The Blake Morgan Journalhttps://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/The Blake Morgan Journal: projects, essays and happenings from Blake Morgan in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.New Business Scoping Underway https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-15-practice-for-firms-that-wont-switch/https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-15-practice-for-firms-that-wont-switch/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMorgan Eyes Small Business Needs Bunco Social Comes to Carroll Gardens, A Tested Playbookhttps://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-13-bunco-night/https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-13-bunco-night/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIt's no secret that people are spending more time alone. Hosting is out of the question for most, and invites are scarce. After finding a group of friendly neighbors in Carroll Gardens, I've realized that leaving the bars and actually forging community is the next chapter.Creativity is Back In Vogue for Morganhttps://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-17-abigail-announced-as-cutest-feller-in-town/https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-17-abigail-announced-as-cutest-feller-in-town/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMore than five years passed since I published something creative. Whether I was a photographer, video editor, or artist, I was constantly creating something. There were certainly blockers, but the biggest impediment was my confidence.When a Builder Picks Up a Camera, It’s the Builder Who Sweatshttps://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-16-builder-picks-up-a-camera/https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-16-builder-picks-up-a-camera/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA New Short-Form Page Bets on DiscomfortHumidity’s Long Siege Is Called Off by the Dew Pointhttps://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-14-humidity-siege-called-off/https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-14-humidity-siege-called-off/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBROOKLYN — Below-grade living means one recurring decision: open the windows or seal the place up. After a summer of data, the answer at Mr. Morgan’s garden-level apartment now arrives as a push notification. The method started with an audit.Backyard Fig Overachieves; Grapevine Declines to Commenthttps://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-12-fig-overachieves/https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-12-fig-overachieves/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBROOKLYN — The fig tree behind Mr. Morgan’s apartment is carrying more fruit than it has any right to, a heavy green set that has the household planning for jam. The grapevine, pruned hard earlier this year, showed clusters in spring and then produced nothing but leaves.Getting Uncomfortable Is the Only Moat Lefthttps://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-11-getting-uncomfortable/https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-11-getting-uncomfortable/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEvery job I’ve had has ended up the same way: find the thing that’s broken, model the case for fixing it, build a prototype and walk it to production. AI makes the building part cheaper every month. It does not make the walking part any easier.‘Pace’ Gives a Household Budget a Better Front Doorhttps://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-10-pace-better-front-door/https://blakemorganjournal.netlify.app/blog/2026-10-10-pace-better-front-door/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPace is a small personal finance app that reads from a Tiller Google Sheet, signs in with Google and runs on Netlify. It exists because the spreadsheet already held the truth; it just needed a better front door.