Words & Letters
I’m not an AI expert. I’m an enthusiast, and playing around with these things is how I learn. I’ve been working with Cursor and Claude Code, and my most successful experiment to date has been rebuilding the iOS game, Strategery. This game recently stopped working on my phone. It doesn’t have fancy features. It doesn’t […]
So late, it’s not even funny I usually write these recap posts in January, or maybe February if things are hectic. I can’t really explain why I’m writing this ten months late. There’s no excuse. 2024’s goal was the same as 2023–50 books. Two years in a row, the goal has been met. Looking back, […]
Recap of my reading for the 2023 Goodreads Reading Challenge. I read 50 Books this year, hitting my target exactly. After three years of failing to hit my goal, I finally got back on track. As I look back at what I’ve read this past year I’m struck (once again) by how the collection is […]
Recap of my reading for the 2022 Goodreads Reading Challenge. I read 32 Books this year, failing to hit my goal of 50.
Recap of my reading for the 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge. I read 46 Books this year. Again, I’m gonna blame the pandemic–here’s the highlights.
Recap of my reading for the 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge. I read 55 Books this year, despite the challenges–here’s the highlights.
Lessons from failure I’ve been falling, bleeding and occasionally breaking bones for most of my life. I’m not masochistic, at least not by the traditional definition. adjective: masochistic1. deriving sexual gratification from one’s own pain or humiliation1.1. (in general use) enjoying an activity that appears to be painful or tedious– from Oxford dictionary That second […]
61 Books in 365 Days
As a design manager, I’ve looked at several hundred applications for open design roles over the last few months and I’ve noticed a series of painful missteps from the applicant pool.
50 books in 365 days In late 2016, I accepted the Goodreads Reading Challenge and decided to read 24 books in 2017. I’ve been reading more over the years and Goodreads has been my book tracker for a while, but I never set a firm goal. I did want to read more but I wasn’t really sure […]