John LaudunHow People Talk When They Talk about the PastIn my two years with the U.S. Army I found they were very focused on narrative and messaging, and largely understood narrative as…Oct 27Oct 27
John LaudunPlease Log onto Our PortalImagine getting a letter in conventional mail which announces that there is information now available to you, but to get it you will need…Sep 8Sep 8
John LaudunEngineer-MBA DeathmatchIn a recent post here in Medium, Aldric Chen lamented the quality of the consultants her firm had hired: they were young, arrogant, and…Aug 12Aug 12
John LaudunIntroducing Yonder.istSo I decided to start an old-school WordPress blog, again. I had one for the longest time, but it was really more of a notebook, and while…Aug 9Aug 9
John LaudunMake Up Your Mind, MediumLike most people, I have no clear idea how Medium generates its feeds: the stuff that appears in the “newsletter” that comes into my email…May 21May 21
John LaudunMemento MoriAs the coffee drips, my hand reaches for the cups and bowls in the dish rack to begin putting them away. The soft shuffles of movement echo…Mar 25Mar 25
John LaudunOf Fame & FortuneTrying to sort through the changing nature and duration of what it means to make a markMar 17Mar 17
John LaudunI Know How Civilization EndsI know how civilization ends: it ends with portals. Not the fun kind where you stick blue and orange ovals onto surfaces and jump through…Mar 9Mar 9
John LaudunA Star to Steer ByThinking about Project Management for the Humanities ResearcherFeb 28Feb 28
John LaudunOn Mind SetsReflecting on the oddities of an idiomatic phrase (very skippable)Feb 11Feb 11