Adam Keys is Thinking

Everything is weirder and more capable.

Three modalities of creativity I am keen to explore: dirt, screenshots, monk-like. 1.

I’m on book six of Dune.

Watched: Spider-Man: Brand New Day 🎥 Properly rated at ~71% positive.

Patrick Dubroy, Fast is better than slow: Think about it — if you’re fast, you get data more quickly.

Frozen 2 should be rated R (Interconnected): Frozen 2 in which the entire city is almost destroyed by a tidal wave… It is SO LAZY.

If the clankers have you down, I recommend: read your favorites, write like that, discover new favorites, write and edit like that, rinse and repeat.

Working with agents, summer of 2026: you have an always-on, amazingly deep collaborator.

The frontier labs regularly run promotions like “hey there’s a long weekend or holiday soon!

So what had happened was, my daily reading sort of tailed off.

Grass touched, wind felt.

Silvermoon Brewing and McKay Cottage in Bend, Oregon

You ain’t got time for all this – the latest newsletter edition from yours truly.

🎧 Human Touch is the Phil Collins-est of Bruce Springsteen albums.

📚 Finished: In a Narrow Grave by Larry McMurtry.

Half-way through 2026, I’m finally getting around to posting some predictions for the year.

Exploring the Rich History of Funk and Soul Music: A Journey Through Rhythm and Emotion: Funk and soul music aren’t just sounds; they’re vibrant threads woven into the fabric of musical history.

🛬Back from Spain.

Fits on a floppy, great idea: Software has lost its way.

Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger is underrated.

Previously in tech, the joke was that Microsoft’s org chart was a bunch of divisions in a Mexican standoff.

Madrid–Barajas and Heathrow, day 10.

Madrid, day 9.

Toledo, day 8.

Toledo, day 7.