{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Brad Barrish","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/bradbarrish","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"5607","username":"bradbarrish","bio":"Location: Los Angeles, CA <br><br>\nBeen doing this web thing since the early aughts. Technology still excites me like nothing else, especially hardware. Currently CTO of Frank &amp; Eileen. Former VP of Customer Experience at Oura and Director of Customer Experience at Sonos. ","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":92,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/37/5607.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"96897649","content_html":"<p>This <a href=\"https://clui.org/collections/los-alamos-business-cards/selection-cards\">selection of Los Alamos Rolodex buiness cards</a> brings me so much joy. I mean look at these beautiful business cards!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/clui-rolodex-07-2000px-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" alt=\"Auto-generated description: A business card for John E. 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I think my biggest challenge is that I have to collab with people on Google Docs and Sheets for work and home stuff so I may just have to live with one foot in one world and the other in another.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/96769131","date_published":"2026-09-01T14:48:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 14:48","date_timestamp":1788274114,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96723011","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/canneddragons\">@canneddragons</a> Appreciate it!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/96723011","date_published":"2026-08-31T19:22:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 19:22","date_timestamp":1788204165,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96690154","content_html":"<p>As I struggle to know whether it’s even worth having a website on which I regularly publish, I made a few small improvements to this one over the weekend. If you read via RSS, you won’t notice anything. If you visit in a browser, you’ll now see a blogroll along the right. The list will get added to over...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/30/as-i-struggle-to-know.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/30/as-i-struggle-to-know.html","date_published":"2026-08-31T05:37:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 05:37","date_timestamp":1788154652,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96689895","content_html":"<p>Beginning down a long road of extracting myself from Google: <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/30/beginning-down-a-long-road.html\">bradbarrish.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/30/beginning-down-a-long-road.html","date_published":"2026-08-31T05:30:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 05:30","date_timestamp":1788154206,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96684064","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>The Hugging Face Incident is, in a distorted and dangerous way, an illustration of what the AI companies are trying to achieve. They want long-running AI agents to work without human intervention, solving problems and organizing as needed, with our human job limited to giving instructions and evaluate output.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>From Ethan Mollick’s post, <a href=\"https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/agency-and-agents\">Agency and Agents</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/30/the-hugging-face-incident-is.html","date_published":"2026-08-31T01:38:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 01:38","date_timestamp":1788140283,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96620555","content_html":"<p>The <a href=\"https://tinyawards.net/vote/\">2026 Tiny Awards</a> are underway. Go vote! Great see some familiar names on the selection committee too. Go visit all of their sites after you’re done checking out the nominees.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/29/the-tiny-awards-are-underway.html","date_published":"2026-08-29T18:49:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-29 18:49","date_timestamp":1788029391,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/117180297312819689"]}},{"id":"96618963","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> very cool! Surprisingly, I hadn’t seen that before you mentioned it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/96618963","date_published":"2026-08-29T18:02:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-29 18:02","date_timestamp":1788026544,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96560818","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/canneddragons\">@canneddragons</a> thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/96560818","date_published":"2026-08-28T16:44:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-28 16:44","date_timestamp":1787935496,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96534531","content_html":"<p>The  almost-total “blood moon” as seen from Los Angeles, CA</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/8495d15c50-m.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/27/the-almosttotal-blood-moon-as.html","date_published":"2026-08-28T06:31:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-28 06:31","date_timestamp":1787898701,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/117171731762495838"]}},{"id":"96473384","content_html":"<p>I’m back on <a href=\"https://twitter.now\">Twitter</a>, y’all.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/26/im-back-on-twitter-yall.html","date_published":"2026-08-27T06:29:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-27 06:29","date_timestamp":1787812144,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/117166058450236152"]}},{"id":"96397803","content_html":"<p>I’ve always loved this photo of Dolly by Andy Warhol. It’s difficult to imagine a world without Dolly setting the impossibly high bar for what kindness looks like, especially in these trying times. She is undeniable. May she rest in peace.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/warhol-dolly.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/25/ive-always-loved-this-photo.html","date_published":"2026-08-25T23:34:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-25 23:34","date_timestamp":1787700847,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/117158765316314353"]}},{"id":"96314298","content_html":"<p>I saw the incredible <a href=\"https://jeffparkersounds.com/\">Jeff Parker</a> and the the IVtet (thank you, Greg!), which included drummer <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Bellerose\">Jay Bellerose</a>, bassist <a href=\"https://www.annabutterss.com/\">Anna Butterss</a>, and saxophonist <a href=\"https://www.joshjohnsonmusic.com/\">Josh Johnson</a>. It was the first of three nights at the <a href=\"https://www.lodgeroomhlp.com/\">Lodge Room</a> in the Highland Park neighborhood in LA. It was one of those rare shows where you hear all of...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/24/i-saw-the-incredible-jeff.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/24/i-saw-the-incredible-jeff.html","date_published":"2026-08-24T16:04:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-24 16:04","date_timestamp":1787587485,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96137729","content_html":"<p>Phoebe Bridgers in the BBC Live Lounge covering Lithium by Nirvana. Absolutely stunning. Wow.</p>\n<p><audio src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/phoebe-bridgers-lithium-nirvana-cover-in-the-bbc-live-lounge-audio.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"></audio></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/transcripts/2026/08/20/3177.html\" class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/20/phoebe-bridgers-in-the-bbc.html","date_published":"2026-08-21T06:27:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-21 06:27","date_timestamp":1787293634,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":true,"note":"","syndication":[],"audio":{"url":"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/phoebe-bridgers-lithium-nirvana-cover-in-the-bbc-live-lounge-audio.mp3"}}},{"id":"96070142","content_html":"<p>I don’t believe for a minute that Amazon is the only company that has been <a href=\"https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/\">buying rare books</a> to scan them and, in the process, destroy them. They’re just the latest to get caught.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/19/i-dont-believe-for-a.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T03:24:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 03:24","date_timestamp":1787196278,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96069995","content_html":"<p>I was sorry to read about <a href=\"https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/08/in-memory-of-my-wife-elise-cawley-1961-2026-with-thanks-for-36-wonderful-years/comment-page-6/#comment-2816897\">the sudden passing of Stephen Wolfram’s wife, Elise Cawley.</a> He wrote a beautiful post about her that was really touching. May she live on through all those who loved her and were loved by her.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/19/i-was-sorry-to-read.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T03:18:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 03:18","date_timestamp":1787195938,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95850361","content_html":"<p>Unimportant Gmail now avoids filter limits: <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/15/unimportant-gmail-now-avoids-filter.html\">bradbarrish.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/15/unimportant-gmail-now-avoids-filter.html","date_published":"2026-08-16T04:52:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-16 04:52","date_timestamp":1786855961,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95801646","content_html":"<p>Jasmine Sun on the whole data center thing: <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/15/jasmine-sun-on-the-whole.html\">bradbarrish.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/08/15/jasmine-sun-on-the-whole.html","date_published":"2026-08-15T05:02:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 05:02","date_timestamp":1786770134,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94366153","content_html":"<p>I’ve really been enjoying <a href=\"https://www.ystrickler.com/what-dfos-is-becoming/\">the work</a> that the DFOS team is doing. I created a space called Ohey Computer. If you want to check it out, <a href=\"https://app.dfos.com/j/kedr7n973d7ezknfdn6d84\">this invite code</a> is good for the first 10 people who use it.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/07/20/ive-really-been-enjoying-the.html","date_published":"2026-07-20T23:32:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-20 23:32","date_timestamp":1784590376,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116954917537944722"]}},{"id":"93807979","content_html":"<p>Read it now, not later: <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/07/10/read-it-now-not-later.html\">bradbarrish.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/07/10/read-it-now-not-later.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T04:26:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 04:26","date_timestamp":1783744014,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116899455359704693"]}},{"id":"93292410","content_html":"<p>Unimportant Email: <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/07/01/unimportant-email.html\">bradbarrish.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/07/01/unimportant-email.html","date_published":"2026-07-02T06:39:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 06:39","date_timestamp":1782974351,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93167279","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://bearblog.dev/\">Bear</a> blogger, <a href=\"https://pego.dev/\">Peter Gombos</a>, created a simple, Bear-ish (Bear-adjacent?) called <a href=\"https://www.moments.im/\">Moments</a> that is really lovely. If you’ve been thinking about blogging for the first time or picking it back up, you can’t go wrong with Bear and Moments for sharing a little bit of yourself with the world.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/06/29/bear-blogger-peter-gombos-created.html","date_published":"2026-06-30T05:08:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 05:08","date_timestamp":1782796116,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93075979","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/canneddragons\">@canneddragons</a> thank you. I’m really sorry for your loss. May he live on through you.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/93075979","date_published":"2026-06-28T15:33:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 15:33","date_timestamp":1782660822,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92929451","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://yearsoflight.net/\">Years of Light</a> is a free art project and musical tribute to the work of Nas and DJ Premier, engineered and mastered by Green Studio NYC. I’m a few tracks in and this is absolutely awesome! 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Bambu was having a sale so I picked up a P2S AMS Combo for $100 off. It took some time to set up, but it’s calibrating now! Kids might be more excited than me. What should I print first?</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4832/2026/248cae84af-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/06/23/kinda-crazy-i-waited-all.html","date_published":"2026-06-24T04:40:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-24 04:40","date_timestamp":1782276032,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116803245113131090"]}},{"id":"92704723","content_html":"<p>It was cool to see <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260618-the-weird-and-wonderful-libraries-of-finland\">this BBC article on Oodi</a>, the incredible public library in Helsinki. I spent some time then when I was in Finland in 2022. It had opened only a few years before. It was the most impressive library I have ever seen. I remember thinking to myself how all public libraries should be just like...</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/06/22/it-was-cool-to-see.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/06/22/it-was-cool-to-see.html","date_published":"2026-06-23T02:42:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-23 02:42","date_timestamp":1782182559,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92672771","content_html":"<p>I don’t generally do such things, but I felt compelled to add my name to the <a href=\"https://resonantcomputing.org/\">Resonant Computing Manifesto</a>. This isn’t a time to be passive about the future.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/06/22/i-dont-generally-do-such.html","date_published":"2026-06-22T16:49:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-22 16:49","date_timestamp":1782146949,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92613631","content_html":"<p>My brother found some slides that had some never-before-seen photos of my parents. Here’s a great one of my dad. He was my best friend and such a gray dad. I am so lucky to have had him. I model a lot of my own parenting after him. He died from pancreatic cancer in 2007 and I’ve never stopped missing him....</p> <a href=\"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/06/21/my-brother-found-some-slides.html\">bradbarrish.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/06/21/my-brother-found-some-slides.html","date_published":"2026-06-21T18:25:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 18:25","date_timestamp":1782066354,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116789502795515845"]}},{"id":"92577969","content_html":"<p>My guess is the <a href=\"https://commodore.net/callback/\">Commodore Callback</a> will sell, but it would sell a lot better if it was priced lower. I love the idea of it though. Not crazy about the form factor though.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/2026/06/20/my-guess-is-the-commodore.html","date_published":"2026-06-21T00:45:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 00:45","date_timestamp":1782002729,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish/116785334643084038"]}},{"id":"92505094","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/roelio\">@roelio</a> didn’t realize. Thanks for calling that out.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/92505094","date_published":"2026-06-19T17:13:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-19 17:13","date_timestamp":1781889192,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90388786","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> thank you. Also, no need for apology.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/90388786","date_published":"2026-05-18T03:45:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 03:45","date_timestamp":1779075938,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90335537","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> honored to be in the company of other Brads in your feed.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/90335537","date_published":"2026-05-17T06:12:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 06:12","date_timestamp":1778998339,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90303251","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/netopwibby@social.coop\" class=\"u-url mention\">@netopwibby</a></span> thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/90303251","date_published":"2026-05-16T16:32:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 16:32","date_timestamp":1778949134,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90302945","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/adamprocter\">@adamprocter</a> looking forward to hearing what you think.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/90302945","date_published":"2026-05-16T16:23:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 16:23","date_timestamp":1778948588,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90302936","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> awesome! Let me know what you think.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/90302936","date_published":"2026-05-16T16:22:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 16:22","date_timestamp":1778948570,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89433555","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> thank you! All set and seems to be running smoothly again.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/89433555","date_published":"2026-05-02T06:06:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 06:06","date_timestamp":1777702010,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89360841","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> I just emailed you, but I’m seeing “No space left on device @ io_writev” errors and cannot seem to publish to my site.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/89360841","date_published":"2026-05-01T04:03:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-01 04:03","date_timestamp":1777608220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88681269","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/glass@typo.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@glass</a></span> ok, but did you laugh??</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/88681269","date_published":"2026-04-21T04:18:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-21 04:18","date_timestamp":1776745125,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86741778","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/kaa\">@kaa</a> what’s your review? Worth it?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/86741778","date_published":"2026-03-22T20:01:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 20:01","date_timestamp":1774209698,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86211764","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Excited to listen to the second part. I like Rick as an interviewer because he’s so curious and asks great questions that a lot of the circuit hosts don’t ask. He also gets access to people that many others do not.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/86211764","date_published":"2026-03-14T20:11:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 20:11","date_timestamp":1773519065,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84238864","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/antonzuiker\">@antonzuiker</a> there goes your weekend.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/84238864","date_published":"2026-02-14T03:35:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-14 03:35","date_timestamp":1771040117,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83881894","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cheesemaker\">@cheesemaker</a> where was this??</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/83881894","date_published":"2026-02-09T05:56:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 05:56","date_timestamp":1770616567,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83823642","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/roelio\">@roelio</a> it’s a local-first bookmark/tab hoarding system. It captures browser tabs from Dia (my daily driver browser) via AppleScript, auto-tags them using k-NN against the corpus of existing bookmarks, and syncs to Raindrop.io.<br>\nThe core workflow is:<br>\nCapture - Grab open browser tabs instantly into an “inbox” (SQLite database)<br>\nProcess - Generate embeddings (all-MiniLM-L6-v2), infer tags from similar bookmarks, optionally refine with Claude Haiku<br>\nSearch - Semantic or keyword search via a FastAPI server and web UI<br>\nSync - Push bookmarks to Raindrop.io for mobile access and backup</p>\n<p>The primary interfaces are Raycast script commands (keyboard shortcuts for capture, search, tagging) and a simple web UI. The API server can run locally, but I have it running on a remote (in my garage) Mac Mini running Ubuntu and every device is connected over Tailscale.</p>\n<p>It’s essentially a personal search engine for everything I’ve bookmarked (or had open in a tab), with automatic categorization so things are findable later.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/83823642","date_published":"2026-02-08T06:43:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-08 06:43","date_timestamp":1770532980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81418075","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/alxblk\">@alxblk</a> thanks for the h/t. I also love their website.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81418075","date_published":"2026-01-05T20:55:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-05 20:55","date_timestamp":1767646543,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81417832","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/alxblk\">@alxblk</a> Nice! My favorites are Poor Charlie’s Almanac, Get Together, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81417832","date_published":"2026-01-05T20:53:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-05 20:53","date_timestamp":1767646382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81295246","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> I do the same.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81295246","date_published":"2026-01-03T23:38:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-03 23:38","date_timestamp":1767483496,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81267217","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> I was thinking more by topic or something like that.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81267217","date_published":"2026-01-03T15:54:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-03 15:54","date_timestamp":1767455651,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81078890","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/nyquildotorg@gts.nyquil.org\" class=\"u-url mention\">@nyquildotorg</a></span> fixed.Thanks.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/81078890","date_published":"2025-12-31T16:31:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-31 16:31","date_timestamp":1767198701,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80186725","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/johnbrayton\">@johnbrayton</a> couldn’t live without it. Been my main RSS reader for many years. Congrats and well-deserved.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradbarrish/80186725","date_published":"2025-12-17T04:34:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Barrish","url":"https://bradbarrish.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F37%2F5607.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradbarrish"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-17 04:34","date_timestamp":1765946060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}