GeezerVison

me in 10 seconds

Xenophile, programmer, netizen, and conversationalist.

(1984-1997): Musician. Berklee grad, played 1000+ shows, guitarist for Ryuichi Sakamoto, wrote and recorded 120+ songs.

(1998-2008): Entrepreneur. Started and sold CD Baby. Paid $83M to musicians.

(2009-2025): Author, speaker. 5 books, 550+ articles, some TED talks, guest on 250+ podcasts.

(2026+): De-othering.

Me in 10 minutes?

See my /about page.

What am I doing now?

See my /now page.

Contact me

I like meeting people, and I reply to every email, so say hello.

newest articles

• 2026-11-10 De-othering
• 2026-09-03 Bangalore India hospital flow
• 2026-08-18 Building without predicting
• 2026-05-14 Prepare your “no” and keep it handy
• 2026-05-12 My life was changed by four sentences in four books

… and more here.

my books

See the foreign publishers of my translated books.

interviews

You can listen to over 250 interviews, where I’m the guest.

Each one has audio, sometimes video, and a full transcript.

projects

Book Notes

detailed notes from the last 430+ books I’ve read

Now Now Now

a collection of sites that have a “what I’m doing now” page

Tech Independence

step-by-step instructions to set up your own server and break dependency on the cloud

Conversations in…

when I travel, I meet with people who have emailed me

Books that reference me

excerpts from books that have written about me

MusicThoughts

inspiring quotes about music, translated into Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Português, Русский, العربية, 日本語, and 中文

Presentations

my TED talks and other stage talks

tweets

• 2026-11-10 I’m on a slow background mission to reverse the othering in my worldview. De-othering: sive.rs/deothering
• 2026-11-09 Fascinating book “I Deliver Parcels in Beijing”. First you learn what it's like to do the no-skill jobs in China, but near the end it takes a twist as he quits to become an insightful writer. My notes: sive.rs/book/BeijingParcels
• 2026-11-08 Explorer? Being lost makes you fully present? The mystery of distance. Desire cherished instead of satisfied. Similar thoughts in this book: sive.rs/book/GettingLost
• 2026-11-08 Interesting business book 'Alchemy' by Rory Sutherland about ideas that don't make sense in theory but work in practice: sive.rs/book/Alchemy
• 2026-10-18 Istanbul Tűrkiye - 12 days in 10 neighborhoods, meeting up with 30 local people for 60 hours of conversation: sive.rs/met/at-16

… and more here.

photos

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