I may not be the praying type, but if Dolly Parton's sister says pray for her, I absolutely will. She's literally an angel on Earth.

I'm truly grateful that I have friends in my life who do cool things, especially when they write books. In case you are unaware, I am a book nerd! 📚

Finally, Ralph Lauren and his wife Ricky. Stunning. #RalphLaurenSP26

As always, Ralph Lauren does an amazing job for their runway shows! Here are some of the interesting snaps I took... I wish I could have also gotten good shots at all the amazing handbags although they did have a good camera set up for it for you to watch! #RalphLaurenSP26

Oprah and Gayle show up at #RalphLaurenSP26!

Ok, Anna Wintour is here, the Spring 2026 Ralph Lauren Collection Runway Show can start! #RalphLaurenSP26

The celebrities + attendees at The Spring 2026 Ralph Lauren Collection Runway Show chatting and taking pictures before it starts! #RalphLaurenSP26

Didn't get to catch the Apple Keynote 🍏? No worries, I got the bento boxes of announcements here for you including the new Apple iPhone Air!

Bigger news than Apple today! Ralph Lauren & Microsoft created Ask Ralph! There is no bigger fan than me when it comes to Ralph Lauren. Especially bringing AI to create an experience of having your own Ralph Lauren expert and shopper.

You know that I am a huge Cal Newport fan and his concept of Slow Productivity (which actually does not mean slowing down but being more productive!). Highly recommend you watch or listen to this if you want to be more productive while not burning yourself out! youtu.be/x3OA9Q6u9EU?...

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! Meta shared their research on "Goldilocks" session lengths for experiences. Much like the title, the sweet spot on Meta Quest is 20-40 minutes. developers.meta.com/horizon/blog...

This long weekend, I took some time to explore a theme of books I had in my To Be Read pile! 🇯🇵 🍜🏯

Excited to see Claude working together with Xcode 26 Beta 7! I've mostly either used the GitHub Copilot for Xcode or Visual Studio Code to work with Claude on research and projects, so I'm interested to see how this option works out.

Always happy when something I've been thinking about, someone else actually writes, posts, and shares! I'm glad to see this conceptual shift from "vibe coding" to context engineering with AI-enabled developer tools! 🥳 Great article by @guthals.com. dev.to/drguthals/th...

⏰THE TIME IS NOW! I'm looking for a new job opportunity! Now it's time start the adventure of looking for new opportunities. Have a lot of experience in many things, for example...

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! Microsoft released Copilot 3D which allows you to take 2D images (PNG + JPG) and convert it to a 3D GLB file as long as it is under 10MG. It was interesting to see that it uses BabylonJS under the covers (always a plus in my book!). It does not do text-to-image yet.

👀 Currently watching the GPT-5 announcement.

I'm very happy to see a lot of folks starting new job roles today!

📚Finished reading these (except Empire of AI which I’m halfway through) the last couple weeks. Looking forward to the next round of books!

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! Cathy Moya & team are announcing the new immersive events experience for Microsoft. The Mesh folks did some product work to fix the challenges + focus on a key workload, events. They... www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

🧑🏻‍🚀Realitynauts! Glasses were always the Northstar of #SpatialComputing. You can see that the gravity pull is growing. Not to say that VR IS DEAD (it is not), but this is the form factor folks prefer in a spatial device. As I've said, folks want the equivalent of the Apple Watch.

🧑🏻‍🏫 AI Practitioners + Academics! ChatGPT has introduced Study Mode. Although strategic to oppose "using to cheat in school work" perception, it helps support working through problems, getting deeper and preparing for an exam.

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! Been doing some hands-on with Apple Vision Pro, I am looking to include some new features of the platform. Here's a quick (4 minute) refresher of the new features in visionOS 26 from the WWDC Platforms State of the Union session specifically for visionOS. youtu.be/GuL6KUPyJ3U?...

Received my certificate for Anthropic's AI Fluency course! 🎉 I'd recommend it for novice to intermediate AI practitioners and power users. It provides a good framework to approach AI work conceptually and in practice.

First they built a Barnes & Noble 10 minutes away and now THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD AN UWAJIMAYA IN Issaquah?!?! My karma is starting to pay off! 💜 Looks like they are going to take over the closed Rite Aid.

So, I guess I now need to learn how to kayak?🦦

🧑🏻‍🚀 I'm intrigued by Hugging Face getting into the robotics + AI space. What I like is that it is marketed in such a way to help folks learn how to engage in AI with a spatial element to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvdB...

This week's research time is going to be spent with Anthropic Claude. I usually start simple (such as below with a subject I am familiar with but can ask a variety of questions with the free plan)...

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! Smart move by Google. Solidifies partnership with Gentle Monster who will keep them focused on building glasses that actual consumers will wear. www.uploadvr.com/google-takin...

I am currently reading Empire of AI and AI Engineering at the same time (along with a fiction book). That I am reading the same things as the talented @nearestnabors.com makes me feel great about my book choices! 📚

🧑🏻‍🚀Realitynauts! How about an Xbox Edition of the Meta Quest 3S? www.meta.com/quest/quest-...

I support this NYC! 🐈

📚Book nerds! Finished reading The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1. Trying to read more fiction especially by books written by women. Enjoyed reading about a SecBot who hacked their governing chip & must deal with pesky humans instead of watching their tv shows. 😆

Always been a fan of Field Notes. Yes, I've way more of them than filled them up (although Stoicism journaling has been helping that). Nice, quick article how Field Notes came to be + thoughtfulness how they think about the business from a designer's perspective. www.fastcompany.com/91352848/fie...

🧑‍🚀Realitynauts! After having a week to think about visionOS announcements from the WWDC, I think the biggest takeaway is that they are committed to the platform.

🤔 Thinking out loud. Tech industry is in flux due to "automation" arriving with intense gravity to the industry. Tech felt like a steady foundation + confident enough to say "EVERYONE should learn to code". AI changed that + other undercurrents. Once I understood this, many things make more sense.

Apparently some folks have been wondering "what kind of game could we create for Thomas?" and built it! youtu.be/L9NsYX6sLeg?...

🌻 Green Software Practitioners. Microsoft released the 2025 Environmental Sustainability Report + Data Sheet. Interesting insights (I helped contribute to this!). Will dig into it & compare to last year's report. Will let you know if I find anything interesting! www.microsoft.com/en-us/corpor...

Just a little light reading while waiting at the doctor’s office! ☺️

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! Seems Meta is creating a new "Start Button + Menu". www.meta.com/blog/instagr...

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! SQUEEE! Taking two of my favorite things, augmented reality and reading, Singapore is living in the future! www.brandinginasia.com/augmented-re...

This week I spent time watching various keynotes. My favorite was the Anthropic keynote from their developer conference. Definitely check this article out to catch up on all the goodness.

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! "Google has contracted more than 100 staffers at augmented reality firm Magic Leap as contractors to assist with Google’s work on its new Android XR operating system..." - nasdaq.com.

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! If you found the Apple Vision Pro to be heavy like I did, replace the solo knit band for the dual loop band (see image below) that comes in the box. For me (and my big head), it has made it much more manageable. Went from 1 hour to 3 hours of comfort.

Wowsa! This week has been filled with a ton of tech news! I've been watching: 👀 NVIDIA Computex Keynote 👀 Microsoft Build Keynotes 👀 Google I/O Keynotes 👀 Code with Claude Keynote

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! The next year will be interesting as Google now has rebooted their XR efforts with not only a traditional headset, but with a glasses format which I have said IS DEFINITELY needed to create escape velocity to bring us into the Spatial Computing era. blog.google/products/and...

🤔 Connecting dots... OpenAI wants to be a consumer brand company. With AI commoditizing software, focus is on backend & devices (Apple Vision Air -like devices! 🧑🏻‍🚀 ). Who has vision + expertise in consumer devices? This makes sense. Realitynauts, this is A Good Thing(tm). openai.com/sam-and-jony/

🧑🏻‍🚀 Realitynauts! Next week, Google will begin talking about their next Taylor Swift-like "era" in Spatial Computing with AndroidXR. Today's head-mounted displays to me were the early years and that the gravitational pull would be more around a glasses format. www.fastcompany.com/91334451/goo...

As a GenX nihilist, it has warmed my heart for all the kind words I have received online and in private. I truly am touched by the thoughtfulness and kindness of everyone. 💜

PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: After 26 years at Microsoft, my role has been eliminated. Although bittersweet, I'm excited about the future and look forward to taking my Developer Relations, Spatial Computing, AI + Green Software knowledge to new opportunities! 🧑🏻‍🚀