[subscribers only] Office Hours & Tidings
The Map is Mostly Water Office Hours are open
For about 2 days. What do you need feedback or advice on, what questions do you have, what secret trouble stirs thy breast?
Feel free to ask about house design, New Hampshire, philosophy, parenting, or anything else you want to discuss.
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Some other tidings:
On my site I have written about How you might hire Software Developers when you’re far from the city. I intend to update this over time, so I wrote it there rather than as a newsletter post.
This winter I ordered several tranches of roses. 24 are already planted. 3 arrive tomorrow. And this set just shipped:
All told I hope to plant about 75 roses this year, plus companions. With a little luck and a lot of work hopefully I can report back on what it takes to make something beautiful. Though I do not expect big results this year, just a little growth. This garden occupies a large part of my thought, lately.
On my website I built an interactive map of the garden and orchard (which took a little while to program and is still unfinished). But it gives an idea of where everything is going.
Finally on Monday, for David Perell’s Write of Passage I will be giving a talk on Observation and where ideas come from. I have a plan of what to say much like the soup-maker, rolling around in the mud of a vegetable patch, has ideas of what to use for soup. But it should coalesce by tonight. If I am very happy with the talk, I will write up some notes for a post.
You've mentioned a couple of times how you & your wife figured out sleep differently with both your children; I'd love to hear any advice you have! Currently preparing for Baby #1's arrival in the next month.
Office hours request: I just launched my website last week—I would value your feedback as a developer, an artist, and a writer.
https://cypressconsulting.com/
All the illustrations are my own. I wanted the website to feel like really high quality paper, but still have life and animation. I also wanted a little bit of a storybook nostalgia, while remaining professional.