Tuesday, April 6, 2021

IBM's Call for Code 2021

IBM just released their latest "Call for Code." If you have a team with some coding skills and you want to put them to use helping others to tackle some intractable problems, click that link and dive in!

I have a particular passion for clean water, but each one of the problems they're inviting people to work on are worthy of our time and attention.

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Peirce, Religion, and Communities of Inquiry: Jeffrey Howard interviews me for his latest podcast

Recently I had the pleasure of talking with Jeffey Howard on his Damn The Absolute! podcast. We mostly talked about Charles Sanders Peirce, pragmatism (or "pragmaticism" as Peirce called it), religion, and communities of inquiry. 

You can listen to our conversation here.

 

 

Catch Your Breath: A Winter Meditation on Trout - My latest article, in Hothouse

My latest publication, a winter meditation on the beauty of brook trout, in Hothouse // Solutions. This is my first publication in collaboration with my son, Michael O'Hara, my favorite pro photographer.

A little taste of my article:

 The trout is, for me, an icon of what I hasten to ignore.

I hope you enjoy this short read. Consider subscribing to Hothouse. 

We can all use good news, after all. I like the short format and the focus on solutions, not just on problems.

Of course, if you like what I've written here, you might also like my book on brook trout.