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Yes!!!! Awesome!

Don't worry. I've been plotting where to put yours. I keep forgetting I handed out a few last week, too.

A holographic, prism-like sticker of a man’s face on a silver laptop lid. The man appears to be screaming at something, mouth agape (likely a cloud).

Sometimes your laptop finds the perfect sticker to adorn its otherwise pristine lid. / @quinnypig.com

Seriously, this is amazing.

This is why the Internet exists. Wonderful sleuthing.

Merry Meet: Monktoberfest and Book Launch Don't let anyone tell you creative collaboration requires co-presence. Last week was the first time in at least 7 years that all four Progressive Delivery authors were in the same place at the same time. In that time, we identified a pattern happening in the world, named it, honed our understanding, and wrote a whole book about it. The Progressive Delivery book releases in just under a month (

Here are some of the things we learned during this project, about each other and about making a book.

Comms is your company's most important function. It's not a support function. It's not a marketing function. It's, as a wise mentor once said, your company's common sense.

Surround yourself with humans who make you and the world around you better.

Humans who care deeply about doing the right thing.

Humans who nudge you back when your words don’t match your intent.

Humans who show up for you and others.

Humans you never want to disappoint.

Be that human in return.

Spurred me to write a post that's been in my bald brain bucket for too long: maneydigital.com/2025/10/05/a...

A group of four adults stands closely together indoors, smiling and laughing as they pose for a photo. From left to right: the first person has bright pink hair, glasses, and wears a dark, patterned jacket over black pants, holding a camera in their right hand. The second person has dark hair pulled back and wears a denim shirt under a navy jacket with flared blue jeans and brown boots, holding a drink. The third person wears a light gray cap, reflective sunglasses on their head, a bright teal puffer jacket, khaki pants, and orange sneakers. The fourth person has long, light brown hair and glasses, wearing a tan and black zip-up jacket with black pants and sneakers. Behind them, other people mingle in a well-lit, covered space with white beams, wood paneling, and a large window showing a view of water and distant land outside. The group appears happy and casual, enjoying a social event.

I got ya.

This.
Is.
Brilliant.

RTO mandates hit at exactly what @bcantrill.bsky.social is talking about on stage at #monktoberfest: trust (or, more accurately, the lack of trust in an organization).

A man speaks in front of a large seated crowd in a hall.

Jon "maddog" Hall dropping wisdom at #monktoberfest.

One of these things is not like the others…

A sailboat moored in a bay at sunset.

A lighthouse on a rocky point at sunset.

Green and red ivy cover a building wall. Blue windows peek out from breaks in the ivy.

Maine never fails to impress. #monktoberfest

“Attending @monktoberfest.com = a lifelong condition.” - @grimalkina.bsky.social

Love this talk by @gabyberk.bsky.social at @monktoberfest.com. A strong reminder that soft skills are hard.

It was a good reminder that not every movie needs to be an Oscar contender to be enjoyable.

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

Gourdgeous!

The ones that hit *after* you've submitted the trip's expense report.

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Sofa king ridiculous.

...and keeps turning the lights on and off.

Watch this turn out to be some intergalactic space being chucking space pebbles at our solar system for fun.

Leaving a little extra room in my bag to haul back some Speckled Ax and Tandem next week.

a close up of a man 's face with the word raptor written below him Alt: A close up of a man 's face with the word raptor written below him

I feel like I'm not pronouncing this correctly.

Maybe AI isn't the thing we should be worried about having hallucinations.

And here I am thinking I already knew the true origin story of #Monktoberfest.

@sogrady.org @redmonk.com

An iconic photo by Ms. Smith.