The blog
Short essays on getting off the couch: neighbors, play, coordination, and building tools whose job is to be closed.
- Go Out and Play
The founding essay: telling my kids to get off screens, realizing the adults need the same push, and what winning in real life actually means.
- The Little League banner: a business model that doesn't need your attention
Why attention-monetized community platforms rot, and the alternative — sponsorship as standing: flat fees, place not people, published as a public promise.
- Your next best friend lives around the corner (and you'll never meet them)
Nextdoor has proximity without affinity. Meetup has affinity without proximity. Friendships form at the intersection — and almost nobody serves it.