Somewhere between the granularity of following my daily updates and my about page here’s a quick outline of things I’ve been doing within the past month or plan to do in the coming weeks.
What am I focused on Now?
- Reading new book/novella submissions for Boffo Socko Books
- Building a few websites/author platforms/social media hubs for some clients.
- Continuing work with IndieWeb.org Community
- Hosting meetups for the Homebrew Website Club
- Sorting through two large donations of books for Little Free Library #8424
Learning
- Japanese 1 (Memrise)
- Hiragana (Memrise)
Events
- WordPress Pasadena General Meetup for April 4/25/17, 7pm – 9pm
- Homebrew Website Club, Wednesday 4/19/17
- Onanoue Japanese Library, Saturday 4/22/17 from 10am – 12pm
- Glendale Central Library Foundation Creation Celebration and Re-Opening Gala, 4/28/17 6-9pm
Reading
- Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS & HTML5: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Websites 3rd Edition by Robin Nixon
- Professional WordPress: Design and Development 3rd Edition by Brad Williams, David Damstra, and Hal Stern
- The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu
- Complexity and the Economy by W. Brian Arthur
- An Introduction to Transfer Entropy: Information Flow in Complex Systems by Terry Bossomaier, Lionel Barnett, Michael Harre, Joseph T. Lizier
For up-to-the-day updates on what I’m reading, see my reading updates, or, if you prefer, the syndicated copies I send to GoodReads.com. I now also post online articles I’ve been reading lately too.
Listening
- Podcasts: This Week in Google, Eat This Podcast, This Week in IndieWeb
- Spotify: The Bridge, Relaxing Breakfast Classics (sporadically in mornings)
- Sirius/XM: The Bridge, First Wave, 80s on 8, Classic Vinyl
- Radio: Morning news (most week days): 89.3FM KPCC–Local NPR affiliate
Watching
Television
- Cheers (Netflix), Season 7 Episodes 14-22, Season 8 Episodes 1-16
- The West Wing (Netflix), Season 1 Episodes 1-15
- Major Crimes (TNT), Season 5 Episodes 20 & 21
- Madame Secretary (CBS), Season 3 Episodes 15-18
- The Arrangement (E!), Season 1 Episodes 1-8
- Fresh off the Boat (ABC), Season 3 Episode 18
- Blue Bloods (CBS), Season 7 Episodes 8-11
- Charlie Rose (PBS)
- Face the Nation (CBS)
- This Week with George Stephanopolous (ABC)
- Meet the Press (NBC)
- PBS News Hour (PBS)
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Movies
- The Edge of Tomorrow
- Margin Call
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
- Seed: The Untold Story by (Independent Lens | PBS)
- 16 Blocks (Warner Bros., 2006)
Internet
- N/A
Last updated May 11, 2017.
This page is inspired by Derek Sivers‘ /now project.