Misc
1M Miles
I just hit 1M miles on an airline. The flight I’m on is 4800 miles, let’s call it 5K miles. So 1M miles is 200 of these flights. This flight is 11 hours, so that’s over 2200 hours. That’s over 91 entire days flying, and that’
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Email and Calendar
Email and Calendar
Misc
Happy New Year!
Hello 2024. Kind of looking forward to this year for many reasons.
Tech
Back to Mac?
Back to Mac?
Tech
Enshittification and Airbnb
Cory Doctorow isn’t someone I read a lot but he coined the term Enshittification in this post. Enshittification is the evolution of platforms: “Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally,
Travel
Heading Back to Lisbon
I’m heading back to Lisbon again after first visiting in September. This time it is work related, for Web Summit. I’m looking forward to hopefully revisiting some of the great restaurants and just feeling the vibe of a great city again.
Misc
Tips and Tipping Culture
In America tips are expected, but what am I tipping for? Better service is the reflex answer. I just came back from some time in Lisbon, Portugal. In the coffee shops there, a tip isn’t expected. The service isn’t worse, in fact it is demonstrably better. When you
Politics
Idiocracy
I admit to double taking on this one. Pausing when reading and thinking “that can’t be true”, but after doing the research realizing that yes, this is true. HISD to eliminate librarians, turn libraries into discipline centers at 28 campuses Yes, Houston’s largest school district is getting rid
Personal
The Joy of Work
It’s been two weeks since I left my job but I have been working. I’m advising a small agency in the XR space on a part time basis. It has been very rewarding. I’ve recognized that I want to do the work. I don’t have all
Books
Observability Engineering
Starting a new book on the subject of Observability in software systems. Figure 1: Observability Engineering
Personal
Time for a Change
For the last 11 plus years I have been partner at Deloitte Consulting. Yesterday was my last day. It is time for a change for many reasons not least of which I was burnt out by the grind of the job. Over my career there the firm became much bigger,
Climate
Climate News
The climate news is dire right now. Record heatwaves, forest fires, the jet streams are fucked, the oceans are boiling and ice sheets disappearing. This is an informative read: climatejustice.social