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Island in the Net

@islandinthenet.com

Personal thoughts, photos, and side projects. Since 2001

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Wish Inhas this ready when a coworker in a Teams chat suggested we could accomplish more working in an office. https://fs.blog/open-plan-offices-suck-privacy-makes-us-productive/

Well, so much for #AI being a magical capability enabler. https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-09-29-gartner-predicts-70-percent-of-enterprises-will-abandon-agentic-ai-built-by-vendor-forward-deployed-engineering-by-2028

I’m with Aaron. https://aaronparecki.com/2026/10/17/5/rebuilding-my-indieweb-projects #indieweb #indieauth

Tracy Darnell tries to define blogging and argues that a blog is more than its technology. via @kOoLiNuS https://tracydurnell.com/2023/01/15/understanding-blogs/ #longeread

I work with software engineers to fix the architecture diagrams they show me. They may understand their designs now, but will they a month from now? https://seths.blog/2026/10/anticipating-confusion/

It's easy to forget that I work in an industry that knowingly enables global terrorism and illegal drug trafficking. https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-assesses-12-billion-penalty-against-bank-america

One Roll — Atlanta Film Co. Hand Rolled 250D (NRJ) at Avalon Beach

#filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

311635mm Camera

Just last month a friend and I were commiserating about how much we enjoyed reading his work over decades. I’m truly saddened. Via Daring Fireball. https://www.facebook.com/bob.cringely/posts/hello-this-is-mary-alyce-bobs-wife-i-am-coming-to-you-with-immense-sadness-to-le/10165215021701061/

Kugler Falls after the rain

Slippery fall leaves, a tricky boulder field, and a couple of unexpected slips on my ass before calling it a day.

HikingHunterdon County

Just a bit of colour in the backyard.

Wow! That was a nerve wracking start. #F1 #SingaporeGP

Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area

Last week I took a day off for bird photography. This week, I took another day off. #birds #ihigbeebeach #capemay