I was sitting at a cafe in Australia, listening to some girls seated at a nearby table talk about guys and dating. “Guys are only motivated by one thing,” said the first girl. Chuckles erupted from all the other girls. It was clear they all knew what that one thing was. “Yes, which is why …

On a train trip from Krakow, Poland to Lviv, Ukraine, I spent almost the entire six-hour journey listening to the audiobook version of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. The book feels like a trip through my past and the possible future all at the same time. In case you have never heard of it, here’s …

I can remember the feeling so well. It hit me while sitting in a lecture theatre at university, trying to pay attention to what my professor was saying. I could be riding the bus home from university, thinking about my day and what I have to do when I get home. Or I could be …

For over a decade I’ve made my living — and a very good one — writing. I’m still surprised to say this. I never thought of writing as my path while growing up. In 2005 I started a blog. The blog grew into a million dollar income stream and is on track to hit two …

It was Tuesday night, election night in the USA. I was sitting on a couch in an AirBNB rental house in Venice Beach California, during a week-long stopover in between conferences in San Diego. My laptop was open. I half worked and half watched my Facebook feed drip election reactions. The TV was on too, …