Brian Fitzpatrick
@therealfitz.com
Chasing Wonder, Engineer, Author, ORD Camp Instigator, Feminist. Previously: Founder & CTO of Tock, Xoogler, Ex-Apple. He/Him. Optimizing for kindness wonder.voyage debuggingteams.com
We are still in post, but I am already so delighted by our trailer, and especially listening to @jayackley.bsky.social's early demo of Rent Control here.
Reminder that 13 years ago today Google Reader was killed.
This is the same motivation @therealfitz.com has used to frame the insurgent Data Liberation Front he and others started at Google over a decade ago. Competition is good, and switching costs shouldn't be the thing that constrains users from getting the best products.
The Fresh Prince of Donair@erisianrite.com · 4mo agoEarly on in my time here I was sketching out a Bandcamp alternative hosted on the ATmosphere. The necessary affordances weren't there to make the market work (private data), but there was also not a way to get funding to build it because there is no moat or ROI. The data model is open, competition
This is an absolutely beautiful, glorious description of the products in our lives. The things that once were simple tools that met needs, now demand relationships, have opinions, and occupy cycles of our lives. Do yourself a favor, scroll down and read this page www.terrygodier.com/the-last-qui...
The Last Quiet Thing
Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.
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Read Dan's post, then read Danny's comic. You won't regret it. You *will* regret not having tissues on hand. Thanks Dan.
dan sinker@dansinker.com · 5mo agoA week or so ago @theverge.com published an incredible comics-essay about Danny Fenster, who was locked up in a Burmese prison in 2021. Danny was also my student in another lifetime. I wrote a short piece about this extraordinary piece of journalism. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Series coming to the newsletter on recognizing useful crisis conditions and turning them into rapid, directed change. Starts today. Buy our book: crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin... crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/the-five-ind...
The Five Indicators of Crisis
Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026, everywhere books are sold, as a paperback, and aud...
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Dungeon Crawler Carl fans: If you're done reading book 7, Jeff Hayes is doing a cold read of the beginning of book 8 RIGHT NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDZU... (And he's already cracked up once)
Dungeon Crawler Carl 8 - Parade of Horribles - COLD READ! Part 1 ~~SPOILERS!!!~~
YouTube video by Soundbooth Theater Live!
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Pro-tip from @hypatia.bsky.social:when moving Signal messages from one phone to another, place both phones on an ice pack to avoid thermal throttling. Seriously, it works -- tested with both iPhone to iPhone and Android to Android (Cloud xfer is still in beta)
The Love Boat is amazing. It was a pandemic watch for me and there are very few writers who could work in that format. (3 stories, cast regulars + guest stars, 3 tones, everything resolved in 45 minutes).
Stephanie Farr@farfarraway.bsky.social · 6mo agoAs Valentine's Day approaches, I have a confession. I recently started watching "The Love Boat" from the beginning. I'd never seen a single episode before and I don't just like it, I love it. This show has everything! 1/3
Once again I have had to learn that whenever I think the battery life of my Mac laptop is dwindling, I need to open up Activity Monitor only to discover that *multiple* programs are burning through CPU just for funsies. And one of them is Slack. Always Slack.
You should read this essay. This quote. This quote.
Monteiro@monteiro.bsky.social · 10mo agoThis week’s newsletter is about eating and who you choose to do it with. “If you had dinner with a trans friend on Tuesday, and dinner with fascists on Thursday, your trans friend had dinner with a fascist on Tuesday.“ buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
End of an era. The Storage Media Boneyard is headed off to storage for a while. What's the oldest piece of media in here that you have used? (detailed photos here: photos.app.goo.gl/oPwSvGqyJhKu...)
End of an era. The Storage Media Boneyard is headed off to storage for a while. What's the oldest piece of media in here that you have used? (detailed photos here: photos.app.goo.gl/oPwSvGqyJhKu...)
Not on my list of things to do today: open up an email and start sobbing. This is just beautiful. Thank you Dan.
dan sinker@dansinker.com · 11mo agoWith the Trump Administration about to roll its ugly occupation into Chicago, I wanted to write a little lyrical love letter to the city. dansinker.com/posts/202…
We made our goal, with about two weeks left to go! Please continue to support us, because that means I can hire more fabricator labor which means I will personally have time to build very small and indulgent pieces of furniture. www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
The Last Fifteen Minutes
A marionette opera and short film about having dinner together before a giant kaiju steps on you.
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Holy crap! My story "Marginalia" just won the Eugie Foster award at Dragoncon
Get a look inside the Uptown Theatre in this great new video by Eddie Arruza. It features me and Andy Pierce talking about our book, plus owner Jerry Mickelson, building caretaker David Syfczak, and Ald. Angela Clay. youtu.be/t3oG3SeFWMI
Chicago's Uptown Theater at 100
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I just sent an email to hundreds of people referring to a date being on the 14rd of the month. How's your day going?
Looking for recommendations for a custom sticker place to get 100-200 stickers made that is run by good people, any recommendations?
12 years ago today Google killed Reader. I took a photo to remember how I felt. Still haven't forgotten.
Can’t ever unsee poorly designed conference badges thanks to @therealfitz.com badge.reviews
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Not only is my old friend and colleague @robinanil.bsky.social doing some really cool stuff around mental health services but he's also hiring for a principal engineer. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
A lot has been happening at Emora Health that has kept me busy, so I haven't posted in over a month. | Robin Anil
A lot has been happening at Emora Health that has kept me busy, so I haven't posted in over a month. Here is why 🚀 - We doubled all metrics, including Clients and ARR, in about 3 months. - We lau...
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