Rob Cottingham·Feb 4, 2023It’s hard to write sonnets with frostbite.While much of North America is locked in the embrace of an overly amorous polar vortex, I’ve taken Noise to Signal out of its deep freeze…
Rob Cottingham·Dec 2, 2021I believe crash reports should be worth reading (terHonestly? We were just in some bar having drinks, celebrating closing a big sale at work. I’ve never seen the app so happy. Then suddenly…
Rob Cottingham·May 13, 2021Think strategically about your next op-ed… or this could be youIf you ever needed a case study about why you need to think strategically with leadership communications, Washingtonian Media CEO Cathy…
Rob Cottingham·Mar 3, 2021I believe crash reports should be worth reading (latest in a series)Oxygen. Essential to your species. Lethal, I fear, to mine. I survey the wreckage of my craft: a simple enough ship by the standards of my…
Rob Cottingham·Feb 25, 2021COVID-19 may be teaching us the most important lesson of our lives — no matter what generation…One of the biggest obstacles to taking action on the climate crisis is that the scope of the threat seems so ridiculously large. Even while…
Rob Cottingham·Oct 8, 2020The buzz about the VP debateFlies aren’t all that social, but it still must be a bummer knowing it’ll have to spend the next 14 days self-isolating.
Rob Cottingham·Jul 30, 2020Our guide to a kick-ass marriage, based on a 20-year field trialLast night, for our 20th wedding anniversary, Alex and I set down some of our thoughts on what she describes aptly as “a blessing and an…
Rob Cottingham·May 22, 2020Today’s WFH merit badge is for tech wizardsWhether it was getting your laptop to boot despite all the odds, convincing Zoom to sit up, bark and roll over, or cobbling together a…
Rob Cottingham·May 4, 2020ZzzzzzoomToday’s pandemic work-from-home merit badge is for anyone whose virtual background image is a photo of themselves paying rapt attention to…
