A Week of Being Kin Lane - April 28th, 2025
The week started with a flat on the sidecar—which put us out of commission for two whole days. By Tuesday we had a couple of new tubes and a tire, so Poppy and I were back at our usual B.S. The sidecar tire sees a lot of wear and tear as it bounces around and the tire had worn all the way though. It will take a regular stream of tires to keep us on the road, but it is so worth it!!
We learned about Diesel the Rottweiler while riding around Central Park this week, and we shifted things up by heading downtown along the Hudson River and up the east side until we reached the Brooklyn Bridge and the end of the line. I feel pretty thankful that I have a bike, a dog, and a park and city to ride around, as I work to reboot my world as the API Evangelist.
As I explore the NYC bike paths I am also doing research around the data, stories, and actors involved in delivery bikes, pedicabs, Citibikes, tourist rental bikes, bicycle parking, and other dimensions—-helping me evolve out from my base ride each day. As I think about how technology impacts my rides around NYC, I was also captivated by this story about public space becoming earbud space. It is something that shapes my ride in many unpredictable ways each day, leaving me thinking about what isolates us—even out on the streets.
Do you ever feel like your frame rate is off? I do. I suspect it has to do with so much time being compliant, as well as our collective need to decompute and descale. As I continue struggle with the AI invasion I find it is important that I remember why my head historically has been in my way, and remember to just write my way through each day so that I can continue to unwind what is, and spin the future I want to see.
Remember, AI is just lies all the way down, so what can we really expect to emerge from this conversation? But I feel like the opportunity to generate electricity from spa members will soon overtake the AI discussion, and we can also shape the next election using the pepper disk which has 1000 days of sustainment programming, taking us well past the next election.
Joe Farnsworth blew my mind this last Thursday. Audrey and I work to catch any Emmett Cohen jazz shows at the Birdland that we can, and this time he had Joe Farnsworth as a drummer. Audrey and I were front and center for him owning that drum kit as he interacted with Emmett Cohen on piano and Philip Noriss on bass in some pretty soul inspiring ways—employing the classics but also improvising for this moment in time.
Not being on social media every hour of the day helps contribute to a better head space. Exercising every day has been beneficial to my mental and physical health. Live music has helped recharge the batteries. And maintaining high daily levels of writing equally balanced across my domains is providing to be fruitful.
#Thankful