Cashed Out

Extensive discussion of egg salad and mustard with carrots, with @cote, @EpicNerd, and @rseroter. Cover (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egg_Salad.jpg).

A recording of one of my standard talks, this time in Istanbul. Check out the slides used (https://www.slideshare.net/cote/better-software-is-better-than-worse-software-istanbul).

Topics, discussed and not: What's it called when people talk before being on the record? (Senate cloak room.) Domain mapping UK Parliament. Workshopping. PRINCE2 Baselining - mapping what you have Managers what do they do even? The Lean Thread James G. The role of "what are we doing here?" Why this, why anything? Event Storming Thriving in a goaless organization. Constrained by the system you're in, the technology you use. Starting with capabilities, not desires and goals. You've done goofed. How to audio book. The mental library of safety. Eating little at buffets. Touring thru connivance stores. Body wash soap vs. bar soap. Taking less tooth brushes. See more detailed show notes elsewhere (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rGnVlXfLDhgrKq9DJX2EOvAvcOBieBBewN5TXjnfHxs/edit#). Materials: Knight, Death and the Devil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight,_Death_and_the_Devil), "I just wanna ride." (https://genius.com/Yeek-i-just-wanna-ride-lyrics)

There are so many languages to learn, and such an inablity to do so. Plus, packing for a week of business travel. See more detailed show notes elsewhere (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rGnVlXfLDhgrKq9DJX2EOvAvcOBieBBewN5TXjnfHxs/edit#).

All CMSs suck, some suck less than others “Tumblr! What was I thinking?” (Meanwhile, Coté’s (http://drunkandretired.com/).) Coté can’t get micro.blog to bend to his will (http://cote.coffee/). (It doesn’t have titles, WTF?) Robert’ (https://robertbrook.micro.blog/)s https://notes.pinboard.in (https://notes.pinboard.in) - Useful (https://notes.pinboard.in/u:cote/notes/4d279b75b227546faca5). Coté’s Commonplace Book, weekly newsletter (https://www.getrevue.co/profile/cote). Delightful things: Bruce Sterling: http://brucesterling.tumblr.com (http://tumblr), Beyond the Beyond (https://www.wired.com/category/beyond_the_beyond/), flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/brucesterling/). How does Robert pick things to take pictures of? Warren Ellis’ newsletter (http://orbitaloperations.com/). Sir Mortimer and Magnus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzjgVClXenQ) - delight in history and retelling. Related: most mornings Coté wakes up and thinks “I should just delete myself from the Internet. Oh, right. My job.”

Topic Blast: - How to scramble eggs. - Robert’s cloud questions. - “The Chimney Story”...? - The terror of lead-gening yourself. Waiting to invoke the 10 minute rule on a call I (supposedly) wanted to have! - Notability vs Noteshelf vs GoodNotes. Bonus: Evernote vs. Ulysses vs. Bear vs. &co. Recommendations: - Leading Change (https://amzn.to/2zJZkdq). - Filtered water: Brita, the 9.99 pounds one on Amazon. See more detailed show notes elsewhere (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rGnVlXfLDhgrKq9DJX2EOvAvcOBieBBewN5TXjnfHxs/edit#).

A rare episode with Charles Lowell, back to reprise some DrunkAndRetired.com style rambling. We discuss, oddly, actual retirement, GI Joe vs. transformers, and talking about just one thing. Oh, and "a dry heat." Robert will be back next time. Special Guest: Charles Lowell.

How do you even explain things to people? (E.g., picking public vs. private cloud.) Cloth napkins: single use, or use until you throw them in a random wash them? Magazines in airport lounges, dentists Robert’s dumb cloud questions The Chimney Story What’s “hot” and “cold”? Can you teach business people to do modelling? Sleep. How great is it? Robert should step up and do the show notes. See more detailed show notes elsewhere (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rGnVlXfLDhgrKq9DJX2EOvAvcOBieBBewN5TXjnfHxs/edit#).

Moving, to Amsterdam mostly. Also: Traveling Food & Drink in The Netherlands. Frequent flyer forlornness Rail in UK & Europe See more detailed show notes elsewhere (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rGnVlXfLDhgrKq9DJX2EOvAvcOBieBBewN5TXjnfHxs/edit#).

What exactly does “lockin” mean? We go through a historic view of what people mean and are afraid of when they use that term. And, then, the usual nonsense. “I’ve traveled extensively through my hotel window.” “You’re the last person using Evernote.” de Bono (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_de_Bono). de Botton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_de_Botton). More: Being in a “man place,” aka, The Grand barber shop. (Robert: old barber places, are there any ‘good’ gendered spaces?) Robert: from FTP to AWS etc., Isn’t this lock-in, rather than commoditization? Related: it’s mostly impossible to get your (all) photos your of flickr. TC Currie: “There’s no such thing as a static environment.” Accounting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BurningofParliament Robert: Rotterdam! Men used to wear yoga pants, in Shakespeare's time. How to keep a journalist’s daily notebook…? (r: diaries, to do lists) “The number-one piece of advice seniors would give to their younger selves is they wished they’d been less

Camping, salad dressing classism, “fun” as she is spoken. Colorado Bend State Park (https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/colorado-bend). Camping as character building. Robert walks around a lot. Fungus among us. Delicious mushrooms. How trees communicate. Librivox (https://librivox.org/). More: Salad dressing you can sip. British vs. English - don’t go there. The social world of buying vs. making your dressing. Cream dressing. Heinz Salad Cream. Mother’s Salad Dressing (https://thefrugaldrinker.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/the-best-salad-dressing-i-have-ever-had/) from Mother’s Cafe (https://motherscafeaustin.com/). See a possible recipe (https://web.archive.org/web/20171127204329/http://eatcraftlive.typepad.com/eat_craft_live/2012/01/cashew-tamari-dressing-1.html). “Do you know how to have fun?” (Fun?) Therpysplaining - you should tell people what you want. Speaking PowerPoint (https://amzn.to/2qBc5Qd), excellent book on making corporate presentations. Fun, amusing, relaxing. Shallots vs. onions vs.

Coffee, books, booze, and Buddhists Marginalia and GoodReads (Coté’s list of books there (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/254939-michael-cot)). Huffduffer: Coté (https://huffduffer.com/cote) & Robert (https://huffduffer.com/robertbrook). Simon Wardley (http://blog.gardeviance.org/). SpringOne Tour (http://springonetour.io/). Open Spaces, the mechanics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology). Usesthis (https://usesthis.com/) - Leonard Lin (https://usesthis.com/interviews/leonard.lin/). Federico Viticci (https://twitter.com/viticci), the Apple Italian guy (https://www.macstories.net/). Coté’s cover model days (https://www.instagram.com/p/BhVKwtWgk_A/?taken-by=bushwald). “I have traveled a good deal in Concord.” (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/893348-i-have-traveled-a-good-deal-in-concord-and-everywhere) See more detailed show notes elsewhere (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rGnVlXfLDhgrKq9DJX2EOvAvcOBieBBewN5TXjnfHxs/edit#heading=h.8d7s0um36ny6).

Also, Coté is forbidden from buying and wearing red pants. Forever eating after France. Motivation & overcast skies. Identifying genuinely innovative, new, helpful technology (versus incremental improvements). History of what computers are used for: artillery targeting; NHS payroll; ePaper; spreadsheets; supply chain; games; email & IM; websites; e-commerce; music/MP3s; search; advertising; “social”; iPhones; “AI” & ML; Robert: railways; industrial, sensors, “IoT.” The basic activities humans work towards, the “terminal” points of all activities: governance; war; selling a product; educating/raising kids; healthcare (staying alive & functioning); buildings/shelter; eating/food production & distribution; entertainment & “hanging out”; sleeping; wealth management. Coté is forbidden from wearing red pants.

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