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Nov 6, 2024: If you haven’t read this already … today might be the perfect day. bookshop.org/a/86792/9…
Oct 22, 2024: Started reading: Infomocracy I just finished reading the first two books in Malka Ann Older’s “The Investigations of Mossa and …
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! https://youtu.be/4Amm_yRjJIo?si=9qhzTC0IIuOT_9Kd
Sep 22, 2024: I pasted this link into family chat. Then realized ... my grandbaby is going to be born into the geekiest family. …
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 & …
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 …
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 25, 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 22, 2024: So much geek fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDs-Y5DNH8
Jul 22, 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 30, 2024: And introducing Brad Pitt as Keith.
Jun 10, 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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 7, 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 28, 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 4, 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.
Mar 22, 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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Nov 6, 2019: Review of "Lost Man" (4 stars): None rated Lost Man: 4 stars
Nov 6, 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 30, 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?
Jun 30, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2018: Review of "Anything is possible" (3 stars): None rated Anything is possible: 3 stars
Jan 20, 2018: Review of "Deep Work" (4 stars): None rated Deep Work: 4 stars
Jan 20, 2018: Review of "Norse Mythology" (3 stars): None rated Norse Mythology: 3 stars
Jan 20, 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