{"id":6492,"date":"2025-01-31T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=6492"},"modified":"2025-02-25T01:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:04:04","slug":"phase-005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/phase-005\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase 005"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull are-vertically-aligned-center has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-468825f015b11cbf5980f7bc9a5d323e is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"color:#292929;background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(194,215,237) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:3%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:63%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-0d6f4cb3595a2011fc2fc769f8c25fbc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#292929\">We survived 2024, and then 2025 happened. It&#8217;s been a royal shit show since that digit flipped from four to five. Still, we soldier on. I&#8217;ve got my usual slew of projects in motion (links below), and work keeps me busy. I can&#8217;t complain, but I do complain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer alignfull kt-block-spacer-6492_13e79a-33\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"588\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/36.jpg?resize=580%2C588&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/36.jpg?resize=1010%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1010w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/36.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/36.jpg?resize=768%2C779&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/36.jpg?resize=1515%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1515w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/36.jpg?w=1160&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/36.jpg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some of my architecture crew from art school\u2013most likely shot around 6am.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Books that I&#8217;m currently reading&#8230;<br><sub><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">It takes me a long time to read books because I read many at the same time<\/mark><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Surrounded by Liars<\/em> by Thomas Erikson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love<\/em> by Marty Cagan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>NPR&#8217;s Podcast Start Up Guide<\/em> by Glen Weldon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Player Piano<\/em> by Kurt Vonnegut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Books I just finished&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism<\/em> by Yanis Varoufakis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Make Something Wonderful<\/em> by Steve Jobs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Innovating for People<\/em> by LUMA Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Small Things Live These<\/em> by Claire Keegan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>They Can&#8217;t Kill Us Until They Kill Us<\/em> by Hanif Abdurraqib<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes<\/em> by David Robson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My goal for 2014 was to read 50 books this year. I didn&#8217;t make it. I got to 47. Not too shabby, but I&#8217;ll shoot for 50 again in 2025. I&#8217;m already running behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer alignfull kt-block-spacer-6492_c79299-cf\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I finally canceled my Medium account. I&#8217;ve been threatening to do this for over a year. After they changed their pricing\/payment structure it wasn&#8217;t really worth it anymore. <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/d5de83986803\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/d5de83986803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read my last Medium post on Medium<\/a>. Part of the closure (and a big part of why this took forever) was that I wanted to move all my content over to this site. Of course, this took weeks longer than I anticipated. It is done, and the section below is some of that content. I don&#8217;t expect you to read them all but my favorites are <a href=\"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/the-dick-print\/\">The Dick Print<\/a> &amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/36-all-nighters\/\">36 All Nighters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer alignfull kt-block-spacer-6492_7846fe-a0\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Random stuff I thought was worth capturing&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery alignfull is-style-columns\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:37.87984%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/taco-window-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 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aria-label=\"Open image 5 of 5 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull are-vertically-aligned-center has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6153abf33ef32ae3dd68faccf520e416 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"color:#292929;background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(194,215,237) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:3%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:63%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-4b25bf78b3239e557057fb913c75846a wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#292929\">Phase 005 accomplished. Next time, I&#8217;m not going to put this off day after day and focus\u2013I swear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other projects in motion&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trick-A-Day 2025: First 30 Days\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3fng2lcDw0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QZbo4GiZByY?si=PIDjpoz1zIeuzbjq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Four years ago<\/a>, I embarked on a mission to share one trick every day for the entire year. This effort was brutal and by the end, I was broken. So, yeah, let&#8217;s do that again in 2025. Why not? So far so good but the hard stuff is coming. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jfx1026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jfx1026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Follow along on my Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"291\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SBC-logo.jpg?resize=580%2C291&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SBC-logo.jpg?w=698&amp;ssl=1 698w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SBC-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/tailsof.org\/skate-book-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Skate Book Club<\/a> just dropped our January issue with our first book giveaway. Sign up to win or if you just like skateboarding, books, or both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We survived 2024, and then 2025 happened. It&#8217;s been a royal shit show since that digit flipped from four to five. Still, we soldier on. I&#8217;ve got my usual slew of projects in motion (links below), and work keeps me busy. I can&#8217;t complain, but I do complain. 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