Rob CottinghamIt’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…Feb 4, 2023Feb 4, 2023
Rob CottinghamI 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…Dec 2, 2021Dec 2, 2021
Rob CottinghamThink 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…May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
Rob CottinghamI 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…Mar 3, 2021Mar 3, 2021
Rob CottinghamCOVID-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…Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021
Rob CottinghamThe 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.Oct 8, 2020Oct 8, 2020
Rob CottinghamOur 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…Jul 30, 2020Jul 30, 2020
Rob CottinghamToday’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…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Rob CottinghamZzzzzzoomToday’s pandemic work-from-home merit badge is for anyone whose virtual background image is a photo of themselves paying rapt attention to…May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
