{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - James McCullough","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/foursides","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"637","username":"foursides","bio":"I'm James McCullough: entrepreneur, writer, father, partner, and coffee-fueled polymath, exploring big ideas across work, culture, technology, and life.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":29,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/24/637.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"100950483","content_html":"<p>Media Diet: Books of 2026: <a href=\"https://foursides.ca/media-diet-books-of-2026/\">foursides.ca</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://foursides.ca/media-diet-books-of-2026/","date_published":"2026-11-12T15:00:30+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-12 15:00","date_timestamp":1794495630,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.ca/@foursides/117604070842410560","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:obdflg274u23zxbilyprpvt6/post/3n24qfrjtvp27"]}},{"id":"100913810","content_html":"<p>Today happens to be my birthday. Purchased myself a birthday present, the latest book by Robert Greene. <a href=\"https://link.amazon/B03atR3IS\">Sublime</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.foursides.ca/2026/11/11/today-happens-to-be-my.html","date_published":"2026-11-11T22:20:14+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-11 22:20","date_timestamp":1794435614,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.ca/@foursides/117600132608868376"]}},{"id":"100892883","content_html":"<p>47 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/IMG_9291.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/IMG_9307.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/IMG_0079.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://foursides.ca/47/\">foursides.ca</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://foursides.ca/47/","date_published":"2026-11-11T15:00:25+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-11 15:00","date_timestamp":1794409225,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.ca/@foursides/117598426931305100","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:obdflg274u23zxbilyprpvt6/post/3n22a77wpov2x"]}},{"id":"100830884","content_html":"<p>Media Diet: Birthday Edition <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/sinners.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Sinners poster\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/the-odyssey.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"The Odyssey poster\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/obsession.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Obsession poster\"> : <a href=\"https://foursides.ca/media-diet-birthday-edition/\">foursides.ca</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://foursides.ca/media-diet-birthday-edition/","date_published":"2026-11-10T14:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-10 14:00","date_timestamp":1794319200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.ca/@foursides/117592531365155601","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:obdflg274u23zxbilyprpvt6/post/3mzxmga36go2z"]}},{"id":"100913664","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://evaholland.bsky.social\">@evaholland.bsky.social</a> The Professor and the Madman is one of my favourite books. I missed this news. Very sad.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:obdflg274u23zxbilyprpvt6/post/3mzvg5k3lu22o","date_published":"2026-11-09T17:09:40+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-09 17:09","date_timestamp":1794244180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100775235","content_html":"<p>Room for More <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/IMG_0807.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/IMG_0839.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://foursides.ca/content/images/2026/11/IMG_0836.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://foursides.ca/room-for-more/\">foursides.ca</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://foursides.ca/room-for-more/","date_published":"2026-11-09T15:00:54+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-09 15:00","date_timestamp":1794236454,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.ca/@foursides/117587148159131373","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:obdflg274u23zxbilyprpvt6/post/3mzv7wahwax2i"]}},{"id":"100725825","content_html":"<p>Coming Back to the Cushion: <a href=\"https://foursides.ca/coming-back-to-the-cushion/\">foursides.ca</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://foursides.ca/coming-back-to-the-cushion/","date_published":"2026-11-08T15:00:31+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-08 15:00","date_timestamp":1794150031,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.ca/@foursides/117581428912105372","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:obdflg274u23zxbilyprpvt6/post/3mzsonganki2f"]}},{"id":"100653328","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780316452502/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780316452502\">Children of Time</a> by Adrian Tchaikovsky 📚</p>\n<p>A wildly creative, brilliant, and captivating story that had me turning pages faster than I expected. It’s an award-winning sci-fi book—the first in a larger series—about humanity’s journey to a terraforming world and what happens after a mistake...</p> <a href=\"https://micro.foursides.ca/2026/11/06/finished-reading-children-of-time.html\">micro.foursides.ca</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.foursides.ca/2026/11/06/finished-reading-children-of-time.html","date_published":"2026-11-07T00:58:21+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-07 00:58","date_timestamp":1794013101,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.ca/@foursides/117572443037951286"]}},{"id":"100567458","content_html":"<p>A quiet morning. Remembering the visit to Davison Orchards last week. It was my first time there. My favourite spot from everything to see there was hanging out with the animals in the barn.</p>\n<p>Highly recommended if in the Okanagan next year.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/396/2026/img-0937-m.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.foursides.ca/2026/11/05/a-quiet-morning-remembering-the.html","date_published":"2026-11-05T16:16:52+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-05 16:16","date_timestamp":1793895412,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.ca/@foursides/117564730497213404"]}},{"id":"100374436","content_html":"<p>I have the urge to write more. 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Lived there off and on for twenty years. </p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/foursides/301078","date_published":"2018-01-29T07:48:45+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-01-29 07:48","date_timestamp":1517212125,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"131377","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ben\">@ben</a> You may be aware of this, but your blog feed is coming up as two posts here. </p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/foursides/131377","date_published":"2017-08-15T05:07:47+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-08-15 05:07","date_timestamp":1502773667,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71999","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> I haven't received any invite yet. 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I haven't received mine yet. </p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/foursides/66096","date_published":"2017-05-06T22:51:10+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-05-06 22:51","date_timestamp":1494111070,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"39543","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Can’t wait to try out the iOS app.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/foursides/39543","date_published":"2017-04-29T06:47:39+00:00","author":{"name":"James McCullough","url":"http://www.foursides.ca","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F24%2F637.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"foursides"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-04-29 06:47","date_timestamp":1493448459,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}