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Astro Teller on creativity and the fool's mindset
Link: 2025 Academic Convocation Keynote Speaker Astro Teller “The fool loves side quests and often goes looking for them. Push down your focus and see how high you can turn...
How I learned to love lifting
Gina Trapani Recently at a community gathering I was asked to give a 5-minute lightning talk about something I’m into. I landed on the physical activity that is making me...
Margaret Hamilton on software engineering
Link: Margaret Hamilton on Software Engineering NASA software engineer Margaret Hamilton passed away this month at 90 years old. My favorite story about Hamilton is how she found and fixed...
Searching for approval
Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect. — Gloria Steinem in her book Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. Rest in peace and...
Making something new
Link: Chris & Gina – Coming Soon When you know you love working with someone, keep doing it. That’s why my business partner Chris and I are cooking up something...
The joy of making stuff with a 3D printer
Gina Trapani I’ve always been curious about 3D printers, so last fall when there was a Black Friday deal on a great model, I picked one up. I wondered if...
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Link: TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA | Official Trailer | In Theaters August 7 My favorite pieces of art make me understand and appreciate things I’ve never cared...
Dashboard Touch
Link: Introducing Dashboard Touch, a build-your-own version of Touch ID - Anil Dash Anil did a nice job building and publishing a fun project: a DIY Touch ID-like fingerprint sensor...
Diddit
Link: Diddit — A simple, shareable logbook for iPhone I’ll always be a sucker for great software tools that help people get things done together. Diddit is a new one...
A 2026 detour
Six months ago, life threw me for a loop and I dropped everything. Blogging and coding went out the window, as did social media and any sort of speaking. Doing...
Forevergreen
Link: Forevergreen — Academy Award®–Nominated Animated Short Film | Now Streaming for a Limited Time This 13-minute animated short film Forevergreen is delightful food for the soul. The filmmakers released...
3D printed whistles
Link: 3D Printed Whistles I got a 3D printer for fun and making stuff and now it’s my whole personality. (More on this soon.) It is also an outlet for...
Net fulfillment over net worth
Gina Trapani The most common piece of personal finance advice out there is to “know your net worth”—the number that represents your assets minus your liabilities. As a money nerd...
You will die anyway
I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you...
Intentions over resolutions, habits over goals
January 1st may be an arbitrary Gregorian boundary condition, but I love an annual moment to take stock and plan change. This year I’m focusing less on resolutions to achieve...
AI CEO
Link: AI CEO (via) AI CEO generates corporate executive thought leadership at the push of a button. “We’re not destroying habitats, we’re creating urban opportunities for wildlife.” Tags: #llms #work...
New year, new notebook
Gina Trapani Happy New Year! My favorite January tradition is treating myself to a fresh new notebook. A friend asked our group what our best notebooks are, and that question...
Best things I watched, listened to, and read in 2025
Netflix What do you like, and why do you like it? Personally, I have to practice answering this question. I get influenced by what others like. I have an internal...
Our interfaces have lost their senses
Link: Our interfaces have lost their senses Digital tech has flattened our experience of the world to text under a glass touchscreen, writes Amelia Wattenberger in a beautifully-illustrated essay. We...
The art of KPop Demon Hunters
Link: The Art of KPop Demon Hunters Netflix released 142 gorgeous pages of digital art and behind-the-scenes stories about the making of KPop Demon Hunters, its most-watched film of all...