Move sideways instead of reinventing the wheel — Buddhists have a saying: “Whatever has a beginning, also has a middle and an end.” Careers are like that. You start one. You grow into it. Perhaps make a few course corrections along the way. And eventually, you find yourself in front of a door with a bright red neon…

All that they won’t teach you in schools and then some — Introduction: What is a Beard? A beard is God’s gift to humans, sports stars, and celebrities who can’t give birth to babies. It starts as a faint rumor during puberty and then grows into a problem during the later years — until the owner starts to make a lot of money. Then it becomes a…

One of the world’s oldest text editors is used by 48% of the respondents in 2022 — Did you have any questions about whether technical communication professionals are still using the ubiquitous Microsoft Word? Adobe corporation has answered that question for you in their Adobe Technical Communication Industry Survey 2022. The answer is a clear YES. According to this survey conducted with 715 industry professionals from 56…

Yes, it’s not what you think — When you say “European Vacation,” most people think of taking selfies in front of the Eiffel Tower, leaning against the Leaning Tower of Pizza, visiting the Louvre, or dipping into the beautiful waters of Majorca. Not me. For more than a decade, me and my wife are dreaming about a…

Be comfortable with being uncomfortable — Alison is a nice looking woman. Her Whatsapp message read: “Hey Kevin! I’m at the airport, waiting. Where you’ve been?” I’m not Kevin and I wasn’t expecting to pick a woman half my age from the airport at all. Next day, I receive another, this one from Susan: “Hey Kevin…

Difficult questions with difficult answers persist — When my cousin called me four years ago to let me know that my mother has passed away (on a Valentine's Day no less) my knees buckled. I was at work, trying to solve a document review issue in office. And all of a sudden nothing I knew or could…

WASP-96b revealed signature of water as it crossed its Sun-like star — The recent gorgeous deep infrared photos sent by James Webb Space Telescope made the headlines across the world. Enthusiasts of all kinds and science lovers swooned at the spectacular images that revealed the previously unobserved corners of the universe in full color and at an amazing resolution. Here is one…

We need the equivalent of a Manhattan Project — I think the scientific community is doing a great disservice to general public by still not studying the UFO phenomenon with the seriousness it deserves. I’m aware of the main problem here: lack of an appropriate paradigm to take UFOs as a legitimate object of scientific study. As the late…

Going viral is not all luck. Research and in-advance prep also help — We all want to be read by the millions. But what do the millions want to read? They want to read what makes them ► rich ► healthy ► happy ► amazed, and ► informed. Anniversaries to Inform Let’s take the last condition. One way to keep your readers informed is to write…