I’ve been putting off writing this for over a month. Turns out I find writing hard. Moving on. We’re into the next cycle of Delightfully Friday Junior. The format: one team member hosts 30 minutes,…

Is there really a need to have so many meetings when it comes to our 9-5s?

In the last couple of weeks, we talked A LOT about selling in ​The Council​. Beyond our guest sessions, we spoke of what gets our prospects to buy. So, naturally, we got to talking about triggers.…

Six years married to my best-est friend. R makes me a less terrible and much happier person every day. And puts up with my many missteps. I love coming home to her and P&C. Two weeks ago, we made…

Fountain Pens as EDC in Digital Age

Back in my management consulting days, one of the first things we’d do with a new client was map out the org chart – who the players were, who the decision-makers were, how the place was wired.…

Last month I watched a nonprofit communications director deliver a technically perfect donor pitch. She hit every talking point. Her slides were polished. Her data was current. The donor asked one…

I have the best readers. People like you. And sometimes they send me bright little notes like this one: “I love your emails! Even though I don’t have a big thing I want to bring to the world, I do…

AI is doing more than making us faster. It's changing the fundamental nature of what our work is, and the sooner we adapt, the better.

Pretending to be rich was historically important. And it seem to be important still. Just recently I have seen a study showing, that about 40 percent of people in the US making more than 500k a year…

Today! Thursday May 7th 2026 7 pm doors for a 7:30 pm start Pay what you want The Folk of Gloucester 99-103 Westgate Street (just down from the Cathedral) Gloucester Gloucestershire GL1 2PG Fiona is…

Sorry for the radio silence, for I’ve experienced a lot of first world problems. I’ve had some ups and downs the last few weeks, it’s fair to say. I think I shared the majority of…

As I was packing for my month long trip to the Philippines, I cleaned my room. Not a deep clean, just the kind you do when you want to come back to something decent after being gone for a good while.…

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I absolutely hate failing and losing. That's why I do not play competitive sports as I am a lousy loser. Since young, I grow up being told that I am a loser. Playing competitive sports only…

Two steps forward, one step back.

This week, ULI Toronto visited One Delisle for a behind-the-scenes look at what we believe is this city's next global landmark. The tour sold out in under 24 hours, and it was great to see so much…

Every meal planning app treats cooking as the hard problem and shopping as a logistics detail. They have it backwards. Cooking is mostly solved. Shopping is the last mile.

I have been assessing InnovateUK and similar government agency funding competitions since 2011. To date, I have reviewed: – 140 Competitions. – 1,395 Applications. – In excess of…

I wonder why too much love can be off-putting. Is it a boundary thing? It feels like a boundary thing when I'm the one who feels that way about someone else's boundless love. That said, I don't want…

This is the third and final piece of advice that has stuck in my mind. Part 1 is here and part 2 is here. This piece of advice I came across this year, so not as old as the other ones, but one I…

This is an interesting look at the gendered nature of hobbies, how they’re coded, and how people treat them as provisional or non-negotiable. I’ve never been a woman, and never been in a…

Posted on: Logbook, Misc.Tagline: Pages from my logbook.Yesterday morning I watched a puddle drying up, taken by force by the sun's rays. A "necessary" violence to make room for the…

What advice would you offer those graduating college this month? I imagine it’s a long list. Mine sure is. Here are just five of the items I’d emphasize: Move quickly to build a financial cushion.…

I woke up at 7AM. I have to on WFO days, if I want to beat the traffic. Woke up. Checked Slack. Was automatically logged out of Slack. And I knew. Shit. Shit shit shit shit. Opened email. "Action…

Everyone's going to write about some café or a park. Fine. I'm going to tell you what this city actually is, how it actually works, and why the best move is to stop needing its approval entirely.…

On the road, as it were, right now, so this report will be updated with the necessaries when possible. Highlights of the month: Published a link to Photographs on the main site Seedlings still having…

From Pearls to Principles: A Digest of Posts 81 Through 90 This is the ninth in a series of digests, each covering ten posts from this blog, in chronological order. The eighth digest covered posts 71…

Merch hasn’t died – it’s just taken a darker turn.

This month featuring: a wodge of 80s nostalgia, a trip to Manchester to see one of my very favourites, and a last minute chance to see one of the rarest shows in town. Princess Julia, Electric…

Jonas Vingegaard is the leading pick and today it feels like misfortune may be a greater threat to his chances of winning overall than any rival rider. Plenty can come unstuck in the next three weeks…

Transit carried 84.8 percent as many riders in March of 2026 as the same month in 2019, according to data posted by the Federal Transit Administration yesterday. This is the highest level of transit…

Bedrock Cairns and Luna Tabu 2.0 . Paired with the mirrorshades , I am led to understand that this is what The Youth refer to as a “fit”. As a wise woman once said, “You can’t let the little pricks…

There is a person you know who never seems quite sure they are good enough.

Sinds begin dit jaar ben ik lid van de Metal Business Club. Een zakelijk netwerk voor ondernemers die van steviger muziek houden. Die club past bij me. De combinatie zakelijk netwerken, nieuwe…

April has been another month balancing work with everything else. Despite project deadlines, I’ve mostly kept on top of things – although a lack of sleep towards the end of the month got…

One of the joys of working in-house is seeing the cumulative buildup of your efforts over time. You’re able to invest into something bigger than individual projects; you can build a body of…

Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

Professional services firms are designed to minimize risk. Their business model depends on trust, reputation, and consistency. Clients rely on them for assurance, judgment, and reliability, which…

for the shits and gigs

After doing chores, playing games, and having a midnight snack, I'm feeling wonderful and content. Ready for some sleep, and to knock out work tomorrow so I can have a cozy weekend Previous

What looks like a motivation problem in software work is often the cost of entering the next step - context load, cross-system design, LLM drift, verification, and re-entry. The fix is not more…

孩子，是上天給我們這些破碎、愚蠢的大人最珍貴的一堂課。 是的，連那個摔門、滿嘴藉口、只有錢花完了才肯跟你說話的青少年，也是。 但幾乎沒有父母真的從孩子身上學過什麼。這堂被擺在他們眼前、最大最珍貴的課，他們眼睜睜錯過。 因為社會已經徹底洗腦他們：為人父母，就必須背負起責任和義務，去教導、糾正、獎勵、懲罰。他們把孩子當成一件需要被修理的半成品，而不是一個帶著天賦、優雅與單純來到這個世界的存在。…

We over-prepare for trivial things and wing it for the moments that actually matter. You've come this far. Why walk in at half HP?

Turning 50 comes with a myriad of cliches: Not caring what other people think. Taking stock of what's really important. Focusing on health or other things that have been neglected for years. But for…

despite a grammatical error here and there or some paragraph that is better rephrased, i think i can't go further on this last update of Mike's concerns...

I just finalized my itinerary for my upcoming international trip, and boy was it a challenge...I waited on hold for over an hour with Aeroplan today and over 2 hours yesterday. So that motivated me…

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