My drafts

12 Tech forces that will shape our future[/d/2016-8-1-Twelve-Tech-Forces] [_d/2016-8-1-Twelve-Tech-Forces.md]

7 habits concepts[/7h-concepts] [_d/7h-c0.md]

A playground for brython and pystory[/brython] [_d/brython_.md]

AI Developer[/ai-developer] [_d/ai-developer.md]

AI Image Generation[/ai-image] [_d/ai-imagegen.md]

AI Security[/ai-bm] [_d/ai-business-model.md]

AI Security[/ai-security] [_d/ai-security.md]

AI and art[/ai-art] [_d/ai_art.md]

Activation Energy[/activation] [_d/activation.md]

Adventures March and April 2020[/d/time-off-2020-03] [_d/time-off-2020-03.md]

Affirmations[/affirmations] [_d/affirmations2.md]

Age Before Beauty: The Vanishing Act of Older Coders[/40yo] [_d/40-yo-programmer.md]

All posts on AI[/ai] [_d/ai.md]

Anger is the enemy[/anger] [_d/anger.md]

Anxiety Management[/anxiety-management] [_d/anxiety_management.md]

Anxiety, the gap between reality and expectations[/anxiety] [_d/anxiety.md]

Appreciate[/appreciate] [_d/appreciate2.md]

Ashland T-Day 2023[/d/time-off-2023-11] [_d/time-off-2023-11.md]

Atomic habits[/d/habits] [_d/habits.md]

Augmented Reality[/ar] [_d/ar.md]

BC Vacation Guide: Vancouver & Chilliwack Adventures[/bc] [_d/bc-vacation.md]

Balance - The Holy Grail[/balance] [_d/balance2.md]

Be Proactive[/be-proactive] [_d/7h-c1.md]

Be a class act[/class-act] [_d/classact2.md]

Begin with the end in mind[/end-in-mind] [_d/7h-c2.md]

Being a Ballooner[/balloon] [_d/balloon.md]

Being a Class Act - How to Stand Out with Grace and Dignity in Any Situation[/heath-class-act] [_d/class-act-4.md]

Being a GOOD Husband[/husband] [_d/good_husband-4.md]

Being a Good Dad - A Guide to Fatherhood[/dad] [_d/gpt-dad.md]

Body at home, mind at work[/mind-at-work] [_d/2016-2-10-body-at-home-mind-at-work.md]

Brain Attacks: A Better Model for Suicide[/suicide] [_d/suicide.md]

Breathing as if your life depends on it[/breath] [_d/breath.md]

Bryan Johnson - A 50 year old 18 year old[/blueprint] [_d/blueprint.md]

Building a bubble bike[/build-bubble-bike] [_d/build-bubble-bike.md]

Building products[/product] [_d/product.md]

Business Model You[/bmy] [_d/bmu.md]

Caring - The story of emotional intensity[/caring] [_d/caring.md]

Chasing Daylight: Imagine you're gonna die in less then 100 days[/chasing-daylight] [_d/chasing-daylight.md]

Clean Architecture[/d/2017-11-04-clean-architecture] [_d/2017-11-04-clean-architecture.md]

Coaching - helping others find insight[/coaching] [_d/coaching.md]

Companies with customer obsession[/d/2016-7-14-Customer-Service] [_d/2016-7-14-Customer-Service.md]

Content Audience[/content-audience] [_d/content-audience.md]

Content Creation: From Shaky Selfies to Social Superstar[/content-creation] [_d/content-creation.md]

Control your Energy[/energy] [_d/energy.md]

Creating Synergy: Making 1+1 = 3![/synergize] [_d/7h-c6.md]

Creator Monetization: From Dreams to Reality[/monetize] [_d/monetization.md]

Daily Journaling: From Psychic Diarrhea to Polished Turds[/process-journal] [_d/process-journal.md]

Data Visualizations and Visual Storytelling[/viz] [_d/viz.md]

Dealing with Task Overload[/overload] [_d/handling-overwork.md]

Depression is the opposite of vitality[/depression] [_d/depression.md]

Diet[/diet] [_d/diet.md]

Donating to charity[/toysfortots] [_d/alexa-charity.md]

Double Trouble: From Lust to Love to Lost[/partner-trouble] [_d/partner-trouble.md]

Drafts[/d/index] [_d/index.html]

Eat that frog[/frog] [_d/frog.md]

Emotional Health In My Head[/d/2016-2-14-Health-In-The-Head] [_d/2016-2-14-Health-In-The-Head.md]

Emotional Health Practices[/emotional-health] [_d/emotional-health-hold.md]

Emotions[/emotions] [_d/emotions.md]

Enabling Environment[/enable] [_d/enabling-environment.md]

Engineering Moments[/moments] [_d/2018-04-03-moments.md]

Escape Artists: The True Face of Addiction[/addiction] [_d/addiction.md]

Failure is not an option, it is a necessity[/fail] [_d/fail2.md]

Feelings/Human Meetings[/human-meetings] [_d/human-meeting.md]

First things first[/first-things-first] [_d/7h-c3.md]

Four enemies[/enemy] [_d/don-juan2.md]

GPT3 and language models[/gpt] [_d/gpt2.md]

Getting the most out of time off[/timeoff] [_d/time_off.md]

Getting things done[/gtd] [_d/gtd.md]

Getting to yes[/negotiate] [_d/gty.md]

Goals - How to define and ensure success[/goals] [_d/goals.md]

Gratefulness[/grateful] [_d/grateful2.md]

How to build rapport[/rapport] [_d/rapport.md]

How to build rapport and set people at ease[/like-switch] [_d/the-like-switch.md]

How to write a book[/write-book] [_d/book-writing.md]

Humane Structure - A Gentle Framework for Wild Minds[/structure] [_d/structure.md]

IINA Player Keyboard Shortcuts[/vlc] [_d/vlc_player.md]

Igor - how do you have the time to complete all the stuff on your blog?[/energy-abundance] [_d/energy-abundance.md]

Igor the operating manual[/operating-manual] [_d/operating-manual-2.md]

Igor's AI Bestie Simulator[/ai-bestie] [_d/ai-bestie.md]

Igor's AI Journal[/ai-journal] [_d/ai-journal.md]

Igor's Identity[/e1] [_d/e1.md]

Igor's OSX Tools[/osx] [_d/osx.md]

Igor's plan for 2024[/y24] [_d/y2024.md]

Igor's plan for 2025[/y25] [_d/y2025.md]

Igors Vim Tips[/vim] [_d/vim_tips.md]

Insecurity and Imposter Syndrome[/insecure] [_d/imposter.md]

Isn't that curious[/curious] [_d/grandmother.md]

Kayak Commuting: From Parking Fees to Paddling Adventures[/kayak] [_d/kayak-commuting.md]

Keep life on easy mode - Prioritize Sleep[/sleep] [_d/sleep.md]

Kettlebells - A rock with a handle[/kettlebell] [_d/bells.md]

Kick the Bucket List: Your Guide to an Epic Last Year on Earth[/last-year] [_d/last-year.md]

LEADER: Another Take on the 7 Habits[/gpt-7h] [_d/gpt-7-habits.md]

Learn to Code[/learn-code] [_d/learn-to-code.md]

Learning from mistakes[/coe] [_d/correction-of-errors.md]

Life as a Business: Managing Energy, Assets, and Satisfaction[/life-as-business] [_d/life-as-business.md]

Life in Weeks[/weeks] [_d/weeks.md]

Loneliness[/lonely] [_d/lonely.md]

MD Debug Toc[/d/debug_toc] [_d/debug_toc.md]

Manager Book Appendix[/manager-book-appendix] [_d/manager-book-appendix.md]

Mania: It's like a free cocaine drip[/mania] [_d/mania.md]

Media Editing[/media-edit] [_d/media-edit.md]

Micro Economics[/micro-economics] [_d/micro-economics.md]

Mind monsters[/mind-monsters] [_d/2015-11-11-mind-monsters.md]

Mind-Lines[/d/2018-09-23-mind-lines] [_d/2018-09-23-mind-lines.md]

Mood - Our blazing fast heuristic for subjective experience[/mood] [_d/mood.md]

My Tribe[/tribe] [_d/tribe.md]

My favorite group chats - the forever dinner party[/groupchat] [_d/groupchat.md]

My thoughts on Amazon[/amazon] [_d/amazon.md]

My thoughts on Facebook[/facebook] [_d/facebook.md]

NURTURE- The Gottman Method[/nurture] [_d/gpt-gotman.md]

NURTURE: The Gottman Method[/nurture] [_d/nurture.md]

Notes from Covid 19[/covid] [_d/covid19.md]

On being Mortal - Guess what? You're dying[/death] [_d/on-being-mortal.md]

On outsourcing[/d/2015-11-18-Outsourcing] [_d/2015-11-18-Outsourcing.md]

On strategy[/strategy] [_d/2015-11-18-what-is-strategy.md]

Parkinson's Law: The Paradox of Plenty[/parkinson] [_d/resource-paradox.md]

Physical Pain: Understanding and Managing It[/physical-pain] [_d/physical-pain.md]

Playing w/Mermaid[/mermaid] [_d/mermaid.md]

Podcasting[/podcast] [_d/podcast.md]

Positive computing a whirlwind tour[/d/2016-02-03-positive-computing-survey] [_d/2016-02-03-positive-computing-survey.md]

Productive[/productive] [_d/productive2.md]

Prompts, your guide to starting a conversation[/prompts] [_d/prompt.md]

Psychic Shadows: Crafting Spells to Banish Ruminating Thoughts[/psychic-shadows] [_d/psychic-shadows.md]

Psychic Weight[/psychic-weight] [_d/psychic-weight.md]

Quality[/d/apollo] [_d/apollo.md]

Random Uncategorized Notes[/random-idea] [_d/2010-2-15-2016-Misc-Uncategorized.md]

Recently Modified Content[/recent] [_d/recent.md]

Regrets[/regrets] [_d/regrets.md]

Remote Work[/remote-work] [_d/remotework.md]

Resistance: Why you can't make yourself take an ice cold shower[/d/resistance] [_d/resistance.md]

Rest and Digest - Sometimes you'd rather go slow [/slow] [_d/slow.md]

Retirement: Stop Planning the Exit, Start Planning the Life[/retire] [_d/retire.md]

Satisfaction is not the lack of dissatisfaction[/work-satisfaction] [_d/sat_dsat.md]

Search inside yourself[/siy] [_d/siy.md]

Seattle[/seattle] [_d/seattle.md]

Seek first to understand, then to be understood[/first-understand] [_d/7h-c5.md]

Seminal AI Papers[/ai-paper] [_d/ai-paper.md]

Seth Godin- Ideas[/d/2016-2-15-Seth-Godin-Notes] [_d/2016-2-15-Seth-Godin-Notes.md]

Shame[/shame] [_d/shame.md]

Sharpen the saw[/sharpen-the-saw] [_d/7h-c7.md]

Sleight Of Mouth[/sleight-of-mouth] [_d/2016-3-12-sleight-of-mouth.md]

Smiles, Joy and Wonder[/joy] [_d/joy.md]

Software Rot[/d/2017-09-10-software-rot] [_d/2017-09-10-software-rot.md]

Software as a service is good for users[/d/2018-02-10-you-do-want-your-favorite-app-to-be-a-service] [_d/2018-02-10-you-do-want-your-favorite-app-to-be-a-service.md]

Start small,stay small/Re-Work[/staysmallstaysmall] [_d/small.md]

Steve Jobs -- The Lost Interview[/d/2016-05-09-lost-interview] [_d/2016-05-09-lost-interview.md]

Stewardship Delegation 101[/delegate] [_d/delegate.md]

Stock Concentration: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Capital Gains Tax[/stock-concentration] [_d/stock-concentration.md]

Switch[/switch] [_d/switch.md]

System Design Interviews- The SHINE Method[/gpt-system-design] [_d/gpt-system-design-interview.md]

Table of Contents[/toc] [_d/toc_.md]

Tax and Saving[/money] [_d/taxes.md]

Tech Rituals[/tech-rituals] [_d/tech-ritual.md]

Terzepatide: The magic weight loss shot[/terzepatide] [_d/terzepatide.md]

Test Auto-Generated Sunburst[/test-auto-sunburst] [_d/test-auto-sunburst.md]

Testing AI[/ai-testing] [_d/ai-testing.md]

The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)[/4dx] [_d/4dx.md]

The 48 laws of power[/laws-of-power] [_d/48-laws-of-power.md]

The Advice Lab: Where Wisdom Gets Beta Tested[/advice] [_d/advice.md]

The CHOP Shop: Where AI Meets Code[/chop] [_d/ai-coder.md]

The CHOW Kitchen: Where AI Meets Writing[/chow] [_d/chow.md]

The Dip - Should you fold or double down[/dip] [_d/2017-11-12-thedip.md]

The Gap Year Paradox: Why Taking a Year Off at 50 beats retiring at 65[/gap-year] [_d/gap-year.md]

The Immutable Laws of New Skills[/new-skills] [_d/laws-of-new-skills.md]

The Producer's Paradox: Why Creating Beats Consuming Every Time[/produce-consume] [_d/produce-consume.md]

The chapters of our lives[/chapters] [_d/chapters.md]

The first 90 days[/90days] [_d/90days.md]

The thoughts that pain us[/mental-pain] [_d/mental-pain.md]

Things I enjoy[/todo_enjoy] [_d/enjoy2.md]

Things that make me cry[/touching] [_d/touching2.md]

Time off April Break 2023[/d/time-off-2023-04] [_d/time-off-2023-04.md]

Time off August 2023[/d/time-off-2023-08] [_d/time-off-2023-08.md]

Time off August 2024[/time-off-2024-08] [_d/time-off-2024-08.md]

Time off August 2025 - Meta Recharge[/time-off-2025-08] [_d/time-off-2025-08.md]

Time off July 2022 - FISM and Canada.[/d/time-off-2022-07] [_d/time-off-2022-07.md]

Time off Mid winter break 2022[/d/time-off-2022-02] [_d/time-off-2022-02.md]

Time off Midwinter break 2024 - Divide and conquer[/d/time-off-2024-02] [_d/time-off-2024-02.md]

Time off November 2022 - New York with Ammon, and Then Maureen and Brian for Thanksgiving[/d/time-off-2022-11] [_d/time-off-2022-11.md]

Time off Spring break 2024 - Chillin[/d/time-off-2024-04] [_d/time-off-2024-04.md]

Time off Turkey Day 2021[/d/time-off-2021-11] [_d/time-off-2021-11.md]

Time off X-mas 2020[/d/time-off-2020-12] [_d/time-off-2020-12.md]

Time off X-mas 2021[/d/time-off-2021-12] [_d/time-off-2021-12.md]

Time off X-mas 2022[/d/time-off-2022-12] [_d/time-off-2022-12.md]

Time.ltd - Mortality Software[/mortality-software] [_d/2018-04-29-mortality-software.md]

To Sell Is Human[/sell] [_d/2017-2-5-To-Sell-Is-Human.md]

Tony (Tessie) the Tesla[/tesla] [_d/tesla.md]

Tori[/tori] [_d/tori.md]

Training LLMs[/ai-training] [_d/ai-training.md]

Training the sublime states[/sublime] [_d/sublime.md]

Transportation as a Service[/taas] [_d/2016-09-18-transportation-as-a-service.md]

Types of interviews [/d/management_interviews] [_d/management_interviews.md]

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood[/untangled] [_d/untangled.md]

Upstream - How to solve problems before they happen[/upstream] [_d/upstream.md]

Vacation Photos[/d/2017-07-22-vacationphotos] [_d/2017-07-22-vacationphotos.md]

Vibe Coding: Best Practices for Flow, Fun, and Results[/vibe] [_d/vibe.md]

Welcome to Steve's jungle and bar![/snjb] [_d/snjb_.md]

What I should do when I can't sleep[/insomnia] [_d/2016-2-11-Insomnia.md]

What I wish I knew at 22 and so might you![/22] [_d/22.md]

What I wish I knew at 42[/42] [_d/42.md]

When Past Igor Meets Future Igor[/time-traveler] [_d/time-traveler.md]

Where have all the bugs gone[/d/where-have-all-the-bugs-gone] [_d/where-have-all-the-bugs-gone.md]

Why a Engineering Manager masquerades as a magician on the weekends[/hobby] [_d/hobby.md]

Will Igor Take a Gap Year? Wrestling with Dragons and Dreams[/gap-year-igor] [_d/igor-gap-year.md]

Win/win or no deal[/win-win] [_d/7h-c4.md]

Wrinkles and Wisdom: A Guide to Aging Like Fine Wine (Not Milk)[/elder] [_d/elder.md]

Writing is Thinking[/writing] [_d/writing.md]

Your idle loop[/idle] [_d/idle-loop.md]

Your new interns - GenAI for fun and profit[/genai-talk] [_d/genai-talk.md]

My Posts

Be easy on yourself, job hunts are hard[/interviewsarehard] [_posts/2016-11-26-interviewsarehard.markdown]

Being the best manager I can be[/being-a-great-manager] [_posts/2018-03-18-being-a-great-manager.md]

Biking[/bike] [_posts/2017-03-01-bike.md]

Books that defined me[/books-that-defined-me] [_posts/2015-11-02-books-that-defined-me.md]

Canadian Spotting[/Canadian-Spotting] [_posts/2017-01-10-Canadian-Spotting.md]

Care about Total Compensation[/comp] [_posts/2017-11-16-understandingtechcompensation.md]

Decision making 201[/decisive] [_posts/2019-09-21-decisive.md]

Essentialism[/essentialism] [_posts/2015-11-28-essentialism.md]

Getting to yes with yourself[/getting-to-yes-with-yourself] [_posts/2015-12-23-getting-to-yes-with-yourself.md]

Happy[/happy] [_posts/2017-04-12-happy.md]

How to EM: Be the manager everyone wants[/manager-book] [_posts/2016-03-03-the-manager-book-2.md]

Humans are underrated[/humans-are-underrated] [_posts/2015-12-12-humans-are-underrated.md]

I don't want to die knowing I spent too much time at work, and I bet you don't either[/sustainable-work] [_posts/2020-01-04-sustainable-work.md]

Igor's Eulogy[/eulogy] [_posts/2020-04-01-Igor-Eulogy.md]

Magical memories[/magic] [_posts/2016-04-21-magical-memories.md]

Microsoft Azure - The Genesis Node[/The-Genesis-Node] [_posts/2018-11-03-The-Genesis-Node.md]

Moments at work[/moments-at-work] [_posts/2018-04-09-moments-at-work.md]

My Brompton and its accoutrements[/brompton-toys] [_posts/2016-4-9-brompton-toys.md]

My Dream Job[/job] [_posts/2018-06-7-my-perfect-job.md]

My Strengths from Strength Finder[/strengths] [_posts/2018-05-25-strength-finder.md]

Physical Health Lets you look good in your jeans, and wrestle bears[/physical-health] [_posts/2017-10-07-physical-health.md]

Reducing job hunt stress[/job-hunt-stress] [_posts/2017-02-17-job-hunt-stress.md]

Save the Soup[/save-the-soup] [_posts/2018-11-04-save-the-soup.md]

Save the Souse[/save-the-souse] [_posts/2018-11-05-save-the-souse.md]

Seven Habits: A manual for life[/7-habits] [_posts/2018-01-04-7-habits.md]

Shipping incubations: Cache[/cache] [_posts/2018-1-1-cache.md]

Sleeping bag sacrifices[/sleeping-bag-sacrifices] [_posts/2018-11-06-sleeping-bag-sacrifices.md]

Staying warm[/warm] [_posts/2017-9-29-staying-warm-and-biking.md]

Tech for health[/tech-health-toys] [_posts/2017-10-06-tech-health-toys.md]

Tech leads, software architects and engineering managers - oh my![/software-leadership-roles] [_posts/2018-01-14-software-leadership-roles.md]

That is pride fucking with you[/pride] [_posts/2018-01-01-fuck-pride.md]

The Immutable Laws of Hard Things[/Immutable-Laws-Of-Hard] [_posts/2016-6-30-Immutable-Laws-Of-Hard.md]

The recruiter does not think you're hot[/the-recruiter-does-not-think-you-are-hot] [_posts/2020-01-01-the-recruiter-does-not-think-you-are-hot.md]

Vim For Writing[/vim-for-writing] [_posts/2016-5-1-vim-for-writing.md]

Voices in my head[/voices] [_posts/2017-01-01-voices-in-my-head.md]

Welcome to Holland[/welcome-to-holland] [_posts/2015-12-26-welcome-to-holland.md]

What makes a leader[/what-makes-a-leader] [_posts/2018-11-25-what-makes-a-leader-great.md]

Why Is No One Referring My Project[/why-is-no-one-referring] [_posts/2015-3-13-why-is-no-one-referring.md]