Now (or Recently)
The "now page" concept comes from an idea by Derek Sivers to have people communicate what they're focused on now at this point in their lives.
Find all past media reviews on my Reviews page.
Current Personal Status
Now is a good time to have a finely tuned BS detector when it comes to tech. Too good to be true IS too good to be true. It’s also a good time to have a high social BS detector. Too authoritarian IS too authoritarian.
Current Projects
- Japanese and Korean study (somewhat proficient in J, complete newb to K). Using Talk To Me In Korean Courses.
Stuff I’ve recently enjoyed
Podcasts
Podcast episodes without links are members-only but I think are interesting enough to post in case you want to investigate them.
Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons Podcast – Debunking Hacklore
Causality – 62: OceanGate Titan
The Race F1 Podcast (Members) – The key tech trends of F1’s 2026 cars (ad-free)
Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons Podcast – Best of 2025!
AppStories+ – The Future of Apps in an AI-Coded World
The Talk Show With John Gruber – 440: ‘Flush a Radar’, With Brent Simmons
Tech Won’t Save Us (Premium) – Elon Musk Profits Off Non-Consensual Deepfakes w/ Kat Tenbarge
Talk To Me In Korean – Level 1 Lesson 3
Talk To Me In Korean – Level 1 Lesson 2
Talk To Me In Korean – Level 1 Lesson 1
Books
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 2 • Jonathan Strahan • Mar 1, 2008 • This is a really good and varied compilation of stories. The thing these books do well is introduce you to stories and authors you wouldn’t have found yourself, and that are certainly interesting and thought-proving. *****
The Convenience Store by the Sea • First Time Read • 2020 • Sonoko Machida • I didn’t know what to think of this book initially. It felt slightly stilted, whether due to translation or not, I’m not sure. But I kept reading. And it started drawing me in by brilliantly building intertwined moments of social interactions and vignettes of character development. • Loved It!
