ether+nick

Just started preparing a slide deck for Friday. Sat down with intent, a chocolate bar (with hazelnuts, yum), and a protein shake. 40g of protein! Managed to get an outline done and now I'm lying down feeling a bit queasy.

Not today, executive function!

train spotted

(that's two different ICE trains, both departing for Munich from the same platform within like ten minutes of one another ^^ the second one was mine)

Peter Drucker once famously said that the only metrics that matter to a business come from outside the business.

A successful restaurant has some number of humans who've left fed and happy. A successful hospital takes in patients and healthy people walk out. Every internal number a business produces for itself might be informative or useful but does not ultimately matter.

Whenever I see companies spouting about their internal metrics like they're proud of them, I think, bluntly: who cares?

Calling all Fediverse and ATmosphere developers: 1 day left to apply for the Open Social Awards! conference.publicspaces.net/en

We're looking forward to put a spotlight on all your promising and innovative projects and products, and show people that healthy, sustainable, and sovereign online social spaces are possible!