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What I’m up to, as of 2025-01-10.

Work

I’m working independently as a solopreneur for the time being. I’ve built a few apps over at hereandco in the past year and consulted for a handful of clients.

The latest app is Iterum, a daily reflection/journal app to help you hone your days into what you want them to be. I also put out a very simple utility called mockvox for using OpenAI’s text-to-speech API.

I’m also open to my next bigger career move - thinking hard about what things I want to put into the world. I still think that means starting something bigger but not sure what yet.

Reading

I’m in an all-out Tolkien Binge after Rings of Power Season 2. I’ve read through…

• The Fall of Númenor
• Unfinished Tales
• History of Middle-earth (1-7) (ok, skimmed some of these - Christopher can get a bit long-winded)
• Several coffee table books like “The Art of the Lord of the Rings”, “The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook”, “A Middle-earth Traveler”, and “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth”

…in the past several weeks.

Also making my way through Great Thinkers (from School of Life) and How to Live by Derek Sivers.

Watching

Finished up Shrinking season 2 with lots of laughs. In the middle of Silo season 2 (its good but a bit too meandering this season IMO). New season of Queer Eye continues to be good feels. Looking forward to Severance S2 here soon.

Playing

Finished up The Forgotten City recently - fun little mysterious walking simulator. Also Astro Bot.

I had always been a fan of Assassin’s Creed in the early days but hadn’t played one since Black Flag, so I’m making my way through Origins. It’s got some pacing issues (like most open world games do) but overall it’s pretty impressive and fun. Also on a replay of Portal 2. Holy moly what a great game.

Inspired by Derek Sivers’ Now Page concept.