== “Hey Google, how do you make gin?” “I’ve found a recipe for ‘how do you make gin?’. Would you like the ingredients or instructions first?” “Ingredients.” “OK, now playing dance hits of 2010s on Spotify.” For all their promises of convenience, Google Assistants are at best undelightful and at worst mildly frustrating. And, Google …
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INSIDE VOICE #0
Thanks to MusicMayhem [1] our Fridays are now marked by 90 minutes of music trivia against our neighbors. Last week the two teenagers of the house competed on their own – three teams in one house. This week we came back as a singular force to achieve 2nd place overall. While all have our strengths, …
In the Days After
I’m grateful for all those – medical professionals, emergency workers, school administrators, governors, etc – working continuously to contain the COVID-I9 global pandemic we’re currently in. With so many activities, events, and businesses shuttered indefinitely, in the back of my mind, I’ve been wondering, “What does the world look like after containment?” Which takes me …
Choose Paper
If you wanted to ensure it lasted for 150 years – you’d choose paper. As amazing as our current electronic technologies are – despite their strengths – terribly, terribly ephemeral. The code the worked yesterday isn’t support today. The processors of – five years ago, ten years ago – are brought to their knees by …
The Most Brilliant Solution I’ve Seen in Quite a While
Ongoing List of Underused German Words
Verschlimmbesserung: An improvement that makes something worse. Doch: An expression for indicating an outcome occurred that was counter to the supplied evidence. Loosely translates to, “and yet” or “although I thought otherwise.” Even more delightfully – it can be and is used sarcastically.
My All Time Favorite Phones
Motorola X Style Pure Edition Nokia E72 Handspring Treo 600
Mostly It’s Preparing for Success
My Ideal Day
5:00a: Awake, brush, floss, situps, pushups 5:15a: 5-mile run 6:00a: 20-minute meditation 6:20a: Start coffee, shower, shave, dress well 6:30a: High-protein breakfast 6:45a: Morning ideation 7:00a: Breakfast with the kids 8:30a: Write for 30 minutes 9:00a: Do the most important work of the day 1:00p: Lunch meeting w/ a coaching client @ a new restaurant …
knuckles
mother has a hard time texting i can see it in her knuckles she wants someone else to handle these things