David Peterson / IXD Practitioner

It’s theater

Following

Mexican President’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA Scam Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s threat of tariffs revealed truths that the president-elect doesn’t want Americans to know.

“Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours.”

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remember when the entire U.S. tech press spent 20 straight years propping up Elon Musk's supergenius engineer mythology and if you pointed out he was an opportunistic fraud they'd all look at you like you'd grown an extra head?

good times

It’s joyful to see folks so thoroughly enjoying their job. Fella had twelve dogs under his care and you tell that everyone involved was having a grand day out.

:(

Scary Gary

Well done, thank you

One of the challenges I like is new folk joining a dev team. It’s like a slow paced movie or series where the real plot isn’t revealed till the third act - and it was way better than the previews.

We bake it into our NFRs. Accessibility is good design and will help us meet business goals. It also happens to be the right thing to do.

Facing up to fascism: A colleague at a dinner party last week suggested that we all watch the Olympiad movie, a Nazi propaganda film about the 1936 Olympics, to familiarize ourselves with the aesthetics of fascism. The images of Trump and friends at the UFC match reminds me I need to do this.

They’re everywhere

Usually only two. One I want to read and one I feel like I should read.

Months ago I chose to work and vacation in Ireland for November. No regrets. Great to be away from the noise, be reminded that life and governments are fleeting, that time spent building and caring for one another is time never wasted.

I do both deliberately. I carve out time in my day for reading and for conversation. As for doom scrolling… that can vanish.

I’m David. I grew in what I now know was an amazing experience of immigrants, transplants to Chicago, conflicted Catholics adjusting to MTV, and the emergence of the personal computer. I thrive on helping others.

#culture #conversation #communitydevelopment #creativity #computers #chillybeaches

My first system was an Atari 130 XT. Did my first real programming on it, started the journey I have been on.

Kindness and thoughtfulness should be encouraged; that game is a breath of fresh air.

I have an addiction

I have fond memories of that time but I truly don’t miss having to code what felt like a different website for every brand and version of browser possible :)

Wonderful memories and an eventual career made on that machine