Oops

It has been a long, long, loooooong time since I last wrote here (not that anyone is reading, but hi there AI scrapers!).

Lots of things have happened since late 2018 - the COVID pandemic, a few startups and jobs, and the astonishing rise of AI (nothing in this article or my archives were written by AI).

I do have some takes on those things, but I thought before I did it was worth revisiting my older content with an ideally older, wiser eye ⚡Oops (or in my case, eyes that now wear corrective lenses!)

You may notice sidenotes like these in the archives. This is to call out specific things I thought were worth noticing.

Preamble

I recently attended a small networking meetup of entrepreneurs and startup founders. About halfway through, the organizers invited people to give a small elevator pitch about what they’re working on and how they can help the group, and what help they need. As an ENFP I relish the opportunity to get up in front of people and share something and hopefully learn something in return.

So, naturally, I raised my hand. Instead of giving the smooth, polished pitch I normally give about what I’m working on, I stammered. I had trouble clearly articulating my vision and opportunity, and how I could help everyone there. In short, I choked.

I’ve never been completely satisfied with my computer setup. Sure, the 2015 13” MacBook Pro I have is fine, it does what I need it to do. But as someone that travels a lot, it’s bulky and the battery life isn’t that great, and outside of this blog and some side projects, I don’t really do any software development. Nothing that remotely taxes the machine, aside from occasionally compiling new versions of Ruby.