POAP just published the Year in POAP 2023 with highlights of the year. POAP is one of my favorite crypto projects! I’ve issued a bunch of them! It was great to see the POAP I made for 20 Years of Olson Family Vacations highlighted in the Year in POAP!
Sam’s Christmas Village and Light Show
We made our first trip to Sam’s Christmas Village and Light Show to see the 12 million lights that they have on display. It was our favorite holiday light display we have been to. They have music playing, concessions, hot cocoa, Santa visits, and holiday music playing while you walk around the area.
We had friends over and played SHEEPLE: The Best Game in the Ewe-niverse for the first time. It was a fun game to play in a group with a lot of laughs. Recommended.
People & Blogs: Me!
When I first heard of Manuel Moreale’s People and Blogs project, I knew it was something I wanted to subscribe to and support. Keeping the web personal is vital to me. I love personal websites and blogs. A newsletter that shines a light on both sounded fabulous and would tell the stories of how we keep the web personal.
I was even more excited when Manuel invited me to participate! Issue 16 was released today: P&B: Jamie Thingelstad! 🤩
Here is a complete list of the previous people:
- Manton Reece
- Rachel J. Kwon
- Kev Quirk
- Brian Koberlein
- Toby Shorin
- Andrea Contino
- Ana Rodrigues
- Jim Nielsen
- Ray Thomas
- Jamie Crisman
- Piper Haywood
- Chris Coyier
- Robin Rendle
- Nicolas Magand
- Eli Mellen
Sign up to get new issues or subscribe to the RSS feed.
Tammy and I went to The Holdovers tonight at the Mann Theatres in Edina. We both enjoyed the movie and particularly liked the retro feel and pace of it. Plus great acting and a good story.
It was fun to be able to speak at the Mntech Tech Outlook 2024 event today. Dan Abdul, Sarah Engstrom, Eric Hanson, and I introduced our companies and covered a lot of ground with Jeff Tollefson moderating. Topics ranged from GenAI, talent development, technology strategy, and more.
Upgraded to OmniFocus 4
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of OmniFocus 4.0 and today is the day! I haven’t used any of the betas so it is all new to me. It was an easy decision to upgrade because OmniFocus is one of my most frequently used apps and the cornerstone of my GTD system.
I upgraded three Macs, my iPhone, iPad, and was excited to see a proper Apple Watch version that now runs completely independently.
My initial impressions:
- The user experience is a big change. It will take me a bit to get used to it, but I can already see how it is more streamlined.
- The logical role of perspectives in the user experience is way better.
- Love that the Apple Watch version is useful. I never used the previous version and it hadn’t been updated in years. This one I will use.
I was excited to be the first to claim tonight’s MN Blockchain Holiday Party POAP! Also see related POAPs.









