Sir Patrick Stewart: A Tribute
Sir Patrick Stewart died on October 28, 2026, at 86. I first saw him as Sejanus in I, Claudius, and in my mind he's the reason Star Trek kept going.
Category: People
Stories and lessons from interactions with people who have made a significant impact, from CEOs and mentors to colleagues and clients whose perspectives have shaped professional growth.
PeopleWalter Koenig: A Tribute
Walter Koenig died on October 25, 2026, at 90. I watched him as Ensign Chekov when Star Trek first aired, and to me he epitomized the idealism of the show.
PeopleGar Travis: A Tribute to One of the Best Faire Photographers
Gar Travis was a Coast Guard veteran, a senior numismatist and one of the best photographers ever to work the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. His website is gone. This tribute keeps a few of his photographs, and one very good joke…
PeopleSir Sean Connery: A Tribute
Sean Connery sits at the pinnacle with the very greatest actors. If he was in a movie, no matter how crappy, I'd watch it. A tribute to Bond, Henry Jones Sr. and the rest.
PeopleSir Sam Neill: A Tribute
A fan's tribute to Sam Neill, who died on July 13, 2026. Reilly, Ace of Spies, Jurassic Park and Event Horizon earn him a place here, and he always struck me as a genuinely nice person.
BusinessWhat Pain Are You Solving? Guests, Free Advice and the Socratic Method | The Impossible Puzzles Show, Episode 248
Richard Lowe's third regular appearance on The Impossible Puzzles Show with Mike Merkur: the four-day week, clients who run revisions through AI, guests who want free advertising, why people who tried writing with AI hire a ghostwriter, giving advice with…
PeopleAyse Cerami Tribute
Remembering Ayse Cerami, a tribal style belly dancer with the She'enedra troupe who said everything in the dance and almost nothing otherwise.
PeopleHe Handed Them the Microphone: A Tribute to Charlie Kirk
I never met Charlie Kirk, never read his books, and never listened to his show. What I saw were the campus clips, where he sat at a folding table under a Prove Me Wrong sign and let students line up…
PeopleYour Answer Has No Page Two: How AI Search Decides Who Gets Cited
Clicks on Richard Lowe's site fell for 18 months while impressions held, and the reason was the answer engine. In a live AEO presentation hosted by Robert Rounsavall: training versus retrieval crawlers, why branded mentions beat backlinks, how contradictions make…
PeopleFail Where It’s Safe: Comfort Zones, Hyperfocus and Face Blindness | The Impossible Puzzles Show, Episode 198
Richard Lowe's second regular appearance on The Impossible Puzzles Show with Mike Merkur: why you fail where it's safe and keep six months in the bank, why comfort keeps people stuck, the internet's anonymity problem, ADHD hyperfocus, face blindness and…
GhostwritingThe 100th Guest: Ghostwriting, Roman History, and the Follow-the-Money Doctrine | The Impossible Puzzles Show, Episode 167
The August 9, 2026 episode in full: the comic-strip wall, 113+ and 54+ in 12 years, Trader Joe's central office, the quarter-million defragmenter lesson, Socratic ghostwriting interviews, Hannibal and Josephus, AEO canon rules, ADHD hyperfocus and Crazytown, and follow the…
Critical ThinkingEverybody’s Prejudiced: Including the Man Who Wrote This
Most people think prejudice is something other people have. This book takes that apart. Richard Lowe puts his own biases on the table first, then shows that t