Links: Week Nineteen
Ten loaves of sourdough! That’s how many loaves I have made thus far during the pandemic (or pan-demic if you’ll excuse my pun). Have you found a fulfilling...
Links: Week Eighteen
Happy May! We made it through an April that lasted conservatively one thousand years. I hope you're well, and finding new ways of living and thriving as we...
Links: Week Seventeen
This is the week of the Magic Keyboard which I’m using to write this email. If you’re curious, or considering picking one up, the linked review should help...
Links: Week Sixteen
This week marked my first sourdough loaves, which were delicious and a bit flat. It turns out having a scale is crucial, and hopefully next week I will get...
Links: Week Fifteen
Welcome to your weekly installment of “what’s Brook reading and clicking on now?” The quarantine here in the Bay Area is 4 weeks on, I think, and today I...
Links: Week Fourteen
This week I spent some time thinking about hoarding. Specifically, toilet paper hoarding. I’ve yet to venture out this week to the grocery, but the TP...
Links Week Thirteen
Ah, I’ve returned to the Americas. This week, Japan started quarantining as well, so I just missed the cutoff there and was largely able to enjoy wandering...
Links: Week twelve
Hello from a 200mph Nozomi Shinaksen train on my way to Tokyo! This train still feels like the future, and it’s especially wild that people are riding it and...
Links: Week eleven
Welcome to a new world without toilet paper. Seriously, it’s fucking depressing seeing pictures of grocery stores post-hoarding. I hope everyone reading this...
Links: Week Ten
This email comes to you from a rainy port city, where I am spending time on strategy and vision for the Women’s Foundation of Oregon. Spending the weekend...
Links: Week Nine
This weekend is a bit sad, as it would have marked my countdown to a two week vacation in Japan, but due to coronavirus I had to cancel the trip. Perhaps...
Links: Week Eight
Bye bye bird This was the week I left Twitter for a while. Honestly it wasn’t so bad, once I got over the twitchy “gotta open Twitter” feeling. I wrote more...
Links: Week Seven
First of all, look at this DUCK! https://twitter.com/hartyt_/status/1228149203261698048?s=21 I’m writing this intro at my dining table, while someone cleans...
Links: Week Six
Shochu, CSS, and “enough” This week marked the inaugural Figma conference, which I was able to attend through my employer. It was neat to be surrounded by...
Links: Week Five
A fiscal happy new year to you! I still don’t really understand how fiscal years work, but in addition to a lunar new year, Snorri and I celebrated the...
Links: Week Four
This week is about redesigns and long reads. I got to see William Gibson this week in the city, and listening to his southern drawl discuss the intricacies...
Links: Week Three
January is nearly over! I had a delicious meal last night of pork cartilage soup (豚軟骨汁) and dug into an old classic sci-fi book on recommendation from Robin...
Links: Week Two
We’re halfway through with the first month of 2020, and the sun has been out a lot this week in the bay. Luckily, I got some new sunglasses, so I’m feeling...
Links: Week One
It’s 2020! Welcome to the new decade. Imagine for a moment the news hasn’t already been wild, and step into a this list of joy and edutainment instead. A lot...
Last Weekly Links of 2019
It’s almost the new year! Is it just me, or did this year feel like it blew by? I’ve been enjoying the holiday break as my company shuts down from xmas eve...
Weekly Links for December 22nd
A quick programming note: you may notice this email looks a little different! You're not imagining things. I'm trying out Buttondown.email in lieu of...