Many times in London I’ve smelled perfume that smells like super-sweet cotton candy. Is that a thing now?

“…the Gen-Z exit…” overheard near Bank, London.

“We’ve all got to die of something, he thought. Even if it’s just from staying alive too long.” Mini-story: Retirement

I’m hear in the AMS KLM and lounge, and because the business people are blaring their calls on the speaker, I realize that we’re all talking about AIs. Even if you have a VoIP app. I mean, including me. Just not VoIP.

They all have a take on “agentic.” “Hey, guys, here’s the thing about agentic…”

I just heard the phrase “break out economics” and “offshore agent.”

Loving it…?

There’s still enterprise marketing writing that beings “In today’s fast-evolving technology landscape…”

Trusting every (short) video you see is now a very bad idea. Because AI. Hopefully we’ll go back to just trusting humans and making sure we have enough of a shared model of the world to do so.

“Even paranoid people have enemies.” Ron Emanuel, _Political Gabfest, October 30th, 2025.

”becoming a parent has forced me to prioritize predictability and comforts that are compatible with the routines and demands of a toddler.” When East Becomes West

“Be yourself,” they always tell me. Yes, but, if I was being myself, I would not have shown up.

There’s a wave of “Back in my day…” nostalgia in the near future as us Gen-X’ers get older. I hope we do it more cool than the boomers did, or just quietly on our own instead of all over Facebook.