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On Tuesday we had a power outage that took down the whole neighborhood, including cellular service. I spent most of the day on my sofa with a notebook and a pen. It was delicious! No sound but birdsong and the occasional car passing by.

I could do with more gadget-free days.

It has been a while since my last diary post. We’ve been recalibrating, planning, scheming, pondering,… for 2026.

2025 was about building our community through LinkedIn. It’s time to pull all that brand value over to this platform. One part of that LinkedIn heavy strategy was letting people attend events without coming here to RSVP. That’s about to change for the most part. Exceptions will happen when we need to open new markets, such as what we did with Malaysia and Singapore.

We’ll also be expanding our outreach beyond LinkedIn DMs to email. Expend more of that. Expect more interesting messages as well.

@Laura Maria Kavanagh, Pedrito, and I had a qiet day today. I’d blocked of the day for podcast prep and Pedrito’s school was closed. We walked into town for a snack and coffee. Piggie came along.

Speaking of Pedrito, I made this for her so she could practice