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Weekly Thing #190 / WWDC, Passport, Roll

Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn’t that witty? I send this weekly, and it is full of various things. What would I call it if my last name didn’t start with thing? I have no idea!


Perhaps the “truest” indicator of where we are as the pandemic recedes in Minnesota is our calendar. If so, this last week is the first time we’ve had plans every evening of the week. It seemed like “wow, so much stuff!”

The school year wrapped up this week, which was part of those plans. I kept thinking back to being a kid and how incredibly awesome it was when summer arrived and you had this huge swath of time with friends, outside, and uninterrupted fun. Our kids were very excited to count the days down. Tammy and I also passed the milestone of being done with elementary schools. Time keeps on slipping slipping, slipping… into the future… as the song goes…

June 12, 2021
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Weekly Thing #189 / TiddlyWiki, JsonLogic, Smiling

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Growing up my Mother didn’t have all that many rules, or at least not that many that I remember. She didn’t let me play with any kind of toy gun. I only remember that because my cousins played cops and robbers all the time and that doesn’t work so well without a cap gun. She also was clear that swearing resulted in soap in the mouth. Once I realized that the bar soap could be used to make bubbles. That was short-lived fun and the bar soap was replaced with dish soap. Specifically Dawn detergent. I kept my mouth clean after that. 😇

One rule that I remember well, and I still follow without even knowing it, is that there was no TV before school. The morning was about getting ready and prepared for school, not for watching cartoons or anything else. This rule has stuck with me so much that even now as a middle-aged man I still can’t stand a TV being on in the morning.

June 5, 2021
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Weekly Thing #188 / Ethereum, Emulator, Ephemerality

Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing! At some point, you decided to join me on this exploratory journey of technology, culture, leadership, privacy, and many other topics.


Here we are at Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer! We have a cold weekend in front of us but will still be getting the most out of the long weekend. The cold will make it a bit easier to duck inside to watch the Champions League final. We’ll be rooting for Chelsea! ⚽️

I made a minor tweak this week to the titles of the links sections, and a minor formatting change to the Briefly section that I like a lot better. 👍

May 29, 2021
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Weekly Thing #187 / AirTags, M1 iPad Pro, Flamingo

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Hello there! 👋

I enjoy reading CJ Chilvers and his recent piece on newsletter advice resonated so strongly with me and how I think about what you are reading right now.

May 22, 2021
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Weekly Thing #186 / Blockchain, Pairing, Sharding

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Hello there! 👋

There are two fun milestones this week!

May 15, 2021
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Weekly Thing #185 / Signal, Peloton, Meebits

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Hello everyone! 👋 A big welcome to a bunch of new subscribers over the last couple of weeks. Welcome to the Thing!

This week both Tammy and I celebrated the final milestone of our Covid-19 vaccinations. 💉💉🎉 We lapped the two week mark on our second shot. Having summer in front of us and vaccinated friends is giving us a lot of hope ahead. It “feels” a lot easier to get out and about. 🤞

May 8, 2021
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Weekly Thing #184 / UML, Vizy, Markdown

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May 1, 2021
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Weekly Thing #183 / Visidata, FTP, Amazon

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April 24, 2021
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Weekly Thing #182 / Technical Debt, Identity, Neeva

Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn’t that witty? I send this , and it is full of various . What would I call it if my last name didn’t start with thing? I have no idea!

April 17, 2021
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Weekly Thing #181 / Grit, Collectible, Crypto

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April 10, 2021
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Weekly Thing #180 / Tetris, Ever Given, Backstory

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April 3, 2021
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Weekly Thing #179 / Nemawashi, Transformation, Geldingadalur

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March 27, 2021
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Weekly Thing #178 / Reverse Meetings, OODA Loop, Hockey Goalies

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March 21, 2021
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Weekly Thing #177 / NFTs, Roblox, HEY World, Exchange

Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn’t that witty? I send this , and it is full of various . What would I call it if my last name didn’t start with thing? I have no idea!

March 13, 2021
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Weekly Thing #176 / Brave Search, Speed, Finger.Farm

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March 7, 2021
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Weekly Thing #175 / Crontab, Fry's, Daft Punk

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February 27, 2021
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Weekly Thing #174 / Responsively, Underline, Skittish

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February 20, 2021
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Weekly Thing #173 / Minot, Unicorn, Bunch

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February 13, 2021
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Weekly Thing #172 / Blockchain, Bezos, Privacy

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February 6, 2021
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Weekly Thing #171 / Earthrise, Firecracker, Rivian

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January 30, 2021
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Weekly Thing #170 / MeetingBar, Platforms, Wikipedia

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January 23, 2021
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Weekly Thing #169 / Ted Lasso, Think for Yourself, Range

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December 12, 2020
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Weekly Thing #168 / Buy Gifts, Gratitude, DeepMind

Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn’t that witty? I send this , and it is full of various . What would I call it if my last name didn’t start with thing? I have no idea!

December 5, 2020
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Weekly Thing #167 / Production Oriented Development, Fathom

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November 29, 2020
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Weekly Thing #166 / Chess, Disruption, M1 Macs, Five Hindrances

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November 21, 2020
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Weekly Thing #165 / Sessions, Friluftsliv, Everlong

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November 14, 2020
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Weekly Thing #164 / Raspberry Pi 400, Time Blocking, Platform

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November 7, 2020
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Weekly Thing #163 / BeOS, Management Track, Writing is Thinking

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October 31, 2020
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Weekly Thing #162 / iPhone 12, Lidar, Quibi

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October 24, 2020
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Weekly Thing #161 / Letter, Asterisk, You Should Write ✍️

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October 18, 2020
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Weekly Thing #160 / Unlived Life, Disinformation, Snowflake ❄️

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October 10, 2020
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Weekly Thing #159 / 911 Outage, Small Tech, Workflows

Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn’t that witty? I send this , and it is full of various . What would I call it if my last name didn’t start with thing? I have no idea!

October 3, 2020
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Weekly Thing #158 / Blacklight, Whistleblower, Fly Fishing

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September 26, 2020
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Weekly Thing #157 / Superpower, Dune, Three Year Rule

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September 19, 2020
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Weekly Thing #156 / Identity, AI, Peloton, UPSERT

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September 12, 2020
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Weekly Thing #155 / Menu Engineers, Halo, RFC8890

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September 5, 2020
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Weekly Thing #154 / Giving Feedback, Apple WWDC, Anti-Encryption

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June 27, 2020
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Weekly Thing #153 / Values Oasis, Bison, Masks

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June 20, 2020
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Weekly Thing #152 / Juneteenth, Uncomfortable Conversations, Facebook

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June 13, 2020
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Weekly Thing #151 / George Floyd, I Can’t Breathe, Black Lives Matter

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June 6, 2020
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Weekly Thing #150 / Speed, Insane Videoconferencing, OmniFocus, LaTeX

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May 30, 2020
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Weekly Thing #149 / RSS, Blogs, Giphy, Flour

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May 23, 2020
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Weekly Thing #148 / What Day Is It?, Written Communication, Lisp

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May 16, 2020
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Weekly Thing #147 / Do The Work, Good Writing, Bye Amazon

Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn’t that witty? I send this , and it is full of various . What would I call it if my last name didn’t start with thing? I have no idea!

May 9, 2020
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Weekly Thing #146 / Stoics, Lockdown, MnTech, Learning a Language

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May 2, 2020
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Weekly Thing #145 / Permanent, Coronavirus, Zoom Fatigue

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April 25, 2020
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Weekly Thing #144 / Contact Tracing, Stockdale Paradox, John Prine, Goat 2 Meeting

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April 18, 2020
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Weekly Thing #143 / Archetypes, Wear a Mask, Zoom

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We have another week of Covid-19 lockdown behind us. 🦠 Our family has been doing our work from home and home schooling. The school district started distance learning this week and I’ve generally been impressed with what they have done in such a short time. The kids are engaged and seem to like it fine. We’ve also supplemented with some other things. We signed up with REM5VR to rent an Oculus Go that they load with educational software. We all did the Apollo 11 experience as well as an Anne Franke thing. It was pretty eye opening to me how effective the VR space was for learning.

April 11, 2020
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Weekly Thing #142 / Signaling, Zoom, Bill Gates, Decision Journal

If you’re new here — Hi! 👋 I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. If you were forced to input your email address or had recently attended an Ambien and vodka party, if you signed up amidst a fog of war, or if you’re just tired, so tired, and the thought of deleting another one of these next week is too much, then unsubscribe in one click. Otherwise, welcome to the ever-growing crew!


April 4, 2020
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Weekly Thing #141 / We provided 147,360 meals for those in need!

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Last week in I launched a fundraising campaign for . The response has been amazing! Because of the contributions from Weekly Thing readers That is stunning! 🍽

March 28, 2020
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