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Image from Jason Wertz | unsplash.com I’ve had a beef with leadership development programs ever since I knew what they were. I’m not sure what triggered this. It could be the fact that back in high school, when I was a senior, we had a...
Today (August 17, 2026) marks my first complete year using Last.fm. It's a shame I didn't discover this great service earlier, knowing it has existed for more than 20 years, and that I've been listening to music almost every day since my...
Here is a thought that must have occurred to someone on the MacOS user interface team: if Liquid Glass supports colour, why not use it to give more dimension to window controls? So Apple did just that in the latest Golden Gate beta, and...
I could continue to count the number of times I've called out, but at this rate I know it'd just make me sad. I slept super late. The only nice thing, my partner, has left for work after making sure I actually ate food. Now I'm just home...
A personal update on day 230 of the year.
When LLMs work, it can feel like magic. When they fail, it feels like you are arguing with a confident bullshit artist who refuses to admit they are lost. Through a lot of trial and error, I have developed some intuition regarding what...
The first phone rang in the Hepler house, which had not had power since the roof caved in above the kitchen. Owen Vale heard it from the road while he was measuring the ditch with a county wheel. He had been sent to confirm whether the...
There’s a tribute album of Smashing Pumpkins covers that has some gems. Smashing Pumpkins were a formative band for me, and Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness will always be among my favourite albums. A few tracks...
At the center of the screen is an acute triangle with a rounded bottom. Its shape resembles the pattern left by wipers on a dirty windshield, inverted. Before the device is activated it’s a gray blank and reminded me of the opening...
Another day, another uplight.90 words · 1 image
Intro One of the things I really like about our neighborhood is that it’s usually a really quiet and calm place. I said usually because that’s not the case for the last couple of weeks. This is how it usually goes these days. Mornings...
Education by Design: Learning With & About AIDCI 691: Fall 2026 | Tuesdays 1:30 – 4:15, Tempe CampusInstructor: Punya Mishra Calling all creative risk-takers! This graduate-level course explores how design, as both a way of thinking and...
💤 Jet lag coming back was brutal. Waking up at 2am after 5 hours sleep feeling fully rested is great...until about 3pm. Fully covered now though.🐪 Since Leo went to the British Museum and saw the ancient Egyptian artifacts, he's been on...
Seen a few posts about this recently. One reason people fail to get or stay connected is because they conflate these two: I want a person who is/has…(whatever your list is). Reducing people to data points and implied promises draws...
Our This Box is for Good project has been less active over the last year, but murmering away in the background there are printers around the world creating brand new editions.This week it was Calgary printmaker Hannah Sanford, who...