I think most of us have practiced the beloved Thanksgiving tradition of going around the table, sharing something for which we're thankful, while gravy congeals on our turkey. Because I have a mom that loves table-based bonding experiences, I've been announcing Thanksgiving Day gratitude for as long as I can remember. Results vary. We've had [...]

Well, I said in my first of these that I’d find a cadence or I wouldn’t and I meant it! For those keeping track, it’s been 4 weeks since my last post. Whoops.   I actually had this note drafted on time. I planned to wrap up its loose ends on a flight from LA [...]

  I was supposed to write this newsletter last week, so I could get ahead of the inevitable fact that I get behind. The days slipped by. I told myself I'd write on Thursday, then Friday, Saturday, and yesterday (Sunday). Now it's Monday, and I'm planning to "newslet" (new verb?) tomorrow and…why did this take [...]

  If you've been here for a while, you know I've "restarted" a lot. Since 2019, I've created and changed so much about what Pidge Post is, what I think it should be, what I want it to be. I've done the same with my life. 2019 me was geared up to become a "tech entrepreneur" [...]