Being a hiring manager with many open roles has caused me to have more empathy when people reach out on LinkedIn. I'm still not interested, though!

My managing up talk from QCon New York Software Development Conference is up infoq.com/presentations/…

As someone who prefers to be barefoot (for a variety of reasons) the media obsession with Adam Neumann going barefoot is misdirected and gives the rest of us a bad name.

After 18 weeks of marathon training, I've finally decided on my favorite part. Carbo loading.

They take the "lather; rinse; repeat?" seriously here.

Happy “What am I, a farmer?” Day to my friends in the US. Europe, you’ll have to wait a couple more weeks.

Fixing paper cuts has always been a passion of mine, and often the reason no one has fixed them before is it’s a grind. Sometimes, those paper cuts are more than “just a flesh wound.” I’ve found this to be a powerful weapon in my leadership toolbox. jacobian.org/2021/apr/7/emb…

Florida, land of “we’ll make roads more dangerous by having detailed exceptions on road signs, just so as to not inconvenience drivers for an hour on Wednesdays”

Wait, does this mean it’s finally infrastructure week? washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021…

Does anyone have <5 minute daily journaling routines that they love? I bought a weekly planner because (a) I wanted to try experimenting with some of these routines and (b) it has NYC-themed art from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and so sparks joy.

Subscribing to @SebastianSmee’s “Great Works in Focus” (alas, via a Google Alert as The Washington Post doesn’t provide a newsletter) has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in the last six months. Always the perfect mix of analytical and evocative. washingtonpost.com/arts-entertain…

Am I the first person on the internet to discover that The Metropolitan Museum of Art is going to be closed on Wednesdays going forward? Searches turn up nothing, but their website now says "Closed: Wednesday." Huge!

Unfortunately, Redfin's "Hot Homes" label doesn't do much good in North Seattle, since it's on every single listing.

TIL I live in the same building as (((Harry Enten))). That voting line was about 20 minutes at 06:40 this morning!

Hey Barkley D. Beer, as seen in a bar in Almaty, KZ. A taste of home halfway around the world.

Hey Airbnb Help, what's up with this bullshit exchange rate? "$1.00 USD to €0.8169 EUR" - it's €0.85 right now. Just charge me in EUR!