• The Grim Reaper is just a title. His actual name is Centrum Silver.

  • Nothing has made me feel my mortality more keenly than buying vitamins yesterday.

    Centrum Silver.

    If it was just “Centrum for men 50 and older,” I would have been fine.

    Goddamn Centrum Silver.

    Laugh it up now while you can, but know that Centrum Silver is coming for you too.

  • If the Latest Facebook Revelations Won’t Get You to Delete It, What Will?

    Facebook’s practices are the online equivalent of a home invasion: Zuckerberg rooting around in your underwear drawer for the good stuff.

  • Of course it’s “not my father’s Republican party.” My Dad’s a Democrat. Who watches Rachel Maddow every night.

    (Yes, I have TV on. I know they can’t hear me.)

  • Donald Trump’s signature reminds me of the Dow.

  • My favorite TV show these days is Leah Remini’s show about Scientology.

  • I wonder how many more times Facebook will apologize most sincerely for terrible things.

  • Pretty exciting news for our friends at Black Pixel!

    www.geekwire.com/2018/ai-f…

    And again I’m reminded of how super-nice they were about NetNewsWire coming back home.

  • The only notifications I allow on my iPhone are for text messages. It’s nice not to be bugged all the time.

  • Republicans always screw up the stock market. It’s the worst reason that I vote for Democrats — but it is a reason.

  • Reminder — no talks at the Xcoders meeting in Seattle tonight. But there’s still a meeting, at the Cyclops in Belltown. Come hang out! I’ll be there.

  • I’m up to four Micro.blog accounts now! Love this service. So much thanks go to @manton and @macgenie for everything they do.

  • Part of my maturation process — which I’m undergoing slowly, with great reluctance — is learning to cut down on the number of things I’m willing to fight about.

    Trying to pick the ones that really matter is hard.

  • We just set up @xcoders, for folks in the Seattle and Vancouver, BC areas who go to Xcoders.

    It doesn’t have its own domain yet, but it will.

  • In So Basic It’s Not Even Funny I talk about one of the happiest compliments I’ve ever received.

  • I’m obsessive about turning off notifications on Mac and on iOS. Just about the only thing left is text message notifications. Anything else can wait.

  • I’ve been deleting accounts. StackOverflow and Quora yesterday.

    I had totally forgotten that I had a Quora account until I got the email about it being compromised.

  • Why write about lunch?

    You might wonder why I post what’s for lunch every weekday on the @omni account. Here’s why:

    If I get no other public writing done that day, at least I posted something.

    It’s a quick warmup for my writing muscles.

    It demonstrates the company’s consistency. We post about lunch every work day.

    Most importantly, it serves to humanize the company — we eat lunch, just like everybody else. We like food!

    And I like that you might picture us in the cafeteria enjoying some conversation and something good to eat. Because that’s how it is. :)

  • Hey! I’m on the Micro Monday podcast! Thanks, @macgenie!

    It was so much fun to do. Note to everyone else — when Jean invites you, say yes. :)

    monday.micro.blog/2018/12/0…

  • I dread this time of year with all its year-end retrospectives.

    I remember what happened! It was only just this year! Plus things are continuing to happen! Don’t waste my time!

  • Friday thing! If you know Jake Carter, you know he’s leaving Seattle and moving to California. So there’s a last-day-of-work party at the Art Marble on Westlake, starting at 5 pm.

    If you know Jake, you should be there! (I’ll be there!)

  • Seattle Xcoders unofficial 5th Thursday is tonight at the Water Wheel in Ballard (not Cyclops!) around 7 pm. Be there!

    Well, I can’t make it, unfortunately, but everyone else should go!

  • Why is there no emoji for Thor’s hammer! This 🔨 just isn’t enough.

  • There are still a few days left to invest in Fair Isle Brewing. Here’s a look behind the scenes:

    www.myballard.com/2018/11/2…

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