Nicolas Solerieu

I bought a $3 seedling of Dino kale at the farmers market right after moving to our new place in SLO.

Introducing a new format.

Big intersection, a 6-lane street crosses a 4-lane one with these new kinds of over-engineered, underused bike crossings.

We've been picking apples from the same tree for a few weeks.

On an early morning when I woke up before everyone in the house, I subjected myself to a curious experiment.

I was waiting after struggling with my loaded e-bike to get my kid to push the crosswalk button.

Taking a walk while waiting to be discharged.

I was out on a typical millennial dad errand: a Facebook marketplace pickup my wife arranged.

Tiramisu Tiramisu is for fancy people.

It’s now 4 pm, we have been on our usual trail for 20min max, moving at a 2-year-old pace. 50min/mile according to Apple Watch, that somehow « detected a workout ».

Having a child rendered the absurdity of some of my behaviors and how much I waste time.

I’ve been riding up and down a popular road for almost a year now.

I made it to the doctor's place just in time.

My take on a few design-related topics that kept popping in conversations over the last couple of months.

A list of all the career move options (not goals) 1.

Filling time with "interesting" experiences is so easy nowadays.

I’m (still) uncomfortable with the idea of being a blogger.

I used to have a notes.txt file on my desktop where I was putting down all interesting nuggets, like a wine cellar, hoping for them to mature.

As a 90s European kid, I didn’t grow up with peanut butter.

Storytelling is a fancy and abused word in the marketing world (BS).

The creative tools of today have democratized feedback, making it omnipresent.

Our digital ecosystem is bursting with features, interaction patterns, and graphics, but are they adding much to our lives other than noise?

I'm not a software engineer.

I ate shit on the trail today.

I'm lagging behind in many ways, taking too much time doing things the long, stupid way.

A few years ago, my team was hiring a new leader.

We're in an actual bank on a Monday morning.

A few notes on project management, collected over a decade of tech work. --- Personal observations The basic idea that PM/managers are either on their boss's side or the team's side is a toxic oversimplification.

Convergence of closing projects, PTO, end of first trimester, and grandparents' support have created an odd clear space.

Time, energy, and resources are limited for all of us.

Ergonomic office setup.

Getting the time has been a remarkably irritating experience lately.

I love riding my bikes.

State of Things Most software design documentation sites are related to their design systems.

A note on personal growth in the corporate ecosystem.

Web and apps are 2 different ecosystems by nature.

Once Annie described the typical life progression a way I still found agreeable: As a child, you’re told what to do by your parents.

Like taking a walk, I can’t think of a time I regretted reading something.

We all stare at screens displaying information.

When an interesting thought springs in my head and the urge to make something of it happens, I hold the thought.

When I landed in SF back in 2016 I was getting exposed to a whole new set of job titles.

A notification pops up somewhere.

The park is packed.

I'm bringing my blog back, properly.

I don’t remember much already.

My initial reaction was a double negative.

I have encountered in various contexts, similar notions that tickled me.

During the summer of 2019 while doing pullups on the outdoor structure of our apartment complex in Berkeley I started to have some mild pain in the forearm and the right hand.

A few years ago I wrote a rather silly post that was rambling on how tools were not the point, but rather the way they were used.

I seem to often confuse weakness with simply being overwhelmed.