I update this when the mood strikes.
Last Updated: 01-28-24
- Did the NOLS Rocky Mountain Executive Leadership course in August 2023 and it was excellent
- Bought a house in Madison, WI in October 2023
- Started a new job as a Chief of Staff at an early-stage fintech startup
- Back on the meditation/journaling bandwagon
- E-bike!
- Cross-country skiing is fun
- Recently Read: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
- Reading: Children of God by Mary Doria Russel
- Also read recently
- The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin
- Electrify by Saul Griffin
- The Grid by Gretchen Bakke
- How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
- Speed and Scale by John Doerr
- Drawdown by Paul Hawken
06-25-23
- Experimenting / building tools using LLMs with some friends
- Running an LLM consultancy - Ascention
- Paying for Stratechery has been an incredible investment for me
- On the road for the summer (Maine --> Vermont --> Wisconsin --> Wyoming --> ?)
- Excited for a NOLS backpacking trip in late July
- Still off the meditation wagon...
- I'm getting in a better habit of noticing when I have a strong reaction to something & capturing those thoughts on this blog. Inspired by Daring Fireball.
- I typically read a theme (all Cormac McCarthy, SciFi, biographies) for many many months at a time. Right now I'm on something of a history/non-fiction kick and recently finished Upheaval and The Wager.
04-03-23
- Learning how to boulder; climbing ~3x/week
- Working on my mobility using GoWod
- Recently got back from a trip to visit friends in Mexico City
- Still looking to talk with COOs to learn more about their jobs
- Fell off the meditation wagon
- Recently finished read: "The Outsiders," and "Grant" -- it's striking how much suffering many of Chernow's subjects endured...
- Thinking about kicking up a Substack called "Ops in 5" to deliver Startup Operations Insights, Tactics, and Principles in a small, 5 minute read.
- Golfer's elbow nearly totally fixed - back to doing pull-ups!
01-19-23
- Living in Santa Rosa, CA
- Playing lots of cribbage
- Reading Grant by Ron Chernow & The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- Trying to decide between The Outsiders, Business Adventures, and From Startup to Grownup
- Working on my mobility using the GoWod app
- Nursing golfer's elbow due to lifting
- Fully back on the meditation wagon (remain hooked on Headspace)
- Looking to advise early stage founders
- Looking to talk with COOs to learn more about their jobs
- Working to tighten up this blog a bit
- Enjoying incense (of all things...)
10-14-22
- Deep in customer development; re-learning/re-building those muscles (hello to The Mom Test and my old friend, The Four Steps to Epiphany)
- House sitting in L.A. for a week
- Currently reading
- Finished reading
- Entergalactic is the first Kid Cudi album i've enjoyed in years
- Qwixx is a fun/simple game
6-17-22
- working for set protocol [still excited to be in crypto despite market turmoil]
- moving out of Madison, WI apartment
- traveling to Italy for a wedding and hiking the Alta Via 2
- just finished "The Big Short" and looking for my next book to read
- re-learning customer development
- created an mvp career advice website to house resources we routinely revisit/share
- seeking out & talking to crypto operations folks to learn what that means in different contexts; excited to learn from others and level-up my operations abilities
- continuously enjoying crossfit
- listening to Orville Peck's Bronco on repeat
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