The first time I went to Pueblo, I went with two older colleagues. Besides the difference in age and seniority (significant!), there was also the slightly infantilizing fact that I was sitting in the backseat. (When you’re not in a taxi or an Uber, it’s hard to resist the child mentality in the backseat.) When … Continue reading On asking a local where to eat lunch
Author: T Coe
On 7 things from last week (10/23/23)
Photo shoot. It’s been a while since I’ve attended an architectural photo shoot. There is a strange satisfaction in locating angles and fixing furniture… Traverse Academy. The project subject of the the aforementioned photo shoot is Traverse Academy. The firm I work for does a lot of schools—but this is the one I’m most proud … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (10/23/23)
On daydreaming life as a solo artist or life in a band
I don't love statements that divide the world into two types of people, but I can't help but wonder: Do some people daydream about a music career as a solo artist while others dream of a music career in a band? Speaking for myself—as a younger person, mainly, plonking away at godawful songs on my … Continue reading On daydreaming life as a solo artist or life in a band
On my tendency to overcomplicate things
I’ll blame Robert Frost. No—it’s not his fault, really. Better to blame the poster. Remember that one? The autumnal background with “The Road Less Traveled” emblazoned across it? That call-to-arms for fighting against the mainstream impulse? Not that the poem actually is that, of course. Frost is far too wry for the poem to be … Continue reading On my tendency to overcomplicate things
On not noticing obvious user interface features
Two scenes, a week apart: Scene 1 Our kitchen, my wife washing dishes. I sit at the kitchen table. She—magically?—pauses the water. Me: Wait. What? Her: What? Me: How did you get it to pause like that? She looks at the faucet nozzle in hand, then back to me. Her: You mean, the button? Me: … Continue reading On not noticing obvious user interface features
On the awfulness of “meatspace”
I jumped onto a Teams meeting earlier today only to find my boxed profile virtually shoulder-to-shoulder with two colleagues who were...also in the office with me. We shook our heads sadly at the presumption and then agreed to meet out in the real world. In that moment, an alternate term occurred to me, though thankfully … Continue reading On the awfulness of “meatspace”
On the thrill of not knowing
Look, I don’t like to admit this: It’s sort of fun to not know. It’s at the heart of pursuit marketing—not knowing. Will we make the shortlist? Will the team interview well? Did we win? I love that mystery, the distance between what we know and what we don’t. Or, to put it more directly, … Continue reading On the thrill of not knowing
On the humble hot dog
I’m less keyed into the food world than I like to think, so today was the first time I’d heard the famous hot dog story from Will Guidara of Eleven Madison Park: Restaurateur Will Guidara's life changed when he decided to serve a two-dollar hot dog in his fancy four-star restaurant, creating a personalized experience … Continue reading On the humble hot dog
On 7 things from last week (10/16/23)
Annular eclipse. For those lucky enough to see it, it really was something. Not quite a total eclipse, of course, but something that still made you stop and wonder at the universe. Chuck Feeney. The obituary in the New York Times for Chuck Feeney, duty-free shopping businessman and philanthropist, did an odd thing to me: … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (10/16/23)
On the weird light of an eclipse
Living in the Denver metro, I was lucky enough to be in the path of the annular eclipse that raced across a chunk of our continent this past Saturday. Last time I experienced anything remotely like it was back in 2017, when we made a trip down to Nashville for the total solar eclipse. In … Continue reading On the weird light of an eclipse
Taylor Coe 