As of February 2022 I've temporarily suspended writing blog posts.
Even if you're not on social media, it's hard to escape posts about Wordle, a simple word game that developed a chokehold on the internet seemingly overnight. You play Wordle by visiting this site and entering a five-letter word into the first row of tiles. Once you submit your word, the tiles flip over one by one to reveal either a green, yellow, or gray background on each tile. If the tile is green, then you have the right letter in the right spot for that word; if the tile is yellow, you have the right letter but in the wrong spot, and if the tile is gray, then that letter isn't anywhere in the word. You continue to guess words until you run out of guesses on your sixth attempt.
Are Libraries Dying?
Why You Should Cold Call a President
The Real Tri-State Area
The Hexagon Problem
Why is Wordle so Successful?
Why Are Custom T-Shirts so Expensive?
How do QR codes work?
Productivity, Defined
Why You Don't Hear About Adult Child Prodigies
Here's Why You Should Visit Alaska
What Lego Bricks Can Teach You about Specialization
Go Big or Go... Roam?
Parents, Send Your Kids to Spain
What I Learned from 300 Days of Mandarin
Solving the Hexagon Problem
Referees: Fair or Foul?
It's Time to Give Away Your Baby
Why You Should Stand Like Pablo Escobar
Whatever Watches Your Watch
Standstills and Spaghetti