Delightful Reveal #71

“The algorithm is a bad boyfriend, DUMP HIM!” - overheard at Flagrant

What we did:

• Started a new client project!
• Finished a client proposal and shipped it
• Refined first step in an email/text messaging wizard
• Just about wrapped up on a new conference website design
• Started researching/thinking about the t-shirt design for RailsConf Philadelphia
• Went to the State Capitol to take direct action as a part of 50501 movement
• Posted a blog post! (It’s been collecting dust)
• Recovered from (most likely) food poisoning

What we’re reading:

• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate
• Behind You Is the Sea: A Novel by Susan Muaddi Darraj
• Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo
• Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby Chapters 3-4

What we’re playing:

• Grindstone - casual mindless iOS game from the Apple Arcade
• Turmoil - Casual business game on iOS
• A Plague Tale: Innocence

What we’re watching:

• Haikyu!!
• DS9
• Nobody Asked
• The Substance
• Prime Target
• Severance S2
• Kitchen Nightmares

What we’re listening to:

• Inside Out by Keshi
• Portugal. The Man
• Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii
• All Star as a Madrigal
• Be Sweet by Japanese Breakfast
• Dive by Olivia Dean
• Sierra Ferrell
• Wild Robot

What we’re interested in:

• “No Problem” crewneck sweatshirt (unfortunately all sold out in most sizes)

What we’re struggling with:

• Texting brokers to ask questions about potential new apartments and said brokers asking to FaceTime you instead
• Winter storms
• Lots of recycling piling up
• Taking care of a baby while both parents are sick
• The Superbowl taking over my city with things like Cheeto steamboat advertisements, multi-million dollar yachts on the Mississippi, and heightened security everywhere
• Cat food options
• Y’know, just some light existential dread +1

What we’re buying:

• A Jurassic Park jersey
• Ceramic stilts for my smol ceramic crap so I can glaze em’ and not have them stick to the kiln brick
• Tiny Beetle patch
• Concert tickets to see St. Vincent
• New house shoes…cuz I am in the house all the time and these crap slippers are not shoes with arch support

What we’re celebrating:

• Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer drop
• Good progress on crocheting a baby blanket
• Looking around at condos, it’s scary but exciting!
• Teaching art lessons
• Jumpstart Pro

If you’re looking for a team to help you discover the right thing to build and help you build it, get in touch.