--- title: "Random thoughts for 2014 Oct 23" date: 2014-10-23T12:00:00-07:00 url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2014/10/23/thoughts/ author: Les Orchard tags: [daybook, thoughts, tinderbox, mashups, twitter, social] --- # Random thoughts for 2014 Oct 23 TL;DR: This is a bunch of stuff I just randomly collected throughout the day. [Look here for a bit of explanation][look]. I may or may not do this again. I'm experimenting and entertaining myself. [look]: http://blog.lmorchard.com/2014/10/23/wtfomgbullets * As a remote worker, I think this is a splendid insight: > If you focus purely on the job, and not the industry, you realise airlines > selling business class seats are competing with Skype for customers, as they > address the same job: the need to have clear communication with colleagues. Source: [The End of Apps as We Know Them][endofapps] * I've got a notion to crawl through all my blog archives, harvest all the links, and see which are still reachable - starting from the oldest. * I miss web mashups. * So I made a couple of mashups against my own blog - look in the sidebar. * I've installed [Emphasis][] on this blog. * Tap Shift twice and see what happens. Permalink ALL the things! * [I've been running.][running] * I'm not a champ by any means, yet, but it's looking like it's stuck as a habit. * I start to feel antsy when I haven't managed to get around to it. * Winter in Michigan will be interesting. * Last year, the sidewalks were break-neck dangerous for walking let alone jogging. * I read a lot; I think a lot. I am well versed in [omphaloskepsis][]. * I have a lot of notions about psychology & life in general. * [Watching Justin Hall speechify][jah] got me thinking again about posting them here. * But, this has typically been a techie place. * Still, that's what personal blogs are for, no? * Or, at least a [LiveJournal](http://deus-x.livejournal.com). * Wow, I haven't written there in a very long time. [Omphaloskepsis]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphaloskepsis [jah]: http://links.net/daze/14/10/17-xoxo-2014.html [running]: http://www.strava.com/athletes/6013128 [endofapps]: http://blog.intercom.io/the-end-of-apps-as-we-know-them/ [Emphasis]: https://github.com/NYTimes/Emphasis