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The Laptop-Friendly Café Guide
Round Two! I first wrote posts in this series nearly 14 years ago. I’ve been working from home full time again since 2020. While I’m no longer surrounded by toddlers, the interior of my house can gets a little samey. I’m trying to make a concerted effort to leave the house at least one afternoon […] Continue Reading
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My WordCamp US Focus Mode
iOS Focus Modes are a game-changer! A couple of years ago I wrote a post about how I used them to totally change my relationship to my phone. This summer, I’ve taken things up a notch—tweaking my Travel Focus and even creating a Québec Focus for our recent family trip. If you’re curious about the […] Continue Reading
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Forget Europe. Montréal est Magnifique!
in travelaka “Oh look, Ryan went to another city and rode a bike. How original!” Bicycle people often cite European cities when advocating for more equatable transportation options in our North American cities – Amsterdam as the obvious world leader in cycling infrastructure, maybe Copenhagen, Paris for how quickly they’ve transformed their city or Oulu when […] Continue Reading
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Why would you want to drive behind a slow cyclist?
Whenever I’m engaged in a conversation and the other party is saying something that doesn’t resonate with me, something I don’t get or something that just seems strange, I make an honest effort to put myself in the other person’s shoes. I do research, thought experiments, bounce scenarios off friends, hypothesize with LLMs, etc. I […] Continue Reading
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Random Factoids I Learned Last Year
in LinksIn September of last year, I started recording random information I had never known about. My criteria for recording this fact was basically “will I want to be reminded about this in the future.” I didn’t set out with a plan for these facts beyond recording them in a notes document. But heck, if I […] Continue Reading