Pulse Check Archive

Every round-up of my Pulse Check newsletter.

Pulse Check is my survey-based newsletter, where I ask the people in my life what they think about various topics I'm thinking about and write up the results, with some of my own commentary, jokes, and self-indulgent musings. This is the archive of previous editions. See more about the purpose here: About Pulse Check.

October 20, 2026Pulse Check Round-up #15Hi everybody, Sorry for the delay in getting this out (again). My excuse this time is that I recently got the latest Covid and flu shots…October 5, 2026Pulse Check Round-up #14Hi all, Thanks for your patience on this latest round-up. I know you’ve all been refreshing your inboxes with bated breath. The next survey…September 14, 2026Pulse Check Round-up #13Hi all, Apologies for the late round-up. I’ve had an untimely combination of various travel and illnesses over the last few weeks, which…August 17, 2026Pulse Check Round-up #12Hi everyone, Thanks all again for continuing to participate in this project. I’m personally surprised to see many of you continuing to read…August 3, 2026Survey #11 Round-upHi all, thanks for bearing with me on the long wait. Welcome back. I actually have had this mostly written for a while now, so I think…July 6, 2026Survey #10 Round-upHi all, Welcome back to the newsletter! I know it’s been a while. I’ve had a busy couple of weeks with the new job, a trip to Montreal Jazz…June 12, 2026Survey #9 Round-upHello friends, Apologies for the late edition. It’s hard work being a MoFo. More on this in the Programming Updates below. Link to the new…May 29, 2026Survey #8 Round-upHi everyone, happy Friday. Sorry for the two week gap, I’m sure you all have been waiting eagerly with bated breath. Here’s the link to…May 15, 2026Survey #7 Round-upGood morning, Thanks to those left that are still sticking with me on this. To everyone else who isn’t responding to my surveys, don’t…May 8, 2026Survey #6 Round-upHi everyone, Happy Fri-yay. Hope you all are sleeping well. Thanks to all who are continuing to support me on this vanity project and…May 1, 2026Survey #5 Round-upHi everybody, congratulations on making it to Friday. This newsletter is your reward. New survey is here , also linked below. Let’s get…April 24, 2026Survey #4 Round-upHi everyone, happy Friday. Hope you all had good weeks. I’m glad to get this back on a Friday morning release schedule again. I think…April 18, 2026Survey #3 Round-upThanks again all for voting and for reading, and welcome to the new subscribers! One side benefit I’ve noticed from this newsletter is that…April 10, 2026Survey #2 Round-upHey all, thanks for participating in Survey #2! I was glad to see a pretty engaged set of free responses and diverse range of opinions. And…April 2, 2026About Pulse CheckWhat is this newsletter? [Original kick-off email sent to pilot group on 3/23] Intro: Hello friends. I am starting a little friends-only…April 2, 2026Survey #1 Round-upHi all, Thanks for participating in the first of my surveys. As promised, below is the summary of the results plus some of my own…