Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: AI art angst, Taylor Swift fonts, aging gracefully in tech, the myth of productivity, reverse bucket lists, and a Dudeist reminder to chill. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Fake neighborhoods over airports, invisible numbers, anti-efficiency rants, reverse impostor syndrome, and Vonnegut’s late-blooming genius. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: building soulful radio, the science of caffeine superpowers, rediscovering books and curiosity, warnings from David Foster Wallace, and the quiet strength in failure. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: storytelling shortcuts, invisibility as strength, an overlooked hacker classic, time as currency, kangaroo ownership and shrinkflation in cake mixes. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Inbox purges, unlocking ideas by talking out loud, reverse centaurs, elicitation tricks, boredom as creativity’s spark and em dashes. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Pizza-powered crisis signals, sugar-coated summaries, sensory coffee rituals, an e-bike for the mind, and goodwill-infused conversations. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Subtracting stress, questioning the cost of yes, avoiding sync overload, nuclear reactor wisdom, and the glorious future of books. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: Smart quotes, screenless futures, bookmark-sized breakthroughs, sabbatical revelations, and a bean that rewards your focus. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

New Update 😂 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: tech debt’s hidden layers to contagious emotions, abolishing time, friendship’s sunk costs, and the secret life of Gorton font. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: designing a life from scratch, acting on sparks of inspiration, a patchwork of role models, and savoring the analog charm of tiny vinyl. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: a discover in zen gardens, deadline highs, what is are bridge jobs , vicarious stress and dancing robots. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

It was a paella night - we caught the crab; fresh mussels and clams from Westcott Bay, and some local shrimp. #sjilife #photography

Bummer to see Apple Intelligence (even cloud models) not available to Shorttcuts on WatchOS 26 beta.

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: The psychology of aging, memory shapes time, acoustics of influence, the art of doing less, and how quirks can become your greatest tools. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Yuck. Woke at 3:15a, started thinking about the day ahead and morning coffee. And once I start thinking about coffee, it’s over...

Been reading about Meshtastic, feels like a rabbit hole that could be interesting. #sjilife meshtastic.org

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Why “just build it” is a trap, the upside of being pushed, and a strategic case for doing the opposite, tired startup tropes, tailwinds and when constraints become fuel. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Curiosity filled AI collaboration, cosmic insignificance therapy, sun-fueled joy, pixel-soaked retro tech, and a 9-year-old’s unexpected wisdom on creativity. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Ready to start the trip home with a lovely 3:14 AM wake up... ... followed by the car service getting here at 4, but with a flat tire.

When your airport is so small, you get an Uno card as the pass on which plane to get on. #sjilife

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Algorithmic advice, dopamine-powered attention games, why staying on the bus matters, what AI gets wrong, and why your brain loves novelty more than meaning. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Sweet and sour candy, deleting your digital brain, design audits, unreasonable ambition, AI that augments as interns with amnesia, and the photo behind The Shining. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Steve Carell’s wisdom, how to learn, quiet rebellion against burnout, turning jealousy into ambition, closed lists, and how a cult notebook brand wrote its own story. #storytelling #leadership #til makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Creativity myths, pirate hiring, Jobs’ iconic speech, the cult of hard mode, mind-bending creativity lessons, cultural resets, and the world’s tiniest violin. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Everest defibrillators, wisdom-loaded e-ink frames, glue work that powers great teams, ‘90s pop verse magic, and curiosity as the ultimate creative edge. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

And tonight didn’t disappoint.. #sunset #photography #sjilife

Stunner tonight. #sjilife #photography #sunset

Bringing a small travel espresso machine with me: overkill. But having a proper espresso while traveling: priceless.

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Creative life hacks, penguin-powered climate magic, the future of ambient computing, bite-sized personal experiments, and the liberating charm of ephemeral taskforces. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning nano review: ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ - Disappointing, clearly used ChatGPT to write this mess.

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Make your soul grow, creative rebellion, switch on curiosity, visit a sketch-like café, explore virtue in software, and the joy of doing less but better. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Walk-fueled creativity, Pac-Man social hacks, AI animal minds, psychological control loops, video game intimacy secrets and a powerful speech from Mon Mothma. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: why thinking is better than knowing, how curiosity fuels learning, AI therapy, why writing is thinking, and whether sipping coffee behind the wheel could land you a fine. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Cell renewal, constraints as creative fuel, the humor and chaos of coding, being great without being known, and what pizza can teach us. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Late afternoon treat. #espresso #photography

Low tides yesterday revealed some beautiful starfish hanging out… #photography #sjilife

Monday morning. Need about 12 of these. #coffee #espresso #photography

I don't know how it took so long for me to discover Jeff Bridges insanely brillant website. www.jeffbridges.com/mainmenu

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: saying no to protect your yes, trusting your weirdness over taste, escaping data hell, realizing fake realities, and learning mushrooms might actually talk. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

Kagi.com has been my absolute best subscription purchase of the past couple of years. No Google AI slop obfuscating results, it's like the original web again!

"tastekeeping" https://mgx.me/tastekeeping Best thing I’ve read today.

This is obvious, but if people broadly rely on a black box to give them answers that help them understand the world, whoever controls the black box controls those answers and therefore the understanding that comes from them. Openness is safety.

Here’s where I’ve landed with Synology: - Moved all my containers over to my ProxMox. - Decided to move my drives over to a thunderbolt enclosure attached to my Mac Mini - Offsite backup will continue via Backblaze In the end, I don’t need a NAS that runs on an underpowered CPU.

So, we’re doing this blue check verification thing again?

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: ditching invisible work, how the smartest move is to subtract, the power of small networks, a giant pile of floating plastic in the Pacific and vintage Macs in your browser. #storytelling #leadership makoism.com/espresso-sho...

I keep searching for a great app to store quotes (and have tried almost everything in the AppStore). Unfortunately, only Apple Notes seems to work properly for full text spotlight search…

Here are a few items that brewed in this week’s Espresso Shots: Fake photo fears from 1988, what happens to astronaut poop, vibe coding, shrimp-as-bugs science, zen archery, and why fewer beans might actually make better coffee. #storytelling #leadership

Using AI isn’t the “skill” to focus on. Critical thinking is. You can use that with AI, or frankly, anything in life.

"Fewer beans = great coffee if you get the pour height right" https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/the-trick-to-making-great-pour-over-coffee-with-fewer-beans/