Now

• Still working at RemNote building a flashcards and note-taking app. I have a mixed role developing the software, creating user documentation and doing miscellaneous technical writing, designing the future of flashcards as part of a four-person team, and leading a small customer support team. Everyone can benefit from learning and remembering; try us out!

• I decided this fall that I’m staying in the Twin Cities for good, or decided that with as much certainty as I can for who I am and what the world is today. I’ve been here for two years and I love it, with deep meaning intended for that word.

  At the end of December I bought a small but beautiful historic second-floor apartment in a housing co-op in the Whittier neighborhood, and I hope to stay here until and unless I get married and need more space.

• Publishing semi-regular, eclectic updates on my microblog. Public Zettelkasten updates have slowed because a lot of that energy is going into private work on understanding how I should approach being serious about dating and making friends (things I have avoided or been bad at earlier in my life and am rapidly getting better at, with the benefit of this kind of work). There’s still a lot going on in my head and my notebooks, and I hope more will go public in the near future!
• After a very busy year for travel in 2023, I’m staying put in Minneapolis until spring, when I’ll be going on a solo excursion to hopefully see the last total solar eclipse crossing a significant portion of the US in my lifetime (fingers crossed for good weather). I’ll be in Little Rock, Arkansas, for a little while in early April, but the exact itinerary will be dependent on the cloud forecast, so it won’t be set until I’m already on the trip.

• I have a page on my Zettelkasten of areas of exploration for 2024, listing out the big ideas I’m currently trying to understand better. Go there for the details; in headings:

  • Understanding the goodness of places
  • Becoming committed to the best places
  • Living and working in community
  • Experiencing romantic relationships
  • Searching for deep friendships
  • Turning inversion of control into a life strategy
  • Making education worth the time
  • Building and understanding mission through written reflection

Part of the now page movement. Last updated January 4, 2024.