What I’m On About – Mid-April Edition
Todd talks about what he's been up to, reading, listening, riding, more thoughts on technology and plans for the summer ahead.
Category Thoughts
Appropriate Technology vs. Today’s Technology
Today I talk about my life-long relationship with technology and how it's changed over the years ending with a bit of excitement about the future - and hint: it's not excitement about AI.
Weekly Update: Time Management, Algorithm Avoidance, and This Week’s Reading
A bit of a bumpy start to March's cycle training but otherwise time management is going better. Meanwhile I have thoughts about the insidious ways AI playlists are training us. I end with a link dump of some of the interesting things I've read recently.
Recommendations – Without an Algorithm
If 2020-2024 was about using ALL the big tech tools, following algorithms and testing the water of AI and LLMs, 2026 is starting to be the opposite. Here are some of the things that I'm on about and articles I've been reading these days as I try my best to avoid algorithmic recommendations and see what other humans are on about.
Three Good Things – 16 February 2026
It's a good day - a holiday Monday and I'm back with #3GoodThings - one from my life, one from the world, and one that you can do.
Three Good Things – 31 January 2026
Missed a day because life was life-ing but back at it today with three more good things in my life, in the world and that you can do..
Three Good Things – 29 January 2026
Today it's still cold out and I'm still posting three good things from my life, from the world and that you also can do.
Three Good Things – 28 January 2026
Today as usual there are three good things: One I appreciate from my life, one (and actually a bonus second one this time) story of someone doing good in the world, and finally a way you can also be part of bringing good into the world.
Three Good Things – 27 January 2026
Three more good things today - one thing being helpful in my life, one good thing from out in the world at large, and then a good thing you can do to help someone else.
Three Good Things – 26 January 2026
It's probably a good thing to start looking at "three good things" again but I thought it might be interesting and helpful for more to look at three things from three angles. One thing from my life, one thing from the world, and a final good thing that you can do.