Being a product person

A Man Bakes Soulful Bread in a Renovated Garage | Sourdough Bread Making in Japan

what is so interesting about baking bread?

“I’m always thinking about... It reminds me of the first person I was. Kids going crazy about beetle catching, playing in the water, etc. There's no reason for that one. They're just absorbed in it. But as we grow up, we tend to look for reasons and logic for such behaviour.
No, it's not that. [It’s] that kind of obsessed, sensory, original self. When I'm kneading dough by myself in a place like this, that's what it reminds me of.
So my mental age is getting more and more childish. I'm becoming a social misfit. I'm getting further and further away from organizational people."

Personal Machines and Portable Worlds - Christopher Butler ☼

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Now thinking about creating a movement to promote "hobbit software". Pretty chill, keeps to itself, tends to its databases, hangs out with other hobbit software at the pub, broadly unbothered by the scheming of the wizards and the orcs, oblivious to the rise and fall of software empires around them.

Oh, the Electron empire is going to war with the... See more

Dave Anderson • Dave Anderson (@danderson@hachyderm.io)

An idea: create a Little Free Bakery that’s like Japanese vending machines. Use a token or scanning QR thing to unlock and get free bread

Paper Clips

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I’ve been thinking about the enduring, perhaps increasing currency of personal recommendations (practically artisanal craft now if you think about it!) as well as the value of connoisseurship and curation in a culture where unthinking automation has left us feeling drowned in a deluge of content.

I suspect that’s the core appeal of all the... See more

well lol i finally got laid off...but on the bright side.......

The funny thing about coming up with your own definition of success is it becomes easier to make decisions.

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Dreamsongs

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