Now Archive | September 18, 2023
Last updated October 22, 2022 from Chicago, IL
Personal
Celebrating our son’s birthday was a little surreal. I instantly became ‘the dad who wants to show you a million photos of my son’ guy. But I am satisfied as a parent, and very thankful for a happy healthy child. Again, outside of parenting, personal pursuits have taken a backseat.
Work
I feel like I’m growing into the administrative duties of my role: scheduling, planning, keeping tabs on what other people are working on. I see the need to multiply my efforts by training and helping others take on duties I would normally do. The control side of me is learning to let go.
Funsies
I have officially started my Fall Spotify playlist, so I can say not as many bike rides as I would have liked this summer. The days are quickly growing shorter again. But I guess I can say I’ve almost made it a habit to take our son on a walk to the nearby park at least once a week, before work no less! So that’s a new habit I’m thankful for.
Media
Here’s what I’ve recently listened to, watched, and read.
My past updates.
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Beyond the Screen - Spiderverse BTS
Giving credit to Sony for pulling the curtain back and showing the teamwork that is made to look effortless.
(Hat-tip to Before & Afters )
Alfred Beeminder workflow
I just found this link between two of my favorite tools.
pxlnv.com | RSS Rewild
As with all things in life, finding a balance between choosing what to consume and allowing for serendipity is important to maintain. I like to keep my interests going in a certain direction and diving slowly deeper over time, but also like to be surprised and learn things outside my normal skill set or culture. RSS let’s you do both. It’s the most human means of ‘following’ someone online; someone clicks publish and you get a new item in your feed reader. Done. You pick when you want to read it, if you want it to send a notification, and if you want to dismiss that particular publication. None of that is possible in the walled gardens of an algorithmic feed from a corporation. Only open standards allow for this control and flexibility.
Follow the link for the source article on how to set up an RSS reader if you’re not familiar with one.
Aisia Trip 2022
Only a little late in sharing, but I had the opportunity to travel to Singapore last year for work. Our flight back was through Tokyo so my boss/friend and I took a couple day layover there to explore. Japan has been a bucket list destination for me, and I did not expect to get to visit this early in my life. I can’t wait to go back someday.
Singapore
Tokyo
