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# Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 28
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/modest-operations-newsletter-volume-28/
- Published: 2019-06-18T21:37:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T22:24:46.000Z
- Description: Modest Operations email newsletter Volume 28 (June 18, 2019).
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: kotaku, wired, jason schreier, jessi hempel, modest operations, newsletter, #import-mailchimp-2026-09-13

Wedding planning and house escrow and busy work schedule, oh my!

**This Week's Links** *A list of things I've been reading & thinking about.* [*BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLZ1kSfqQ3Y&ref=drewshannon.net) *\* "This is going to be an uncharacteristic departure for me. This story is deeply personal, for our family, and for our oldest son in particular. But it is a story he’s letting me tell, because it is a story he wants people to hear." -* [*Stay In the Game (Drew Dickson for*](https://www.albertbridgecapital.com/drew-views/2019/6/17/stay-in-the-game?ref=drewshannon.net)[Albert Bridge Capital](https://www.albertbridgecapital.com/drew-views/2019/6/17/stay-in-the-game?ref=drewshannon.net)\*) \* "Two years ago, Colonna moved to Boulder full time. His good friend Brad Feld lived there and encouraged him to come. Colonna was on the board of Naropa University, a Buddhist-inspired liberal arts college in Boulder. And as a deep introvert often pulled to be in the company of people, he craved a bit of distance; he wanted to live somewhere where he could be alone a lot and spend time in nature." - [This Man Makes Founders Cry (Jessi Hempel for *Wired*)](https://www.wired.com/2017/02/this-man-makes-founders-cry/?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "Perhaps most alarming, it’s a story about a studio in crisis." - [How BioWare's Anthem Went Wrong (Jason Schreier for *Kotaku*)](https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964?ref=drewshannon.net)