2010: The year I made my mark on journalism

At the beginning of 2010, I was working as a multimedia producer and living life day by day, mostly confined to my small apartment in Berkeley.

By the end of the year, I had published my first book, sold my blog of three years for a nice sum, and became the National Innovations Editor for the Washington Post.

How did a guy who, until a fateful meeting with an English professor several years ago never had any intention of being a journalist, end up doing in one year what takes some a lifetime to accomplish? The answer is simple: nobody told me I couldn’t do it.

I often say I’m a “see a need, fill a need” kind of guy.

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