Things that I am thinking about now. Sporatic updates about life, things I'm thinking about and exploring.
2024-07-23
š Location: San Jose, CA
Itās been a season since the last now post. Besides getting married, Iāve also went on a honeymoon, got COVID, and now re-settling back into my normal routine. This website got changed quite a bit again where the home page is now a feed. Iām still thinking through what I want it to ultimately look like, and you may see more changes soon.
The week notes have been keeping me fresh with new ideas of what will be in store for the future.
Much of my time has been dedicated to playing Baldurās Gate 3 with my wife. We havenāt played a lot of D&D, so thereās been a learning curve to the possibilities with this game. The world building is very rich.
Iāve been meaning to write in Camp NaNoWriMo, but itās been hard with the little downtime that I appear to have. If I review my week notes, it looks like AI, obituaries, productivity tools, and tech have really taken my attention. Iāve been meaning to cut out the dopamine-filled addictions like social media doomscrolling and replacing it with reading. It always feels like an assault on my senses, especially with the current political upheavals the US has been facing.
2024-04-04
š Location: San Jose, CA
Iāve slowed down on the website updates and have focused more on projects and writing. I think thereās always a balance to strike with what more I could do versus what really matters.
We have a little over a month until the wedding. The final details are being looked at. When people tell me wedding planning is no joke, I can echo that sentiment.
We bought the Brooklyn Nine-Nine boxset and have been watching through the series. Netflix has the first four seasons, but there wasnāt enough closure for the remaining seasons, and iTunes or Apple TV had a sale, so weāve been putting that in the background while we work on the wedding. Itās nice to have something grounding.
As for books, Iāve been wondering if I should read āThe Power Brokerā by Robert Caro. Itās a monster of a book about Robert Moses. I was listening to 99% Invisibleās mini-series about the book, and it sounds intense.
Iāve been slowly making my way through Cal Newportās new book, āSlow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnoutā as well as Emily Nagoskiās new book, āCome Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connectionsā.
My partner is starting to use Capacities, and I set up an account to also try it out in tandem. Thereās a lot of good ideas in that app, but Iām not sure Iām going to covert from Obsidian. Iām used to my tool, and Iām probably going to stick with it for now.
2024-02-20
š Location: San Jose, CA
I have been making major website updates, and Iāve written about a few of them, including curations, classifieds, and my migration over to buttondown. Iām both scared and excited to write again on a monthly basis, or at least thatās the cadence I want to build. For more about website updates, Iāll do another post soon. Iāll leave now for whatās actually happening with me.
Since the last update, Iāve bought my suit for my upcoming wedding.
Iām still reading How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra, although itās taken a back seat to The Tools by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels. Itās one of those canāt put down books for me.
Since the last post, Iāve also watched The Curse and Poor Things. Like my anti-library, there needs to be a section for books.
There has been a Reduction in Force (RIF) at my current company again, and while prospects for the future are high amongst the upper staff, it does breed some not-so-great sentiment around the mind and the office. Iām not in full panic and find a new job mode. But I do feel saddened for the people who have been let go.
I have an undisclosed project that Iām working on the side, but I donāt want to reveal any details until itās final. I have a problem with talking too much, and not working on that project.
As for the things that have been interesting me as of late, Iāve been using Perplexity AI for about half of my searching needs, and itās been extremely helpful for the research type tasks Iāve been investigating.
Ta ta for now! š©
2024-01-10
š Location: San Jose, CA
Iāve talked extensively about my dadās health issues at length, so I thought it might be worth talking about other things that Iāve been currently doing. Itās a new year, and Iām prepping more writing for 2024, including a first entry elaborating my yearly theme, the āYear of Renewalā.
Iām getting married this May! Most of my time is spent planning until then. Otherwise, Iām chugging away working at Clear Labs, taking care of little Yuzu, and finding any free time to have dates with my fiancĆ©e.
Little tired Yuzu sleeping on pillow
Reading
Iām currently reading āHow Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our Worldā by Deb Chachra. I absolutely loved her newsletter.
On that note, the next book after I finish that book is āDust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particlesā by Jay Owens.
Website updates
At some point, I plan on making a ācurationā section, that will supercede my āLindy Libraryā and maybe collapse my books and films section. Undecided how it will look. I absolutely love going to the library or bookstore and seeing blurbs of small reviews, and I thought it would be lovely to show collections of found items the same way.
Also, you may see more tiny projects on the website, much like my JSON editor of last year. Iām loving Make Real, so I might use that as a good prototyping tool.
Watching
Iāve gotten some kudos from multiple people about my media logs. Iām continuing to log my media for 2024, hopefully more comprehensive than last year. There are still some movies Iāve watched that I have to parse from my fiancĆ©eās watch history.
I have a bunch of new releases in my queue, including The Curse, Poor Things, The Boy and the Heron, Afire, and Anatomy of a Fall.
Miscellany
Iāve been playing with the Anbernic RG35XX Plus, and I absolutely love it. Iāve been able to play games I havenāt gotten the chance to, including āA Link to the Pastā, āFinal Fantasy IIā, and many others. The emulation and controls are absolutely everything I wanted, and more.
Happy 2024!
2023-07-27
š Location: Hayward, CA
Every weekend, Iāve been slowly moving to San Jose, so I havenāt been able to spend enough time with my hobbies and side projects. This website has seen a down tick in content, and Iām looking forward to writing more in the near future. Certainly post-move.
To spend the in-between time not thinking about code, Iāve been playing Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We recently finished Cult of the Lamb, and it felt pretty special.
I went to the Figma conference last week at San Francisco Moscone Center, and it was a packed event. Iām excited to dive deep into more UX work.
2023-05-30
š Location: Hayward, CA
Finishing up the book, Laws of UX. Itās a great primer on the topic and Iām looking forward to sharing it with my team. Also reading āSaving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clockā by Jenny OāDell.
Slowly moving to San Jose, California. The apartment has been finalized, and we have two months to move in. Also, planning my wedding for May 2024.
Deployed and continually making improvements to this website. Iām using Astro.js and re-learning Svelte along the way.
Iām nearly done with playing through Hogwarts Legacy.