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Friday before a long weekend and a wave of meetings have been getting cancelled throughout the day. Now there’s just one left at 3pm, taunting me.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mroutley/90220941","date_published":"2026-05-15T11:23:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 11:23","date_timestamp":1778844237,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90194724","content_html":"@robertbreen yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ll get to plain text eventually. I’m iOS only though, so don’t seem to have any great solutions yet
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mroutley/90194670","date_published":"2026-05-15T00:22:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 00:22","date_timestamp":1778804570,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90186387","content_html":"The collaborative office puzzle is complete
\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/6287/2026/e6946d47fb-m.jpg\")
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mroutley/90170762","date_published":"2026-05-14T17:22:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 17:22","date_timestamp":1778779340,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90098514","content_html":"🔗 Jonathan English makes a useful distinction in Engineering Problems and Phone Call Problems
\n\n\nThere is a distinction that the infrastructure planning world doesn’t tend to make explicitly, but that explains an enormous amount of why large projects cost what they cost. It’s the distinction between engineering problems and what I like to call “phone call problems.”
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Phone call problems lead to increased costs, schedule delay, and significant uncertainty.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mroutley/89968691","date_published":"2026-05-12T13:19:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-12 13:19","date_timestamp":1778591982,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89964468","content_html":"🔗 The morning shakeout by Mario Fraioli
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Switching my journal from Day One to Everlog 📝: matt.routleynet.org
","summary":"Considering a switch from Day One to Everlog for journaling, the decision hinges on cost, developer support, and the app’s ability to meet personal journaling needs.","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/05/11/switching-my-journal-from-day/","date_published":"2026-05-11T21:37:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-11 21:37","date_timestamp":1778535439,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sve3sxihpxr6dgjkix7fovei/post/3mlmadrzgao2q"]}},{"id":"89925367","content_html":"Although I don’t have much use for AI, and certainly have many concerns, I’m also quite curious about it. As an experiment, I pointed Claude at my list of blog entries on books I’ve read, asked it to identify any series from the list, and find the next book in that series. I sometimes lose track of which...
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\nI started reading: Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. I’ve read that if I can get through the first couple of hundred pages, this is a great series. I’m up for the challenge! 📚
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/05/10/listening-to-the-call-by/","date_published":"2026-05-10T17:08:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 17:08","date_timestamp":1778432918,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89891390","content_html":"Listening to The Call by Broken Social Scene from Remember The Humans. Great to have a new album from this collective 🎵
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\nFinished reading: The Republic of Alberta by Tyler Dawson make a compelling case that the rest of Canada needs to be paying attention to Alberta separatism. I remember how traumatic this was with Quebec and am not keen to do this again 📚
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/05/09/finished-reading-the-republic-of.html","date_published":"2026-05-09T22:21:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 22:21","date_timestamp":1778365309,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sve3sxihpxr6dgjkix7fovei/post/3mlhbvmv6qr2m"]}},{"id":"89863894","content_html":"I counted myself in 🇨🇦
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\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/05/09/i-counted-myself-in/","date_published":"2026-05-09T21:42:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F51%2F5597.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mroutley"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 21:42","date_timestamp":1778362930,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89809755","content_html":"@manton yikes, that’s terrible
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\nFinished reading: Although I preferred the mystery of his previous book, Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley is still a fun read 📚
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@andrewdoran.uk wow, that’s epic! Congrats
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🏃♂️ Proud to run alongside my son this morning for his first half marathon. We shaved about ten minutes off his two-hour goal!
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@ericmwalk fascinating what you can learn about a place when you pay attention. Great story
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