Sleep Dirt

Of all the people I've worked with at my current job, the last people I thought they would ever fire were Dave and Mike. It's a familiar story, perhaps. What started as a family company has endured and is now ripping at the seams to be more of a corporation. What was once, "make it work" is now being demanded to "standardize a process." It means push and pull between old guard and new, a need to evolve flexibility into repeatability. It's never easy, it's never clean, and once you reach a certain point - it's never anything but inevitable. I don't think it's necessarily the worst thing in the world. Quality matters. Unfortunately, the cost is usually people. The gurus. The magicians. The "we're coming to you because we're stuck, and everyone says you're the guy that can help us." Trouble is, wizards and magicians are slow. Potions and incantations take time. Creativity. Duct tape can fix a lot of things, but whethe

Lingonberry Pancakes

A number of years back I took the plunge and bought my first Fitbit. It was that big bulky bracelet version with the band that would wear out every few months, but I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Partially out of a desire to lose weight, but maybe even more because of that "new toy" factor that I think all marketers bake into the presentation of the kinds of gadgets and stuff designed to work its way into your life and help make it more convenient. I haven't taken the dive on Alexa or Google Home yet, but there is no doubt that those things look goddamn cool. Yes --Tony Stark's Iron Man suit fights crime and saves the world, but I think the thing we all really take away from those movies is a burning desire to have our own snarky yet unquestionably obedient AI who will literally do and build anything you might need based on casual conversations you have with them while you're walking around your apartment. Unfortunately, from what I can tell

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