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Friday bonus: On not capitalizing my name

A brief explanation of the choice to not capitalize my name, where it came from, and what it means to be a common noun instead of a proper noun.

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Hello world

A colleague of mine who is generally very right is constantly pointing out to me that there are things in my head that I take for granted or assume everyone also knows. This comes up when we’re writing together. He’s one of my more regular and more successful