Hunter Walk asked people about their first concert.
My first was Tears For Fears, for a friend’s 13th birthday. It was just me and him. I wasn’t that into the band, and I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I loved it.
Perhaps more notably, the support band was a local group ...
April 30, 2022
Amidst all this talk about the future of Twitter pending a still-theoretical Elon Musk acquisition, some people have been asking whether there’s a viable alternative they could move to immediately.
Inevitably, some of the obvious decentralized projects have been suggested. The most notable is Mastodon, a federated social network that might ...
April 28, 2022
A discussion about mission-driven software and more. ...
April 24, 2022
There's no world in which nationalists get what they want. ...
April 16, 2022
As part of the ongoing mid-life crisis that brought me electric blue hair and a new car, I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo. Of course, if I’m going to mark my body, I’d like it to be the most meaningful (and potentially the nerdiest) image possible.
I have parameters. Given ...
April 15, 2022
Startup culture as popularly described is a sham. You can read all the books you want on the subject, but the most successful companies build their culture from the ground up based on the same kind of learning cycle that they use on their customers. To succeed, you’re going to ...
April 11, 2022
Rewriting software from scratch is usually a terrible idea. But I’m thinking about it.
The Known open source codebase is now 9 years old; a PHP kludge that I wrote while my mother was recovering from a double lung transplant still powers my site and many others. It became the foundation ...
April 9, 2022
I just (almost) got phished! It’s a little embarrassing, but I’m hopeful that sharing this will help others.
I got a pretty call on our landline (yes, we still have one) telling us we were about to have our power disconnected for non-payment. They had our address, PG&E account number, and ...
April 7, 2022
Things I wish I could say in person. ...
April 3, 2022
One of the things a realtor will often do for you when you’re selling a house is to set up a website for it. It’s often built by the people who take the photos, and is created to a set template. It turns out there are a handful of services ...
April 2, 2022
This is my monthly roundup of the books, articles, and streaming media I found interesting. Here's my list for March, 2022. This was an intense month, so a shorter list than usual.
Streaming Media
Severance. My kind of science fiction: darkly satirical, with a dramatic vice that closes with each new episode. ...
April 1, 2022