The key to doing your own taxes in 2025 is getting really good at inputting 6-digit verification codes. That’s at least 50% of it. Hopefully passkeys are more common in 2026.
The little things matter
The following post is based on an audio recording from April 9, 2025.
The little things matter. Maybe even more than the big things.
Today, my email inbox got flooded with probably about 20 different messages from co-workers thanking me and appreciating a little thing that I did. I even had one guy call me just out of the blue. This was a gentleman I had never talked to before. He said something like, “Hey man, I really appreciated what you did.
I want the itty bitty nitty gritty
The following post was transcribed from an audio during my commute to work on April 8, 2025.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been involved on social media outside of LinkedIn. With LinkedIn being really my only source of social media, I find myself longing for more personal, nitty-gritty, really in-depth content from individuals.
The Depth I’m Missing I think there’s the news and news stories that might go deep on a specific subject that a journalist is looking into, or on LinkedIn, someone might go deep on some technical thing they’re trying to explain.
Our disc golf league started up again for the season. It was a little wet today…
Early morning indie hacking on the back deck with coffee brewing… Bliss ☕💻
I cracked open our back door to be serenaded by the birds this morning. Every Spring I’m reminded how much I missed them during the Winter. 🐦
I present to you… “Jake Jobs”. Google AI Studio is fun 😂
Yesterday I listened to my daughter’s heartbeat. It got me thinking that the heart is incredible. Let’s say you live to be 90 and average 70 beats per minute:
90 years * 365 days * 24 hours * 60 minutes * 70 beats per minute
= 3,311,280,000 heartbeats in a lifetime.
We are a wondrous creation. ❤️
Weeknotes Vol. 4
My week summarized into 3 highlights, 2 discoveries, and 1 anticipation. It’s been a while! It feels good to be writing a weeknote again!
3 Highlights 1. 10x10 Supersonic Wind Tunnel and SLOPE Lab Tours
I coordinated tours for my team to visit the 10x10 Supersonic Wind Tunnel and SLOPE Lab at NASA Glenn Research Center. The wind tunnel was incredible. It’s the largest wind tunnel capable of supersonic speeds in the country, and can push close to Mach 5.
Google Gemini on the Pixel phone is so nice. I got paper mail from my HOA about a meeting and was able to:
- Take a pic of it
- Hold the power button to open Gemini
- Say “add this to my calendar”
All the details, including location, were saved at the correct time on my calendar. Took seconds.