Engineered Eloquence

by Jay Ray

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• Engaging Simplicity in a Complicated Context
• The Need to Simplify Tech Workflows
• Minimalism as a Gospel Calling
• A Minimalist in the Tech Industry
• Digital Hoarding (or the Fight for Digital Minimalism)
• The Challenges of Timeless Writing

2022

• Slow Down
• The Leader’s To-do List
• Ideals and Ambitions
• A Strange Sense of Obligation
• The Double-edged Sword of Delegation
• Small Behaviors Can Lead to Big Changes
• A Six Month Review of Leadership Goals
• The Problem of One-offs
• Modern Approaches to Job Postings
• The End
• Talking the Strategic Thoughts
• The Fair Process
• Leaders Understand Decision-Making
• A Followup About Focus Time
• Focus Time as a Leadership Quality
• Juggling Two Leadership Programs
• Inclusivity Through Life Sharing
• Conference Reflections and Follow-ups
• My Leadership Journey (A Work in Progress)
• Rest (or the need for disconnection)
• Now or Never
• Balancing Operations with Strategic Thinking
• Sharing the Load
• The Discomfort Zone
• Location-based Technology
• Location-based Intentionality
• Week in Review, Leadership and Journal Blogging
• Decision-making as a means of renewal
• Leadership in two questions
• This Should Be Social

2021

• Planned Obsolescence
• Edit More
• Obligatory Holiday Rumination

2020

• Artifacts from the Past
• Admitting Mistakes
• Minimalist Guilt
• Minimalism During a Pandemic
• Engaging Simplicity in a Complicated Context
• Reading Between the Childish Lines
• The Cost of Ownership
• The Other Pivot
• The Pivot
• The Renewal of Engineered Eloquence
• The Challenges of 2020
• What Are WE Doing?

2019

• There Was
• Stories
• Friction
• Read, then Share
• Make Music, A Third Draft
• Lenten Fasting

2018

• Outer Inner Monologuing
• The Need to Simplify Tech Workflows
• Minimalism as a Gospel Calling
• Kids Stuff and Minimalism
• A Minimalist in the Tech Industry
• Scrutinizing My Read-it-later Habit
• Digital Hoarding (or the Fight for Digital Minimalism)
• I’m Reading Weekend in Review
• I’m Reading Apple Event Roundups
• Little Known Apple Watch Watchfaces
• I’m Reading “A Real Smart Watch” and “Apple Watch”
• Watches
• RSS
• Finding Purpose
• Motivation
• Responsibility
• An Article On Smartphone Addiction
• Relief
• Because
• Let’s Build Something
• That post about social media
• Everyone Needs A Win
• The Math of Media Consumption
• More Like Social Media and Us
• Writing Habits

2017

• I guess I’m back.
• The Process
• Conferences As Habit-Forming Endeavors
• The Cons and Pros of Apple Watch After Year One
• Forming and Breaking Habits
• Value Propositions with Free Services
• Apple After Thoughts
• Apple iPhone Event Follow Up
• Cutting Off Social Media and Getting the News
• On coffee
• Silence is not golden
• Old News from a Forgotten Draft
• Emotionally Exhausting, Fundamentally Necessary (You Oughta Know)
• You Oughta Know - Lent
• You Oughta Know - Transgender Rights
• You Oughta Know - Old News
• You Oughta Know - Flynn
• You Oughta Know - Unanimous
• You Oughta Know - The Senate
• You Oughta Know - Supreme Vacancy
• You Oughta Know - That Catholic Thing You Do
• You Oughta Know - Too Much
• You Oughta Know - Writing on the Wall
• I Think That You Oughta Know (formerly Eloquent Roundup)

2016

• The Taint
• The activist and the persecutor
• NaNoWriMo
• Picking Up The Pebbles
• Apple’s Trial Run
• Reading the Apple Tea Leaves
• Fashionable Apple
• On Windows
• On Writing, A Retrospective
• On Smart Things
• On Fighting
• Why I bought Day One 2.0
• The Future of Computing
• Journaling Simplicity

2015

• 2016 or Embracing Simplicity
• Smartwatches and Smart Watches
• Spoken and Podcasting
• Apple TV App Discoverability Follow-up
• An App and an Apple TV
• The Medium
• Hobbies (and Another Basil Review)
• The iPad
• Eloquent Roundup, Week 7
• Eloquent Roundup, Week 6
• Eloquent Roundup: WWDC
• Eloquent Roundup: The New MacBook
• Eloquent Roundup, Week 3
• Flag Design
• Eloquent Roundup, Week 2
• Eloquent Roundup, Week 1
• BBQ Tempeh Bowl
• An Apple Watch Day
• Bourgeois Decadence
• Experiences, Not Pictures

2014

• Blogging About Blogging, Part 2
• Blogging About Blogging, Part 1
• Flashlight
• The iPhone 6 Series
• Homemade Gnocchi
• iOS 8 and Search
• Doubling Down on Secrecy: The Post
• He will be missed: Robin Williams
• iOS 8 and a User-Facing File System
• Live Blogging a Job Search
• Security in Mobile
• Savory Pumpkin Appetizer
• Green Bean Casserole

2013

• The Missed Opportunities of the Barnes & Noble Nook
• Fatherhood and Identity
• Discussing iWork
• Two Interesting Applications
• Changes Imminent
• They’re Still Selling It!
• Nesting
• Settings Expectations
• Newspapers, a follow-up
• Books
• The Moto X
• Rethinking My Blogging Workflow
• Free
• Tagged: Follow-up
• Apple’s Sneak Attack on the File System
• My Away Messages
• iOS 7
• Distribution and Spoiler Alerts
• Rethinking Information
• Fox, NBC, and Netflix: A difference in priorities
• Tumblr As A Blogging Platform
• Reading-It-Later
• The Habits of Higly Boring People
• On Instapaper and the Obsolescence of the Original iPhone
• On the Frequency of Site Updates
• With Death Comes New Life
• Being a Basil Beta Tester (Basil Review #2)
• Thinking through financial freedom, Part 2 (The Original)
• Thinking Through Financial Freedom
• Lent (or Fasting For Feasting)
• The MacBook Air
• Staying In Control Of Staying Up-to-date
• Change
• Italy, Part Due

2012

• Italy
• I’ve got nothin’
• Going Legit
• The Challenges of Timeless Writing
• Contemplating Thanksgiving
• Hello World (Again)!
• Thoughts on Basil (and everything else)

2011

• Mac OS X Lion and Use Cases
• The Moral of the Story with Jay Ray: Pinocchio Nation
• Contact
• The iPad just fit in

2010

• Opinion: Boxee Box in retrospect
• Microsoft Silverlight Firestarter Conference and the Future of Silverlight 5
• Display Technologies, Part 4: Gorilla Arm and how some companies are ignoring it
• Android is fragmented at the hardware level [UPDATED]
• Google’s Nexus S has an uphill battle for consumer recognition
• Apple and Google in the mobile platform war
• How fast is too fast for obsolescence?
• Display Technologies, Part 3: Desktop Display Resolutions
• How tablets will change the face of computing
• Boxee Box Announcement brings two steps forward, one step back
• Display Technologies, Part 2: Mobile Display Decision Making
• Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission webcasts hearing regarding Duke Energy
• Display technologies can make or break consumer electronics
• Barnes and Noble attempts a Leapfrog
• Apple makes a move “back to the Mac”
• The Bourne Identity, an Analysis
• Set the record straight
• The new model of software purchases
• The Couples Room Mate Syndrome
• Apple and Google
• Your company will make your choice phone
• Thoughts on 3D Technology

2009

• I am a vegetarian
• My love/hate relationship with audiobooks
• A case for multiple devices
• Difficult Decisions (or why I only half agree with Chicago Carless this morning)

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In 2022, I am participating in two leadership training programs. This should be a social experience, so I am writing about it. Check out the full list of posts in the series here.

Recent Posts

• Slow Down
• The Leader’s To-do List
• Ideals and Ambitions
• A Strange Sense of Obligation
• The Double-edged Sword of Delegation
• Small Behaviors Can Lead to Big Changes
• A Six Month Review of Leadership Goals
• The Problem of One-offs
• Modern Approaches to Job Postings
• The End
• Talking the Strategic Thoughts
• The Fair Process
• Leaders Understand Decision-Making
• A Followup About Focus Time
• Focus Time as a Leadership Quality
• Juggling Two Leadership Programs
• Inclusivity Through Life Sharing
• Conference Reflections and Follow-ups
• My Leadership Journey (A Work in Progress)
• Rest (or the need for disconnection)
• Now or Never
• Balancing Operations with Strategic Thinking
• Sharing the Load
• The Discomfort Zone
• Location-based Technology
• Location-based Intentionality
• Week in Review, Leadership and Journal Blogging
• Decision-making as a means of renewal
• Leadership in two questions
• This Should Be Social
• Planned Obsolescence

Featured Posts

• Engaging Simplicity in a Complicated Context
• The Need to Simplify Tech Workflows
• Minimalism as a Gospel Calling
• A Minimalist in the Tech Industry
• Digital Hoarding (or the Fight for Digital Minimalism)
• The Challenges of Timeless Writing

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