Author: David Faden
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Leaving Google after 15.5+ years
Yesterday (March 4, 2024) was my last day at Google (for now at least) after more than 15.5+ years at the company. There’s still a lot of work I would’ve like to get done, many people I’ll miss working with (everyone I met, pretty much), including many who are dear to me, including especially my…
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Walking along North San Antonio to El Camino Real
I had a nice walk this morning, my first time walking from our new place to El Camino Real. Strava tells me the roundtrip was around 4.6 miles, the furthest I’ve gotten to walk for a while. (But I’ll hope to go much further soon.) One treat was seeing rooreh (miner’s lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata) in…
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Choosing a newsletter service
I’m planning to use this blog for quick thoughts, then less frequently send out a newsletter with more fully digested ideas plus other things that didn’t fit. I’ve looked at a few alternatives: I also thought about some of the others mentioned in Best Newsletter Platforms for 2024: Comparing 13 ESPs. For example, Michael Betancourt…
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Mirroring the world
Something I think about sometimes: when we experience the world outside of ourselves, we take on, at least temporarily an image of it within ourselves. Through my eyes, I perceive the screen in front of me, but my picture of it seems to be a part of me. I’ll probably forget this image (though through…
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Rainy day
Though I see blue sky through the white clouds, windblown rain’s still coming down. It was good to feel rain on my face outside, but I’m happy to be warm inside just watching the weather now. Reading “The Year Without Pants” has made me more curious about WordPress, one motivation for starting this blog. (We…