Richard (RTN) writes stuff, like Down the Rabbit Hole: Your Guide to Crypto Literacy in the Digital Age. He’s also worked in the learning and development industry for over 20 years.
Welcome to the Year of LEGO
Slowly and then all at once, they say. So goes my journey with LEGO.
In my last newsletter, I mentioned the year in review process I use to emphasize energy givers in the new year while trimming energy takers. The outcome is a better honed lifestyle. A better understanding of the games you're playing.
So, what’s in store for 2026? LEGO.
Play well, they say. No goal. No expectations. No improving. No performative hustling, the wellness plague of our times. Just being creative with LEGO.
It came out of nowhere yet wasn’t a surprise. I’m sure I played with LEGO as a kid, but I don’t really remember being into it like most adult fans of lego (or AFOL, which is silly, why not just LEGO fan?). Although I’ve always had dualistic creative and technical streaks, the intersection of LEGO, it didn’t speak to me until recent years. Perhaps a sense of minimalism was offended, or a sentiment towards sustainability.
How to Get Started in Instructional Design and Become an Instructional Designer: AKA How I Did Something With My Liberal Arts Degree
I’ve recently begun a new chapter as a Trailhead Editor at Salesforce (yay me!), thereby completing an 18-year detour to Trainingland where I fell in love with instructional design. I thought I’d capture the handoff here to commemorate the new chapter and maybe inspire some budding design talent.
I started this segment of my career as a technical writer until one day my manager approached me with a box of software, Adobe Captivate 3, and asked, “Hey, we’ve got this elearning thing and an LMS, but no one knows how to use it. You’re good with computers, do you think you can figure this out?”
“Sure!”