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Feb 18, 2025: “Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." – unknown
Jan 22, 2025: In the modern age, architecture transcends any single toolset. It’s about designing relationships between parts and adapting as circumstances change. …
Nov 6, 2024: If you haven’t read this already … today might be the perfect day. Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Oct 22, 2024: Started reading: Infomocracy I just finished reading the first two books in Malka Ann Older’s “The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti” series. I …
Oct 22, 2024: The older I get, the more I see that what I know is too-often blocking what I can discover.
Oct 20, 2024: Diana quoted A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers(Wayfarers, #2) "Was she capable of that kind of flow? If she could disable her ability to track time, could she lose herself the way they did?" — Becky Chambers: A …
Oct 20, 2024: Review of A Closed and Common Orbit I fell in love with the characters in Becky Chambers' first book of the Wayward series. When I realized the second book didn't include (most of) them, …
Oct 16, 2024: This is what I'd want everyone to know ... in 10 minutes!
Sep 22, 2024: I pasted this link into family chat. Then realized … my grandbaby is going to be born into the geekiest family. www.youtube.com/watch
Sep 18, 2024: I am the luckiest O'Reilly author. @teapot418, the talented artist and software professional, created a Sketchnote for each chapter of Learning …
Sep 17, 2024: Today's addition to the Systems Library. Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects by Jacqui Read @tekiegirl …
Sep 16, 2024: Practice the Art and Science of Systems Thinking! Here's what we'll explore in this intensive 2-day workshop at goto; CPH ... 🗓️ Sep 31 & Oct 1 🔗 …
Sep 15, 2024: Transform your thinking, transform your impact! Learn how to approach real-world technology challenges with systems thinking. Join me for a 2-day …
Sep 14, 2024: The best way to learn systems thinking is to dive in into a problem with no single solution! Join us for a two-day, hands-on, think together …
Sep 14, 2024: The best way to learn systems thinking is to dive in into a problem with no single solution! Join us for a two-day, hands-on, think together …
Sep 12, 2024: Diana finished reading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers(Wayfarers, #1) I have been on a Becky Chambers journey. I'm experiencing stress from deadlines, travels, etc ... not bad stress, but I do need a space to rest. Becky …
Aug 24, 2024: Twitter is moving to Texas. That's all you need to know.
Aug 21, 2024: "The rest of the world is watching to see if we can pull this off." -- Barack Obama
Aug 21, 2024: The Mom who doesn't wanna hear your bullshit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6jluQcENjc
Aug 20, 2024: "You cannot say you love your country only when you win." -- Joe Biden
Aug 20, 2024: Hilary Clinton -- after experiencing an unimaginable public humiliation, got up on stage last night and lifted another woman up into the job she …
Aug 20, 2024: Catching up on last night's speeches. Feeling proud to be an American woman -- it's become female leadership vs ... that guy.
Aug 15, 2024: I just proved that DMARC settings on a domain will, in fact, block everything sent using that domain. Even Converkit newsletters that aren't actually …
Aug 10, 2024: This is an important thinking pattern to examine. Because we know how this story ends … (Image from this NYT’s article)
Aug 7, 2024: Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, this was how two presidential hopefuls behaved ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AljrFHhSF28
Jul 31, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHvM7Q5VVkk
Jul 28, 2024: I like a lot of things about Ryan Reynolds. My second favorite thing is his friendships with Rob McElhenney and Hugh Jackman. (First is his comedic …
Jul 24, 2024: We shall all sit under our own vines and under our own coconut trees ... and no one shall make us afraid.
Jul 23, 2024: This gives me chills. Biden watching this years ago ... then embracing the character demonstrated by Washington. …
Jul 23, 2024: This gives me chills. Biden watching this years ago … then embracing the character demonstrated by Washington.
Jul 21, 2024: So much geek fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDs-Y5DNH8
Jul 21, 2024: So much geek fun
Jul 15, 2024: Join me tomorrow! A three-hour Learning Systems Thinking course on the O'Reilly platform. 1 - 4 pm Eastern. You'll get a solid introduction ... and we …
Jul 15, 2024: BUT HER EMAILS https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/trump-documents-case-dismissed
Jul 7, 2024: Today is the 4th day of my four-day holiday. I woke up with nothing to do. After a year of working every day (which I've enjoyed), I'm watching my …
Jul 7, 2024: Today is the 4th day of my four-day holiday. I woke up with nothing to do. After a year of working every day (which I’ve enjoyed), I’m watching my …
Jul 6, 2024: “The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find themselves in places no one has …
Jul 6, 2024: As part of optimizing my writing workflow, I’ve set up Obsidian (where I write daily) to publish posts here. Using github.com/otaviocc/…
Jul 2, 2024: This is two books, Shards of Honor and Barrayar. I was desperately flailing around the internet, looking for something restful to read. Reddit threads …
Jun 29, 2024: And introducing Brad Pitt as Keith.
Jun 9, 2024: You’re so epic you’re practically a whole backlog. —my husband, being romantic
Jun 3, 2024: The final Early Release of my book is now available! You can get a sneak peek of the reviewed and copyedited version. Important note: The Early …
May 17, 2024: @yvonnezlam Made famous in the NewCrafts closing keynote (@kevlin) … was a perfect moment set up by other talks here.
Mar 5, 2024: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray 📚 I don’t enjoy novels that switch between voices but this book did it brilliantly. I admired the unconventional use of …
Mar 2, 2024: Upgrade: A Novel by Blake Crouch 📚 I enjoyed a story that doesn’t simplify intelligence into “I can win at Jeopardy.” Along with the protagonist, we …
Mar 1, 2024: Bride by Ali Hazelwood 📚 I consumed the Twilight series like potato chips. So it was with Bride. Yes, it’s a “vulnerable woman who’s actually …
Feb 29, 2024: I’ve been reading novels every night. Since Covid, I’ve needed stories, no nonfiction. So I’ve let myself go on this journey. I’ll share some reviews …
Feb 21, 2024: Playing on repeat to improve my Wednesday energy.
Feb 20, 2024: This talk “presents a new lens to understand our contemporary world” and “a set of tools that honor and leverage emergence in order to have agency and …
Feb 19, 2024: Let’s face it, software systems are messy … that’s what makes them work.
Feb 17, 2024: After watching the movie Anatomy of a Fall, I couldn’t sleep. It is a psychologically chilling, and familiar, experience of what happens when a woman …
Feb 6, 2024: 6am, sitting on the couch together, drinking coffee. Macbook Pros & noise-cancelling headphones. Wordle scores posted in the family Slack channel. …
Jan 30, 2024: Why turning off Messages before you begin your focus session is important. Your friends are interesting or they wouldn’t be your friends.
Jan 28, 2024: Andrew Harmel-Law is writing Facilitating Software Architecture while I am writing Learning Systems Thinking. Today we started a 30 day challenge …
Jan 17, 2024: Well, that’s a thing. 2023 was quite a year.
Jan 13, 2024: If you do the thing you most want to do – the thing you fear you can not do – you’ll discover your blockers. Success isn’t achieving your goals; goals …
Jan 10, 2024: Early in my career as a systems architect, I felt alone with the challenges I faced. Now, I am surrounded by people who understand. The key to our …
Jan 7, 2024: A New Years Love Note to my Friends I haven’t done a great job staying connected – for reasons I’ve described here. But I want you to know that I’m with you and feeling grateful. Read …
Jan 7, 2024: We’re watching Mullin. Super Paul Mullin. Playing in the FA Cup today. We want Wrexham to win. Go on and … beat Arsenal or ManCity but we hope they …
Jan 4, 2024: Part 3 of Learning Systems Thinking has been added to the early release. It’s delightful to be this close to finishing the book. I look forward to …
Jan 3, 2024: Snark is the best medicine. I’d already read every Murderbot book. Thank goodness, when I needed a Covid book friend, there was: The Kaiju …
Jan 2, 2024: 2024, Not a Great Start Over the holidays, I had Covid. Symptoms began two weeks ago and I am still not recovered. For the first time in my career, I’ve had to cancel …
May 18, 2023: The Joy of Solitude I resist bringing my full attention back to focused work, like a toddler who doesn’t want her face washed. Even though, focus is joy. Read More
Mar 6, 2021: Personhood This week, my intention was to be more mindful when attending online work meetings. As I did, I noticed something: I’ve constructed a Me Who Goes to …
Nov 14, 2020: Rest and Renew I’ve learned essential lessons about rest and renewal over the last decade. For example, renewing my energy is the most trustworthy bellwether of …
Aug 27, 2020: Wisdom crafters Wisdom crafters are seekers of a philosophic sunrise. They work hard, often in the shadows, to discover insights that change our view of things. …
Apr 3, 2020: In the midst of this In the midst of the pandemic, during a retreat, I take a breath. When I stop constantly swimming towards more, I discover enough. Last month, I …
Mar 21, 2020: Notes from our home in New York I wanted to live a Year of Enough. Now, I live in a pandemic epicenter where there is no more. Ironic, don’t you think? Inside all the uncertainty, …
Mar 14, 2020: Educating at home during viral times In the midst of the pandemic, many colleagues are working while their kids are schooling at home. A few have asked, via social media, for strategies. …
Feb 10, 2020: And then it got hard It has been three weeks since I posted. In part because some difficult work consumed my writing energy. But mostly, because I ran smack into …
Jan 17, 2020: Stop hoarding todos and breathe What I do is balanced and supported by all I don’t do. I’ve never been great at balance. Or taking deep breaths. Seems I’m learning both now. The …
Jan 15, 2020: Asking for help When I hoard todos and refuse to ask for help, I stifle the Enough Economy. A lesson I recently learned for the bazillionth time. This weekend, I …
Jan 12, 2020: Competition I don’t enjoy competition yet can be quite competitive. What’s that about? How is competition related to being enough? I’ve begun indoor cycling, …
Jan 7, 2020: Making nut milk I recently made almond milk. It was so easy, I wondered if there are other products I buy that I don’t need. Which made me wonder why I love …
Jan 6, 2020: The enough retrospective When I look back on the last ten years, I can see where I’ve experienced enough. Where I haven’t. And how I can change so the next ten years are more …
Jan 4, 2020: Blurring the edges Seeking work life balance suggests we don’t work during the life part. We work all the time. Here is how I am blurring the edges. During our holiday …
Jan 2, 2020: Enough of what? An exercise. A writing exercise to uncover ‘enough of what?’ in which I share TMI and link to cool stuff. We build our life by creating our experiences. We craft …
Dec 31, 2019: Resistance is our strengthener My inner resistance to this practice is solidifying, concretizing. Simultanously, I am developing muscles I’ve never had and always needed. Today is …
Dec 28, 2019: Doing enough: the first of many In which I demonstrate my unrealistic relationship with TODO lists and wonder if, maybe, that relationship will change this year. Maybe. This is a …
Dec 27, 2019: There's no such thing as enough sugar Imagine the holidays with no sugar, including flour and alcohol. Horrifying thought or joyful ideal? I’ve never enjoyed food more. Imagine the …
Dec 25, 2019: Christmas enough Becoming free from the empty drama of “enough” at the holidays may require years of experimentation. But what matters most is knowing that your time, …
Dec 23, 2019: What are you doing New Years? Who gets ‘a thousand invitations’? How many invitations are enough? What are you doing New Year’s eve? The song, What are you doing New Year’s Eve is …
Dec 22, 2019: Into the inner garden In the center of my inner world, there is a garden. I have arrived here. Just in time for the holidays. In the center of my inner world, there is a …
Dec 21, 2019: Year of Enough On this Winter Solstice, I devote myself to exploring being, doing, having Enough. And publishing consistently about the experience. Be like a bird, …
Nov 5, 2019: Review of "Lost Man" (4 stars): None rated Lost Man: 4 stars
Nov 5, 2019: Review of "The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky" (4 stars): None rated The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky: 4 stars
Jun 29, 2018: Hit the Road, Jack In two days, I leave on a month-long, drag-an-RV-behind-the-truck road trip. What - the frack - am I doing? Today, I am packing easy-care outdoor …
Jun 29, 2018: Wake up, Maggie “Wake up” is a marvelous goal for a roadtrip! Both the surface meaning “enjoy each morning on the road, even when you’re exhausted” and the deeper …
Jan 19, 2018: Review of "A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes)" (3 stars): None rated A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes): 3 stars
Jan 19, 2018: Review of "ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!" (2 stars): None rated ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!: 2 stars
Jan 19, 2018: Review of "Anything is possible" (3 stars): None rated Anything is possible: 3 stars
Jan 19, 2018: Review of "Deep Work" (4 stars): None rated Deep Work: 4 stars
Jan 19, 2018: Review of "Norse Mythology" (3 stars): None rated Norse Mythology: 3 stars
Jan 19, 2018: Review of "So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love" (4 stars): None rated So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love: 4 stars