After years of no change, both Shawn and I have recently updated and brought to current the What We Use page over at The Cramped.
Today is “back page update day” for me, apparently.
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by Patrick Rhone, Master Generalist
After years of no change, both Shawn and I have recently updated and brought to current the What We Use page over at The Cramped.
Today is “back page update day” for me, apparently.
I updated my Now page including details on our upcoming trip to the Boston area. If you are in that area we’d love to see you.
Ideas need to be succinct, yet be complete, and open enough to be portable and applicable.
Mary Jo had told me once, “You think I want you to keep adding skills. I don’t. I want you to start shedding illusions.”
― Steve Hoffman, A Season for That
PM Talks S2E2 with Mike Vardy and Patrick Rhone — Episode 589: Alignment
I’ve not yet posted the latest episode of my monthly conversation with my friend Mike Vardy about ideas that matter. In this episode, we talk about the importance of making sure your tasks align with your purpose.
One of the favorite, most interesting, and most generally useful things I read every year, Warren Buffett’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder’s letter. I always learn something applicable and actionable.
We’ve got plans for the evening.

Very proud of my wife, who did all of the historic surveying and inventory work concluding in this successful vote to get local historic designation for Rochester, Minnesota’s Pill Hill District.
Here’s a (admittedly costly and privileged) thought: Instead of downloading your Kindle books and hacking the DRM from them, use the titles as a list to go buy from your local book store. Or, cheaper option, to keep an eye out for in a Little Free Library.
Back up the digital with the physical.