I was sure I heard this phrase from Tony Fadell on a podcast 4 years ago, but I can’t find attribution or the interview so I’m taking ownership of this quote. I know we deal with distractions daily, so this has become my guiding mantra. Goals are the only way I move forward. Big goals, […]
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TOP 8 (other places to find me)
It is far too soon for another generation of video game consoles.
Hi everybody, I’m a white man in a baseball cap wearing reflective sunglasses in his car recording a video, and I’m here to talk about something I think is really important, and that is the cost of video game hardware. The cost of the Xbox, the cost of the PlayStation, the cost of Nintendo—all have […]
Read MoreAllow me to reintroduce myself…
I like to think I hit you over the head with who I am regularly.I’m Zac. I’ll do anything for my clients, my family, my friends, or just to get a laugh. That kind of dedication and loyalty puts a lot of wear and tear on my soul but I know its worth it to […]
Read MoreDare To Be Stupid
I’ve been listening to Radio Milwaukee for years. It is a non profit, non commercial public radio station. They don’t have a set format, though they lean towards indie rock. We have supported them as members and then as sponsors for a long time, and its because I really believe in the power of the […]
Read MoreTotal Ship Show
Started a podcast with my brother. First episode is online now. We’ll keep it up, I promise. I made a linktree because thats apparently what more people are used to clicking on than a whole website like the one you’re looking at! https://linktr.ee/totalshipshow
Read MoreA.I. Exhaustion – Why We Need Nuance
The other day I tapped the voice control button icon on my car steering wheel. “Baba O’Riley The Who”“Would you like to know some trivia about this song or play it from your music service?”“PLAY IT” A.I. is no longer slowly getting into our lives, its rapidly being deployed into every device we can possible […]
Read MoreRebel, Rebel
A few weeks ago I went to Disneyland with my family and enjoyed the sights, sounds, and thrills as anyone does. I’ve been to Galaxy’s Edge in Orlando a couple times, this was the first time I made an appointment to build my own lightsaber. Plenty of other videos and blogs about that, I won’t […]
Read MoreGen X Strikes Back: How I Won Big On The Game Show “Gen Wars”
As a veteran employee of Blockbuster Video in the 90s and continuing a pretty steady diet of online brain rot to this day, I felt I was positioned well to win.
Read MoreThis is me turning 46
46 isn’t exactly a milestone birthday, but this year brought a lot of laughter and tears, so it has been memorable none the less.
Read Morehello, its me again
First the bad news.The website I started as zac shipley dot com was lost, no backups. I hadn’t made many posts in the last few years but it was nice to know it was there, safe from changing social networks. So we’re going way back. I used the wayback machine to figure out I first […]
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