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Ask almost anyone who books speakers for a living and they'll tell you the same thing, usually with a slightly rueful look: the talk that gets the biggest reaction on the day isn't always the one…

Ask most people how they feel about AI and the answer is worry, not excitement. A recent Pew poll found that only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, while almost…

I list some parenting/socializing scenarios in order of increasing difficulty and misery, and then go on a long tangent about how to guess how badly reproducing will damage your inner individual life.

We have three rescue cats. People ask me what that’s like, and I never know how to answer. It’s like running a small, chaotic republic where the government is feline, the laws change daily, Jane…

I flew from New York last Thursday where a big parade in lower Manhattan celebrated the Knicks winning the NBA title and I flew to Raleigh where on Saturday crowds gathered downtown for a parade…

Don't rush.

Sometimes the most accessible thing to do is just offering multiple ways to participate. Talk it out, write it out, doodle it. That’s the piece that reduces the cognitive load and gives more…

Build your personal Resilience Reservoir: tools and habits that help you recover with less stress and more confidence.

Molinard is a house whose name echoes my own; I find the "Miller" of Italy to be quite the interesting fragrance house. Fragonard, Molinard, and Galimard are all Grasse firms whose lineage stretches…

From the first unboxing to daily wear on laptops, bottles, and notebooks, these iridescent, ultra-durable stickers turn every surface into a vivid, futuristic showcase for your brand or art.

emmaburnett.uk via bookshop.org It’s been two weeks since my novella was released, and the actions of my publisher, and the online response this has generated, have made it impossible for me…

For some reason my family has phenomenally crappy luck with Macbooks. Our second one in three years just died, right as my wife was needing to put together some slides with it. The thing is…

New art and video up!

You didn't get a magic tool. You hired an intern who has read everything, never says 'I don't know,' and never sticks around for the consequences. Here is how not to get fired for what It does.

Whether you like to click around and explore apps on your own, or you prefer getting a tailor-made system ready to go — this episode is for you. Today, we break down 3 starting paths with Nozbe that…

From the 23rd June 2025 to 23rd June 2026. I’ve been spending less time in England during the summers as of late, so I went back to my roots and spent more time in and around London, with the…

This is a eulogy for a future that never was. I fell in love a few times. None of the relationships worked out. I got married once. I'm still working on getting un-married over a year later. I used…

I just have one vignette I have to get out of my brain since it's now almost one in the morning.

Hiring engineers is like deciding what kind of system you'll have. This seems obvious but surprised me to see first-hand.

Prompt injection, TV apps, design tips, icons, and working at partial capacity.

ButterKit is a fantastic resource. Creating screenshots, uploading App Store connect metadata, localization, it does it all. Buy it once forever, or just subscribe for when you need it. Made by a…

The designer says, “I’m not sure a new user will understand this.”The engineer says, “But it’s obvious.”The founder says, “But this is how the market works.”The product manager says, “But users asked…

A client pays, and for thirty seconds it looks like I have more money than I do. A chunk of it belongs to the IRS. Knowing to set aside 30% is the easy part; keeping it set aside is the hard part.…

Early morning musings about a huge part of my identity

Its been a while since I last wrote a post. I don’t really know what to write about but I have this feeling of wanting to let thoughts out of my head. I’m not sure if it’s tiredness or…

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Internal communication should be clear and useful, not performatively polished.

Do you ever feel like you lost the ability to do basic things, like focusing or paying attention to stuff? Because that's kinda how its been feeling for me this past year. It's dumb saying it…

Haven't been able to get much work done since the past ~2y. Mostly tired all the time so put away things for later. I open 10 interesting articles from HN or Lobsters or work in the morning every…

And yes, that includes all y'all in the UC and other R1s.

I was told for many years, even from my own extended family, that when I said I wanted to make a small creative business means I want to make huge profit from it. Like I wasn't even starting, or even…

I spent a bunch of time this week glue-gunning LEDs into a T-shirt so I could dress up as the night sky. I gave up after LED #80, it looked good! I don’t think I’ve used a hot glue gun since I was a…

It's funny what a little sleep can do to a mind. It comes to you, as soon you are rested and calm: clarity. When you abandon what you cannot get and treat hobbies as hobbies but little else. Clarity…

Father’s Day. The show. The colon. Etc. Transcript

When did summer arrive? The last few months have flown by. Summer is my least favorite time of year, and also the season that feels like it drags on the longest. The excessive heat and humidity keep…

If you’re still on social media, you might’ve seen that going analog and using single purpose devices is the new trendy thing. Using old tech, collecting physical media, writing journals,…

okay whats up vibe: drinking a coffee i made and then got cold because my dog seems to know when i make a fresh cup of coffee and thats when she wants to go outside and i'm lazy and not carrying a…

Friends, it’s time – and we are suspiciously on time for this year’s Summer Bucket List! My timeliness likely has everything to do with the fact that I’m writing this in the…

I returned from the Open Source Summit just in time for Memorial Day weekend, which was also the beginning of the last week of school for the boys before summer break. Saturday of Memorial Day…

I enjoyed a day out in Cambridge with my Go Free Range colleagues on Wednesday. We had a coffee at Bould Brothers , a ploughmans at The Free Press and then a walk along the river to The Plough where…

Last month, I had the great pleasure of keynoting the CALM (Conference on Academic Library Management) Conference, which is consistently one of my favorites. The video of my talk, Slow…

Week 25 of 2026: long daysThis week I obtained the Nederland Dal Vrij subscription, which means I can travel all across The Netherlands outside of rush hour for just €49 per month. Apart from my…

Understanding deep work in practice is the difference between simply being busy and actually getting meaningful things done. In a world full of pings, tabs, and endless notifications, the ability to…

Every Friday night around 5PM, before I’m about to make our pizza night martinis, I turn on KUTX and listen to “Old School Dance Party” — the “Happy Feet Dance Party with ever-lovin’ John E. Dee…

A very useful training day organised by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust on how we can encourage the use of citizen science to create...

Today I washed all the dirty dishes. For a person who has ADHD or something similar and who suffers from mental disorders, it was a big step. It was hard to get started, but I did it, I did it before…

Current goings-on My 2025 publication The Reducing Flame is a nominee for the 2026 Elgin Awards in the chapbook category. The awards willl be voted on by the SFPA membership and winners announced in…