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The human behind the work: health, life, reflections
Continued Monitoring of the Situation
Week two of an AI-powered House Finch nest monitor: four model biases, a Wyze cam back from the dead, and a full pipeline rewrite before the eggs hatch.
"Monitoring the Situation" - The Internet of Birbs
Two pale-blue speckled eggs on the sunroom bookshelf turned into three cameras, an Unraid NAS, two AI models, and a journal that writes itself every morning. None of it had to be useful — it just had to be possible. Because joy.
Bugcrowd 2013 to 2025 — People and Places
A photo retrospective of Bugcrowd from 2013 to 2025 — the people, offices, and moments that built the security crowdsourcing category from a Sydney garage out.
Hacker Summer Camp 2025 — People, Places, and Things
A little photo diary of Hacker Summer Camp 2025.
Little update: “Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated”
It’s been just over three weeks since I randomly “let the Internet know” that I was heading in for unexpected heart surgery...
My office setup — Part 3 (US edition)
Optimizing my home office space for a work-from-home/hybrid setup became a bit of a hobby during the pandemic, and since returning to the USA from Australia in 2021 I've essentially replicated the successful aspects of the Sydney setup, with a few modifications.
My "office" setup
As WFH was going from novel to normal, the thought occurred to me that "virtual semiotics" was quickly going to become a thing... The equivalent of the how to dress, where to sit, how to speak type advice executives get taught, but for a world which is virtual by default.
Outrage is cheap
Outrage is cheap and of fleeting value. Introspection and change are expensive, precious, and resilient... and very easy to miss if everything is the other guy’s fault.
2020 Lernings for Make Benefit Glorious Year of 2021
My family and I are straight-up blessed with how we've fared this year, and I'm incredibly thankful for the myriad of people and things - but whichever way you cut it, 2020 was a dense and challenging year and not one I’d rush to repeat.
The Third-Quarter
"I'm exactly the same as I was nine months ago, but I'm also completely different."
Quick note for mentees
Seasoned experts get as much out of the “feet on the street” insights and energy of younger mentee as the mentee gets from their wisdom of the mentor.