Dune: part 3! Let’s gooooo!
Very Online
“Trump has clearly given little thought to what comes next. Recklessly, he has ignited a widening conflagration with no obvious end in sight.
(…) Trump seems to believe that he, like his fantasy America, exists on a different plane, utterly untouchable by the swirl of global events. The devastating consequences of his actions are not just someone else’s fault. They are someone else’s problem, too.”
Quiet moments
Work update… sort of!
3/5/26
I’ve been heads down doing the work in Customer Success and Account Management —building relationships, focusing on the human side of things, taking care of my customers, etc.
Account Management is a new_er_ territory for me, and although I had been involved in contract renewals in the past, I’m continuing to learn about this when dealing with bigger, more Corporate Customers.
But in the past, I haven’t shared much of my thinking. One idea that I strongly adhere can be summed up in this simple quote: “You know more than you think you do.”
So in the spirit of this phrase, I’m going to try and do a better job at sharing my expertise, experiment, and thoughts related to what I’m working on and the core of my job!
Print Delivery Day
🏀 Here’s the thing about my Wizards.
We’re not a big NBA team or franchise, so whenever we get someone who respects the franchise, it usually bodes well. Recent examples: Russell Westbrook or Kyle Kuzma. So this Trae thing bodes pretty well!.
Super excited to see him debut on Thursday!
🇨🇦 Tous Canadiens aujourd’hui ! 💪 🏒 🍁
”All of the people I love hate this stuff, and all the people I hate love it. And yet, likely because of the same personality flaws that drew me to technology in the first place, I am annoyingly excited.”
”A good technology manager assumes that a product will never ship for launch, that every force is arrayed against it and that the devil himself has cursed it — and then the manager works back from that.”
The Year of the Fire Horse is off to a great so far! 🐴 🔥
J. Cole tickets: 🎟️ ✅ Secured!
🎥 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Marty Supreme
Fun movie and incredible performance from Timothée Chalamet, however, I’m more and more convinced that movies from the Safdie Brothers are not for me…
Updated my /now page
This is 35!
Sadly, started the week and my birthday battling a cold, but looking forward to more celebrations later this week!
Grateful to my wife for picking up a box from my favorite cookies spot in town in lieu of a birthday cake 😋 🍪
Currently reading: Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski 📚
A really fun read so far and the best time of year to get into it!
I’m not sure I like where the ESPN x NFL is going. At all.
A great time at the All Time Low concert last night!
🎶 Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
1/21/26
- Watch The Throne (2012)(Jay-Z / Kanye West)
- Blink 182 (2023 Reunion)
- Sum 41 (2023)(the final European concert of the Farewell tour, 19 years after my first concert)
- John Mayer (2023)(solo / acoustic, his first ever concert in Paris)
- Bloc Party (2017)(Hymns tour, at Roundhouse in London)
Everyone but me has been sick so I’ve had to step up.
Also had to deal with difficult interrupted sleep over the past few day.
So all in all, pretty glad to be back on the track even for a short-er run, especially before the upcoming work trip tomorrow.
Had absolutely no idea that Dennis ‘The Worm’ Rodman had played basketball in Brighton (where I went to university) about 20 years ago!
There was definitely room for a Win, but a few calls went against us, a lot of missed free throws, and some strong opposition (didn’t work out so well for us…)[https://m.acmomento.com/mo/o6LU8oLDsYPL6GUxrXZlnHty4h63/basketball/fdd256f6-5b83-4ca1-91aa-46e9abb5d9d5]
Fourth time trying to get a haircut this week (this time at a different salon) and still no luck… 😩 🤷♂️ 💇♂️
Had to leave at half time because my little one was sick 😢 ❤️🩹
Fuck! Second10k of my adult life in the books, spontaneous one too! C’est peut être un détail pour vous, mais pour moi ça veut dire beaucoup
Finished reading: Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums by Travis Barker 📚🥁🤘
10-12 years later, still a great and insightful read into a musician I’ve admired so much over the past 20+ years! Totally made me want to revisit some of Travis’ side projects
Re: Trae Young trade to my Washington Wizards for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert
1/8/26
A few thoughts on the trade:
Having no picks is particularly advantageous for us. We owe one to the Knicks, but we’re confident we’ll maintain our current status by continuing to perform poorly, especially considering the exceptional talent in this upcoming draft class.
We should aim to become competitive within the next two years. And having Trae as a primary guard will free space for Alex Sarr on pick & rolls, and the other shooters/forwards on the team too :)
Our salary cap is $80 million, so even with Trae Young’s $49 million contract, we still have substantial room to secure bad contracts or free agents this summer.
Additionally, we haven’t had a superstar on our roster since Russell Westbrook’s tenure from 2020 to 2021, and John Wall before that.
The Wizards don’t have any big extensions looming, so even if they gave Young a two- or three-year deal this summer, they’ll be in great shape financially. This might be the perfect rental with a chance at long-term success. And if it doesn’t work out, they can cut the bait and maintain business as usual in their development process.
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Been testing Perplexity’s Comet since yesterday and already in 2 days, it’s turning to be a huge time saver / task achiever!
Asking for a friend… “How to kill a rogue AI” | Vox
“…we are woefully unprepared for the worst-case-scenario AI risks and more planning and coordination is needed. ”
Daughter and wife asleep by 10pm, watching Sinners for the last thing to do this year. Happy New Year — bring on 2026!
