Author: michaelgat

I've been absent here for a long time, for lots of reasons, which I'll expand on in the next few posts. For starters, I've recently...

Energy? If Seattle has any, it's on a wavelength that I don't receive. Joy? People don't even say hello. If people have energy or joy, they...

My best work has been in places that are process-customer, but I've done well in process-product as well. I have not done well in people-dominated...

I write using Emacs and LaTeX. I'll grudgingly copy and paste to other formats because the organization demands it but I do better work with...

Early on, I programmed on mainframes in COBOL... I'm sure I could do it again. But I'd be tossing away some highly valuable, broadly-applicable and...

Never giving up at the things you were told to do was the essence of work in the industrial age. Giving up quickly on things...

It's been a busy year with a lot of changes, both Covid-related and otherwise. As is my custom, here's my update for this circle around...

Being yourself matters as much as anything. And be nice to the airline staff. They can really make or break your life....

"Hey man," I said in my native New York tongue, "You're not gonna believe this, but I'm calling from Frankfurt..." "What the FUCK are you doing...

The joy of photography for me was never in the finished product, and certainly not the moment of capturing the image on film. The joy...