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]
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]
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]
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]