Category Archives: AI

Weeknote for 6/22/2025

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Andy

AI 🧐 I used AI to translate some old poetry. I’d been collecting use cases for AI, and I ran across another one while reading World Poetry. I asked Claude for help understanding some of the poems, and it was … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/1/2025

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Andy

Productivity 😬 I brushed up on my techniques for efficient programming. It was crunch time at work again, another chance to ponder the age-old question, how do you manage risk under uncertainty? Namely, how do you manage the risk of … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 4/20/2025

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Andy

Website 🧐 I came to some decisions about next steps for my website. Given that my weeknotes were a month behind and writing them was often challenging even on a normal week when I wasn’t catching up, I spent a … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 1/5/2025

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Andy

Health 😕 I came down with something Tuesday and spent the week sick. I assumed it was probably COVID, since that’s the only thing I catch anymore, but my tests came up negative, so I’m guessing it was the flu, … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 12/22/2024

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Andy

People 😌 December’s parties have been pretty low key this year. Our department Christmas party a couple of weeks ago was at a restaurant with lots of good conversation but only a quiz for a game. The company party last … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 12/15/2024

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Andy

Holidays 😌 I finished my Christmas shopping and made some more progress on the gift labels. I want to get through the main work on those in the next few days, but I’m far enough along that they shouldn’t be … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 8/18/2024

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Andy

Productivity 😐 I determined the initial work-in-progress limits for my work projects, and I was reminded of the value of such limits. I target 5 to 10 hours a week for project work, but last week I got sidetracked enough, … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 8/11/2024

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Andy

Productivity 😐 I sorted my work projects into Kanban columns based on their status—different types of to-do, doing, and done. As usual, it took longer than I expected, but thinking through the nature of my various work projects helped me … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/23/2024

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Andy

Productivity 😌 My productivity finally climbed back to an almost normal level thanks to getting more sleep. Either that or my brain decided two months was a long enough break. It’s a relief to feel like my new old self … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/2/2024

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🤔 I collected more miscellaneous ideas and resources for my memory system. I found out interpreters have a visual note-taking approach similar to sketchnotes to give them a basis for translating a speech, which I could use as another … Continue reading →