I don't have a stake in the success or failure of either the Clippers or the Mavericks. Which team DeAndre Jordan chose had no bearing on me.

And yet.

Jordan verbally agreed to a four year contract with the Dallas Mavericks. He gave them his word. Last night, he took his word and set it on fire, decided to re-sign with the Clippers after all¹.

Dallas got screwed. Mark Cuban is a billionaire; he will get over it.

Jordan, however, I'm not so sure. A man is only as good as his word, after all. And if your word is meaningless, well... you can draw your own conclusion.

If there's anything more manly than crying over movie credits, I don't know what it is.

If I become a father, I hope my kids get me a card portraying a more accurate portrayal of my masculinity, like a man crying over the credits of The Time Traveller's Wife, or enthusiastically dancing along to Man I feel like a Woman.

I guess it's time to order an appletini and admit that I don't understand the world anymore.

In addition to my healthy eating tips, I would add this if you're trying to lose weight:

Always be hungry.

This is not a metaphor for life. It's an instruction manual for weight loss.

I don't care all that much about your pet cause. I know that makes you think I'm a bad person.

I don't care all that much about that, either.

Eat mostly food that tastes bad.

Don't each very much.

My buddy Tim has a great idea and a shiny new domain:

Now that the site is set up and done, I can finish a few more workflows, and then get to what I’ve always intended this to be – a place for me to share my thoughts. I can get to writing to help me. And if I get lucky, perhaps I will help someone else along the way.

So happy right now. I still thing the dot plumbing was the way to go.

I am not Buddhist, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate their world view. Patrick's explanation of Right Understanding is excellent:

An immediate reaction or response will most often be a shallow one that only leads to suffering, anger, argument or negativity. Perhaps more importantly, we gain nothing of value by rushing to judgment. We gain tremendous value and insight by taking the time to see a view — all views — in their completeness and with an open heart and mind.

As with most important things: it sounds simple, but it's much harder than that.

Some of the smartest people on the Internet use Editorial. I do too, but that shouldn't count against it.

Gabe loves it:

Editorial is irreplaceable to me. It's half of why I use my phone. It's a fantastic text editor, a superior task manager and a powerful scripting tool. Heck, it even has a terrific browser. Updates are not frequent but they are significant. Each iterations of Editorial feels almost like an entirely new application. As a beta tester of Editorial, it's gut wrenching when the version expires. I almost can't work.

And of course Federico loves it too:

Editorial reinvented how I work on iOS, and I wouldn't be able to use anything else at this point.

Here's the thing. Editorial is one of the very best apps that I use. Not one of the very best iOS apps — one of the very best apps on any platform. There's nothing else like it on iOS. There's nothing else like it on OS X. And there's nothing else like it on Windows. If you don't already own the app, go buy it.

When I switched from the iPhone 6 to the 6 Plus, I made a point about the battery:

I feel like I'm doing something wrong. I am getting marginally better battery life since switching to the 6 plus — not dramatically better as is the norm. I even did a fresh install this time.

What I hadn't yet realized was the reason. It's the screen, stupid. The fluorescent lights at work make my phone's screen hard to read. My brightness is set between 75% and 100% while I'm at work so I can see. Given the fact that the 6 Plus has significantly more pixels to power, it makes sense that a high brightness level would cancel out any battery life gains from the larger battery.

On Sundays, the battery life is superb - much better than my 6 was. I also keep the brightness at a reasonable level.

If you own a business that sells some kind of technology to other businesses, or are in a position to make decisions for such a business, please read this carefully.

I'm going to give you some free business advice. It will cost you some money, but I'm pretty sure it will will make you more.

When you send your sales reps¹ into other businesses, you need to equip them properly. I cannot tell you how many times I've been pitched by someone using a decrepit laptop. I'm talking 7-8 years old. Two inches thick. Creaky plastic. Sometimes they have terrible trackpads, other times they have the useless nipple / touch point abomination. They always take forever to start up. They always need to be plugged in because the batteries are shot. They are slow. Really, really slow.

Why would you ask your reps to sell a high dollar, fancy peice of technology when they're using a laptop that belongs in a landfill?

From my point of view, if your company doesn't care enough to equip its employees with modern technology, then the actual product is probably old and outdated, too. More importantly: I'm probably not going to buy what you're selling.

So, here's my advice:

• Buy your reps modern computers. They can be Mac or PC, depending on your needs. But if they are PC's, get nice ones. Your reps need to put on a show, and nice equipment goes a long way. Don't be cheap.
• Rotate these laptops out after two years. No field sales rep should ever have a computer older than two years. Again, don't be cheap.
• Provide your reps with at least two wireless / LTE cards and generous data plans. Do not, ever, for any reason, rely on on-site wifi. And you never know if one carrier has poor coverage in certain areas.

None of this covers up for a bad product. If you are selling crap, then fancy presentations won't solve that. But if you have a good product, you need to equip your team to sell it.