Notes for May 17-24
The author reflects on a week filled with both personal and professional challenges. They express frustration with unproductive meetings and share their enjoyment of using new technology for project management. Additionally, they discuss their progress on various tech projects, including hardware testing and software development.
- ▪The author finds meetings increasingly unproductive, especially during the summer months.
- ▪They have started enjoying off-work time more, using a tool called piclaw for project management.
- ▪The author is testing a SpaceMit K3 board and working on a long-delayed Maclock build.
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| Original publisher | Tao of Mac |
| Canonical URL | https://taoofmac.com/space/notes/2026/05/24/1445 |
| Publication time | Sun, 24 May 2026 14:18:23 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-24T14:37:33.279Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-24T14:37:33.279Z |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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My sinuses are still giving me grief, but this week was much more successful at pretending to be enjoyable, at least. For starters, we watched Project Hail Mary, and it was every bit as good as I would expect it to be, which is very rare in movies these days. Meetings Suck More In SummerInsomnia seems to be fading, but as the weather improves, the time windows for leaving the house and enjoying exercise before the heat kicks in have become narrower and are in full-on collision with typical meeting schedules, and that has become a major drag on my optimism since I have to wonder why, as an industry, we haven’t really solved meetings. The technology is fine–it’s a culture problem.
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