Category: Blog

  • Remote Worker Chicken Meatball Soup

    People who work in creative fields like writing, programming, and design tend to be productive in fits and starts. I know some folks who have the discipline to sit at a desk and just crank out good quality work, day in and day out. I don’t think I’m one of these people. I can do…

  • The Net Fishing Guy

    At a beach south of Hilo I spent about 20 minutes watching this guy watch the water. Bunched under his arm was a fishing net. He was standing on some rocks, staring into a pool. Leaning forward, ready to strike. Like a leopard. Every minute or so he would stand up, loosening his stance. Readjust,…

  • How To Send A Haunted VC/Startup Newsletter

    How To Send A Haunted VC/Startup Newsletter

    As you may or may not know, I have a newsletter I’ve been sending out since May 2016 on a roughly weekly basis. If you want to keep up with what I write at the day job and the most interesting links I find while procrastinating at my day job, consider subscribing: Rowley.Report. Considering it’s…

  • Test

    test edit: So, MarsEdit pushes content directly to the blog. Not to drafts like I’d hoped. Glad I found out, and thanks for clicking. Shameless plug: If you’d like to read more about what I write on this blog and the blogs of others (like at Crunchbase News, my day job) you should check out my…

  • My Grandfather’s Ghost In The Watch

    Earlier today, Apple announced a raft of new phones, which no doubt will excite a lot of people. Apple also announced a new version of its Apple Watch today—Series 4. One of the watch’s new features is very near and dear to me: the conductive pads on the back which help the watch capture electrical…

  • News’s Future Formats Favor Fortunate Incumbents

    As a somewhat accidental member of the industry, I spend a fair bit of time thinking about media. It’s for this reason I was so happy to come upon a two-part series from Tristan Ferne of the BBC’s research and development group. Part 1 of the “Beyond 800 words” series, published back in September 2017, opens…

  • Three Markdown Tools I’ve Known And Loved

    Three Markdown Tools I’ve Known And Loved

    There have been many programs that build upon Markdown’s principle of readability in pure-text formatting, and I wanted to share a couple of them here.

  • Autogenerating Currency Conversion Formulas In Google Sheets Using GOOGLEFINANCE(CONCATENATE())

    I forgot where I heard this, but on some or another podcast it was declared that “Microsoft Excel is the gateway drug to programming.” And I’m coming to believe this more and more. I’m someone with more than a passing interest in programming who simultaneously lacks any serious proficiency with writing code. Irony of ironies, right?…

  • One Year Ago, I Graduated From College

    One year ago, almost to the date, I finally managed to graduate from UChicago with general honors. I did “the scenic route” through college, taking a long break after three years to work on a startup, only to come back and finish on relatively short notice. It was worth it to go back and finish,…

  • Opportunity in Two Flavors

    One night this week I met up with one of my best friends. I don’t get to see him that often, but that’s alright. It’s one of those friendships that picks up right where it left off, even if it’s been weeks or months. He’s had a lot of opportunities, and so have I. This…