Technology
You don’t need more tools. You need the right ones.
Curate the tools and make them work for you.
Joshua Callandret
Left-brained writer with an (almost) insatiable appetite for learning new things. Christian, husband, and father. If you read just two pieces from this site, you’ll probably get a good idea of what I’m interested in. Thanks for reading!
learning
Library as leverage
A personal library is a tool, not a mausoleum.
Technology
Manual first, then automate
You have to feel the pain of rote first.
photography
The Best Camera Is 100% the One You Have With You
Getting the shot is what matters.
Life
Killing Beautiful Moths
On taking ideas out of the abstract and making them real.
Life
Garbage In, Garbage Out (True In Computing and Life)
Most content/media is garbage for your soul.
writing
Finding Diamonds Means Digging Through Tons of Coal
Writing takes digging to get to the good stuff.
Life
Wearing in vs. Wearing Out
Things that wear-in are crafted with care and are cared for in return.
Life
Fuzzy variables, solving for X, and faith
True life can't be achieved by solving an equation.
learning
Try, try again (it's not insanity—just tenacity)
The difference lies in a response to reality.
AI/ML
Leveraging ChatGPT for Natural Language Processing with Python, pandas, and NLTK
How I'm building a site's information architecture with the help of A.I.
Life
There's no filter for life (but there is a story that gives it meaning)
It's impossible to make life fit the confines of social media.