The weirdest thing about getting old is realizing that you can still ache for a bygone era, even if it felt lonely and bad at the time, and even if you currently have the life you always wanted.

Guess there is something to practicing gratitude in the moment.

Request to MS Teams developers: an option to send all Teams messages that simply say “hi” directly to a trash bin.

I think I’ve finally accepted this: a lot of people are going to think whatever they want about you. Life and work experience, credentials, your hobbies, your actions. For some folks, nothing trumps their biases and assumptions about you. But it’s a reflection of them rather than a truth about you.

My phone is so accustomed to me working in public accounting that it prompted me to dial in to the dentist appointment I had on my calendar. That’s one thing I can’t do on Teams.

I was on a hiatus from the bird* app, and fully intended to return but I just can’t go back now. So Bluesky it is. Let’s do this.

*No offense to real birds intended.