Came across a framework today from Japanese self-help and business management speak: “Ricework vs Lifework”. This is a borderline pun in Japanese (only one character different between the words) so it has high memetic power. Poking around a bit I couldn’t find a single origin, it is just kind of all over the place. Others have expanded on it too. Here are the four levels that seem common: ライスワーク (Rice Work): Work that pays the bills.
warmcookiesoftherevolution.org is a “civic health club” that makes getting involved in your community and “civic life as irresistible and joyous as possible.” It is located in Denver Colorado. What would it look like in your community? 🤔
Derek Sivers interviews 30 locals over 12 days. I like the idea of chatting with people and sharing their stories. Often in my travel writing the people I meet are kept pseudononymous. Maybe I should ask next time?
Here’s my report from Istanbul →
NE India tying up with SE India and it’s another banger. Kidd Mange! Take a breath my man! 😮
#rap #music
Landing in Ottawa. Look at those leaves!
(c/o my wife)
3:50am. “Up and atom” to drive my wife to the airport for her early morning flight. She is off to Montreal as a delegate to the National Association of Japanese Canadians. ⚜️
Practice. 🎯
(literally the only pic I took since I was shooting terribly all night 😅)
Just watched. So happy for Spurs! #COYS
Please let this be a trend and the settling in is finally happening.
Warm autumn blue skies in Vancouver
Me: (quietly crawls into bed with my crab hat on)
Her: WAH! You scared me!!
Me: Why? It is just I, your loving husband of 27 years.
Her: That’s too long…
☠️☠️☠️
#truelove
Started reading: American Hagwon. Going to see Min Jin Lee talk at UBC next month with my wife 📚
#amReading #booksky #bookstadon
Finished Soil and Soul by Alastair McIntosh 📚
What an extraordinary book! So many highlights that I need to process. I learned a lot about Scottish history, my history as my ancestors came to Canada around the time of the Clearances, but I am not sure if related yet (researching this now!)
WCAG 3: a different future for accessibility
WCAG 3 is the first ground-up rebuild of the standard since … 1999. … it’s an entirely different model. Instead of just asking “Does this page have alt text for images”, it asks “Can a blind person actually consume the image’s content”.
#a11y
What is turning into an annual tradition: sunset photos from the False Creek Yacht Club, the afterparty for #polyglotunconf 🌅
Had a great time again this year. We talked a LOT about AI, but I also made a bunch of real human friends. 😊
Ran a session called “What if YOU owned the software foundation?” and got a room of governance nerds to talk about how a foundation can serve devs and users as member-owners. Got some gold!
#polyglotunconf #cooperatives
Got my coffee ☕️ got my notebook 📓 got my @inkandswitch.com swag 👕 got my energy ⚡️ time for the annual Polyglot Unconference!
Beautiful day to do the thing 🗳️
Today has been a day of watching FD Signifier tear Killer Mike a new one, alternating with this old documentary of Thomas Merton. We all live a life of contrasts 🤷♂️
Although I had paused when Elon bought it in Oct, I finally stopped cross-posting to Twitter in Dec 2022. A couple months later deleted and archived all my posts. I was on Mastodon full time. My first Bsky post was Jan 18 2023. Haven’t logged in to the Dead Bird for nearly 4 years.
Have been feeling a bit overwhelmed so took a little time to connect with nature And stay grounded. Found this big ole stump, and a building that looked like a Karuizawa udon house!
Tonight’s entertainment with the fam.
Play is in Japanese and Spanish with English surtitles.
www.firehallartscentre.ca/event/red…
