- Just finished King Rat last night. - Get to pick a new book today. + I have a couple books on the go at the moment. +
++ Data Grab by Ulisses Mejas & Nick Couldry for my non-fiction. + It is an exploration of our modern digital world through a colonial lens. + I am finding it very interesting and thought provoking. +
++ River of Gods by Ian McDonald for fiction. + A science ficton book taking place in India and through their cultural lens. + The author is British so was unsure, but he seems to be approaching the background with respect and I am enjoying the book.
- Last updated: 2024-10-28 + Last updated: 2024-12-15
- Preparing for the spike of traffic over peak. - Struggling with personal moral issues with the company as a whole (everyone I work with is great). - Starting the job hunt again, first applications sent out this past weekend. - I have decided that it is time to move on. + Development is slow during peak. + The whole team is spending so much time making sure that nothing breaks. + Bug fixes and maintenance. + It is a different pace than the rest of the year. + Both more stressful in some ways, and less. +
++ Still keeping my eyes open for other opportunities.
- I am engaged and living with the most wonderful woman I have ever met. - We have booked a venue and a date!! - So excited and frees us up to start booking a lot of other stuff. - Found a wonderful venue that incorporates a lot of nature and is comfortably in our budget. - Spent every moment outside of work for a week putting together our wedding website, and setting it up for people to RSVP and organize all the data. - Was so much fun to use my skills to build something for the wedding and makes me feel really connected to the process. + We now have less than 6 months till our wedding. + So many little ends to tie up. + A fun process but a little overwhelming at times.
Working to find the path that feels right for me career wise. - Exploring various options and starting to look for places that align personally with my values. + Exploring various options and looking for places that align personally with my values.
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- Lost at the recent competition to a flying arm bar. - Was pretty cool if I do say so myself. - Pulled back on training a bit to balance various activities in life a little better. - Looking forward to a more relaxed winter season without needing to prep for any competitions. + Back to training regularly. + There is a competition coming up in March that a bunch of us are going to try and make it to. + Hoping to go for both Gi and No gi.
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Shifting my attention back to adding content to my personal website. - I am thinking a recipes database and display in the cooking section. + I have been having a bit of an ongoing moral crisis with the state of the tech industry at the moment. + First I want to get my thoughts clarified and down in writing. + Then I want to see what I can do about it and how I can contribute to a user centric web.
Awstin diff --git a/templates/technology.html b/templates/technology.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..574978e --- /dev/null +++ b/templates/technology.html @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ + +{% extends "base.html" %} + +{% block content %} +
+ I love technology, as a kid, now as an adult. + I wanted to discover things and create new stuff. + It is the reason that I went into chemistry for my undergrad. + Followed various discoveries and new creations closely for a long time. +
++ Science fiction has alway been a happy place for me, imaginings of the amazing worlds that we could build. + Some cautionary tales, some uplifting. + Always thought provoking. +
++ Something has happened to our technology though, at least in the mainstream and it no longer feels like that. + No more hope, no more aspiration, the effort to build a new future to make life better for everyone. + It is now all manipulation, extraction, subjugation. + And it does not show any signs of getting better. + Not from the top down anyway. +
++ Our worldwide digital infrastructure is owned by a handfull of companies, under essentially no regulation. + The get to dictate so much of what we do on the web and with tech in general. + The gadgets, the tools. +
++ As a small aside I do currently work at one as can be found elsewhere on the website. + I am looking for something different. + I have been struggling morally with working for a company that I think the world would be better off without. + Trying to transition without a period of unemployment ideally. +
++ I think those of us working in the tech space have the most responsibility to do something about this. + The companies won't. + We need to make new protocols, new software, new tools that are easy for anyone regardless of their level of tech literacy to use. + The advantage the platforms have is obviously their monopoly, but they got that way through ease of use. +
++ People need to own their own data, presence on the web, digital services. + Be able to move between hosts as they see fit if one does not meet their needs. + Starting to put together a list of services that I think one would need to cover the vast majority of web interactions. + Maybe the next project will be to try and build something to make some of those easier to self host. +
+{% endblock %}