Gratuitous selfie: “Make ‘em jump like Rod Strickland” 🏀

Today’s trip to the islands across from the coast: Sainte Marguerite

About last night

Big news: after our recent Series C announcement, I’m excited to share that we’re hiring for a direct coworker in my team (#CustomerSuccess on the multi-disciplinary One-To-Many team! #nowhiring

Sharing appreciated!

I forgot how much I hated traveling over the summer when families and young kids are like 80% of other travelers 😑

In other work-related news, we (@Spendesk) just announced our Series C

Fun past couple of days!

Fellow Sports Fans, this is your mandatory weekend reading sorted!

Happy John Mayer release day!

Casually walking around, when suddenly…

When the President @EmmanuelMacron is planning a Public Service Announcement speech related to Covid, this is how we dine:

🎸 Listening to mid-90s to late 200s alt-rock and pop-rock! Bring on Oasis, Lifehouse, Goo Goo Dolls, Smashing Pumpkins 😅

Your summer reminder to “Praise in Public” and “share Feedback in Private”!

A little effort goes a long way! #mondaywisdom

Can I please get a #SundayRead or #LongRead about how “How Does It Feel?” by D’Angelo might be one of the best and most sexually loaded love songs ever written and performed?

”Get over them by getting under me”

Celebrate small victories, always!

Baseball Girl

Korean Film Festival in Paris. Beyond the baseball aspects (which I love) this movie was more about societal and political issues. Highly recommend!

Annette

La La Land meets Real Life meets Greek Tragedy

A Quiet Place

Did not see the story going in this direction, and a good time at the movie! AQP 1&2 are such an experience to be enjoyed in theaters!

Street food evening at Belleville tonight #LeFoodMarket #KimchiHotdog

Upgraded my work laptop from a 2018 MBP to one of the new Macbook Air on M1. It’s like going to your first IMAX cinema screening!

Been a very nice evening over here

☕️

Discovered this Brazilian-Japanese bar & restaurant in the middle of the city! Fantastic find!

Also, fun fact: São Paulo has the biggest number of Japanese people outside of Japan, which I had no idea about

A lovely weekend

#NowPlaying

I am here for this fantastic French cultural reference on @AmyLawrence71’s article on the French National team

Anyone who knows me well should know that I’m a sucker for a good late night talk show, so this weekend read about Conan O’Brien’s farewell was just what I needed 🤗📺

I’m old now

Fka The Weekend

Y’all call this candy in the US 🇺🇸 I call this sugar-coated-in-flavoring-and-coloring

Got my Washington Bullets retro jersey from Brooklyn Fizz delivered today — so excited, my very first basketball one! 💪🏼 🏀

🦉👏🏼 One full year of learning Vietnamese on @Duolingo! 🏆 🇻🇳 #DuoStreakSociety

Absolutely loved reading @LaurenzCollins’ feature piece about @OmarSy (@Netflix’s #Lupin) in @NewYorker. It’s about the actor, the show, but also so much more about French society and modern history today!

À propos of nothing: I can confirm that tourists have started traveling back to Paris. In the second half of the summer last year, it was mostly Europeans (Italians and Spaniards, predominantly.) This time around, the number of overseas US visitors is skyrocketing by the day!

🧋🥵

The immediate follow-up for me now is to think about Micro.blog vs DayOne vs Tumblr (also an Automattic acquisition)

For the use that I personally have, all of these have inter-connections…

Wow, Day One (my journal app since 2010) acquired by Automattic is not something I thought I’d see.

Could be very exciting and interesting though…

Good evening, Paris

A perfect Sunday morning: - walking to get a morning coffee at a café terrace - picking up some pastries and fresh produce - preparing a homemade brunch, along with fresh juice and coffee

A picture is worth a thousand words, so here’s my 3000 word essay about this Sunny Saturday

Lovely afternoon!

Ok — completely validating #MissionSaigon from @TasterKitchens

❤️ Partners in crime forever ♾

I hereby declare Cold Brew season… OPEN!

I’m on the last train running home

Loving my new friend 🥰

Pre-curfew social activities

Bonsoir 🌇

📸🎙🖼 My wife’s work and art is being featured today on The Avid Pen

My first bike in my adult life! (MBK Super Sport from the late 80s)

👋🏼

Summer Vibes ready!

US v Europe, an allegory

A trip down to my parents’ place means that I’ve been able to recover a few records!

A nice day!

Home

You know the vibes

“_Les voyages en train_”

One last little walk in Montmartre before going on a weeklong holiday ✌🏼

The people around us have been very impressed with my wife’s complete change of career. She’s going live in a few days with another fellow creative (@britt_mgreene) for a session about just that.

More info here!

I need need need the Hoi An shirt from the latest @BledFC collection!

Trying to think about what would be the simplest/cheapest and overall best way to set up an automated newsletter whenever I post something on Micro.blog 🤔

Maybe something based on the RSS feed of my “Life” category to keep up with friends & family…

Bank Holiday Monday

Sunday

Montmartre, a green walk between rainy skies

My local fried chicken place has finally reopened after months of shutting down during the winter and pandemic!

I’m super excited as they’re part of the way that I experience the neighborhood and I’m mildly addicted to fried chicken!

This makes for a lovely weekend outing and conclusion to the big reopening week here in France!

Katsu sandwich thank you very very much!

Literal first drink outdoors this year! #EnTerasse

And now for tonight’s entertainment

studiosensibilite.com

During Covid Times, I don’t exactly have drinking buddies… basically I need more @Untappd friends!

I am here for this article about Tech, Accessibility, and Inclusion by my friend @ImCatNoone!

Today’s uniform

THERAPY & CATHARSIS is singing this at the top of my lungs!

Achievement unlocked

Mood: > Fate fell short this time > Your smile fades in the summer > Place your hand in mine > I’ll leave when I wanna

Wonderful takeover on Apple Music to celebrate #AAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islanders) heritage month!

If you can, watch the @MrEddieHuang interview and the short film about being Unapologetically Asian please do that too!

I stopped caring what people thought about me at 18 years old, and I can’t stress enough how great it’s been for my own mental health, sense of success, and dealing with success or failure!

Monday Wisdom: Be kind to others but don’t forget to be even kinder to yourself!

Pep, you beautiful genius:

Perhaps it might seem strange to some people to praise the player who decided not to take the decisive free kick. What those people might not understand is that De Bruyne, by choosing to step away, was absolutely taking responsibility. In the process, he was also demonstrating why he had the captain’s armband on his sleeve.

Deferring to Mahrez highlighted De Bruyne’s other special quality – he is a selfless superstar

Black & White outfit type of day

Saturday Memories

A few weeks ago, my wife and I decided to treat ourselves and wanted to make sure we’d remember this difficult 2020-2021 in a positive light.

We had our photos taken by @FlaneriePhoto on an early morning in the City. Love how it turned out!

#FreeDC

Don’t be fooled – the Super League clubs gambled everything and they blew it

Fantastic breakdown of the awful and disastrous European Super League on @TheAthletic today!

European Super League explained: the contracts, plots and threats that shook football to its core

Happy @Offspring release day! 🤘🏼 🎸 🔥

“I always felt like one of the best ways to get to know people was to watch them play basketball, so basketball has always been this thing within which I’ve studied humanity.”

| After the scars of ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ Eddie Huang took control on ‘Boogie’

“I’m going to do what white people have done to us for so long, which is to take our stuff, take our people out of it, and put themselves in.” —via Instapaper

This resonates heavily!

“Stop looking for a place you fit in. The world I’ve created for myself, the friends that I have, that’s my world. There’s not another country or place to go to. I accept being different, and I enjoy it.”

@MrEddieHuang Has Come Down from the Mountain

Random 📸 shots

People who have known me for over 5 years know of my love of indie publications! Stoked to have supported @CourierMedia for years and even more so since @DanielGiaco joined!

Cocktail Hour:
- 1 oz Agave
- 0.5 oz St Germain
- fill with litchi juice

Thank you @laurenzcollins — I’ve been so flabbergasted by this monstrosity!

If we could at least not call these ‘tacos’, everything would be better in the world 😅🌯

My first concert was on April 14th, 2004. (First concert away from going with my parents, etc.) Ever since then, something interesting has ALWAYS happened on April 14th. Let’s see if it all goes according to plan tomorrow :)

The other thing that drives me 🍌/🥜 is organizing social group gatherings (which are illegal for the time being BTW). Sometimes it’s really tiring living in a country where the default culture is to do as you please, regardless of official government guidelines… 🤬😤

Having a hard time empathising with French people going on holidays to Spain rn. Besides the legally-gray area (we’re currently in lockdown), the audacity of traveling abroad while the pandemic rages on feels incredibly selfish. We’re barely supposed to leave our 10km radius.

We’re on another snow alert until tomorrow afternoon but here I am squeezing in a quick run… 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🥶

👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 Thank you and well-done, Maryland!

“Maryland enacts landmark police overhaul, first state to repeal police bill of rights“ 🚓

Big throwback #OnThisDay: a hot afternoon walking around in Dubai :)

This #TibzWorldTour was definitely the trip of a lifetime!

Foxes Rock American Style IPA - Supporting Northern Ireland today 💪🏼 🇪🇺 Shared using @untappd #untappd

🇫🇷 About Time

There was good light in here

Happy Easter y’all! 🐰 🍫 🥚 🌱

Quick run before the Easter festivities today!

Holy shit: 533 million Facebook users’ personal information leaked online 🤯 but you still won’t quit FB right?!

🇫🇷 I beg my international friends and followers to read this piece about France and the French — it’s TOO spot on!

Cocktail Lockdown SZN

Places old and new

Not Heading To #Paris This Summer? The #Louvre Has Digitized 482,000 Artworks

Taking a few days off, and really started with waking up at 6am to do a morning photo shoot with my wife, in Paris 🤩

Apologies in advance to ALL social media marketers… but all things considered maybe we should all put all Social Networks on pause for a bit…

Been listening to my pop punk staples for the past week and it’s legitimately helped with my mental health!

Fall Out Boy, MCR, Simple Plan, Blink, Green Day, Sun 41, where my pop punk squad at?!

Sunday fun day

Empty stomach 🤤 + 7% beer 🍺 = 😵🤪

Pandemic, lockdown, and sunshine: Cocktail season is upon us!

Little known thing about me: I take my fun very seriously!

The past year, living through this global pandemic, has definitely had its ups and downs. In these difficult times, I’m incredibly grateful to have found my place as part of a few wonderful online communities.

I’m proud to have recreated this sense of “life outside of work”, making new friends along the way!

To illustrate this point, I now have a regular spot on a weekly podcast, discussing all things Manchester City Football Club.

Feel free to watch this latest episode and share any feedback — I’m always keen to engage with fellow sports fans: ⚽️🏉🏈🏀⚾️🏒🏎 — or to discover what everyone has focused on OUTSIDE of work since Covid (or prior to that!)

Monday Wisdom: “It’s a marathon, not a sprint” — apply it where needed (in life, at work, in creativity, or anywhere you see fit) and see you at the finish line!

Random shots

Always lovely to see a mention of my @mindtheproduct friends in other corners of the Internet!

Thanks @complexion @darkxrez 🥰

While I manage my own, Stop telling women they have Impostor Syndrome

My parents are giving me a serious case of wanderlust!

Third Wave Third Lockdown in Paris… Here we go!

Having a hard time justifying/tolerating the selfishness of people around me traveling to Italy/Spain for a week-long holiday, enjoying bars and restaurants 😞 🤷🏻‍♂️

Recent pics 📸

#StopAsianHate

Wonderful

Mondays amirite?!

Work hard, but don’t take yourself too seriously!

French Lunch

Even a year of Pandemic won’t bring us down!

Had to break out the #BelAir on this sunny weekend @MikeDSykes #TheKicksWeWear

Pandemic Mood Lifters — if you know you know!

Friday’s amirite

New addiction

No joke, I’ve been listening to this podcast since I was 13-15, about 15 years ago!

Still one of my favorite shows to listen to today!

🔥🤘🏼

🌞

Anyone else had their formative Internet years on Tumblr? 🙋🏻‍♂️

(Along with MySpace and early years FB/Twitter)

In our Very-Online lives, it’s hard to remember some eras we’ve lived through…

Let’s rewind back to the 2010-2015 Tumblr years…

Holy shit @KITH is opening a store in Paris!

What a great life story— and a great video from the Times too

Ahead of #PSGASM, a great memory from last year’s epic 3-3 draw with the one and only @walexturner

Virtual Office Activity: @Spendesk Cooking Class with a famous chef! Can’t wait to taste this tiramisu!

Sign me the f*** up for Emma Stone’s Cruella

Curfew Anniversary Authentic Mexican Food

Well, looks like I’m gonna start being a regular on the Manchester is Blue podcast! ⚽️💙

Whoever put the Dr Mario mosaic above a medical lab, THANK YOU!

Bourse du Commerce and its rotunda is finally fully renovated! Gorgeous area!

Was wonderful to take a day off today! Birthday week + Lunar New Year celebrations + a lovely winter walk in town!

Happy 30th to the love of my life!

New delivery from @1PetiteMousse — love to discover new different types of beers

The Artist

Decadent leftover lunch: Southern-American style chicken & waffles

Snow Day ❄️

Accurate

I might ask her to marry me again…

🎂3️⃣0️⃣🥳

1️⃣7️⃣

February is my favorite month and time of the year: birthdays & anniversaries season + @SixNationsRugby (always a good time for family time, together or apart!)

Merci @1PetiteMousse ! #BeerOClock

Nice to see some blue sky today after a few too many rainy days in a row

We’re a fortnight away from Lunar New Year (Têt in Vietnamese) so this article from @aqnguyen was published at the right time!

About Signal’s recent growth: a fascinating in-depth look by @caseynewton!

I’m definitely over the top tonight: not sure how she keeps up with me sometimes haha 😛 #TibzTheSportsGuy

Thank the @Calm gods for this new @Deadmau5 focus mix

Happy @Rhye album release day! #Home

Oh so Macklemore is back from Paternity Leave?!

Wow the new WhiteHouse.gov website runs on @Wordpress

Truly a historic day! Almost time to party and breathe a collective sigh of relief! 🎉 🇺🇸 🥲

Another fun @Spendesk company delivery today!

Snow day in Paris, first time I see this in person since 2012

2021 is the year I spend less time on @Twitter but more time on @Untappd and @Vivino

Vietnamese

2021 is the new that I switch/upgrade to Raw Denim

Haven’t had a CASS since my trip to Korea in 2017! 🤤 🍺

🐞 Taking care of our pet ladybug at lunchtime… this little one found itself in the kitchen a few days ago, and we’ve seen her pop back on occasion.

Since it’s cold outside it was time to create a little environment for her :)

FUUUUCK it is 0*C outside right now!

Heat check on a cold winter day!

Let’s be honest this is happening about 5 years too late but better late than never, I guess

The NHL is almost back so here’s a good opportunity to share one of my favorite things of all time: watching hockey games in Canadian French

It makes sense considering the history but I didn’t know it was possible until I discovered it last year!

I feel seen: have had to go through these hoops since 2009 so it felt nice to see an acknowledgment that immigrants have always had to deal with technology to keep up with family back home!

2021 off to a good start 👑

Wow, @PTComedy wrote a touching letter to his infant daughter about #Brexit!

Perfect end of a two weeks-long holiday:
- ⚽️ #CHEMCI at 5:30pm.
- 🏈 #Ravens at Bengals at 7pm.
- 🍝 Lasagna dinner at 8pm.
- 🏉 #ASMR92 at 9pm.
- 😴 Sleep at 11pm.

I’m a simple and happy man!

Very cold but efficient run today! strava.app.link/bwJbEP8fK…

New Year’s Day

The best NYE is the one you have in your own home #BonneAnnee #2021 #HappyNewYear #Byebye2020

Pixar’s #Soul is hella fun and wholesome! Perfect watch to wrap up 2020!

“German Christmas Market” feast over-delivered!

Taking Xmas present #2 for a ride today

A lovely Christmas Day!

If I hadn’t married this woman, I definitely would now, on the spot

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everybody 🎄

Lovely day out despite the grey, today

When that private sale on Korean Skincare product hits: #SpaDay

Experimenting with #Spectre for long exposure + Post Processing in #VSCO

Company Corporate Swag leveled up this year! 😷👕 @Spendesk

My German coworker came to Paris bearing GIFTS 🎁 🍻 🇩🇪

Memories from my trip around the world, on a warm summer day in Bali

Years after @danielgiaco recommended it to me in person, I’ve finally read ”All That Man Is” by David Szalay.

An introspective read for me, as I get closer to 30 years old and wrap up the year just before taking a break fir the holidays

Will be off work for two weeks starting this weekend.

Good opportunity to update and refresh my website/microblog & social profiles!

I’m participating in a (niche) podcast for the first time in ages later this evening!

Looking forward to it, but I feel a bit of impostor syndrome for the first time in a while.

Though the excitement means it’s something I care about 🤗 💙

Happy Hannukah! 🕎

Quite excited about my Fantasy Basketball team 🏀🤩

SNKRS: “A process that delivers both heartache and joy at proportions probably only mirrored by the New York Knicks and their dedicated fanbase.”

Happy @Kidcudi release day! #MotM3

Her first Christmas tree ever 🎄

🍔 The (veggie) Burger Queen strikes again

Bar: stocked

So proud: my wife was interviewed to talk about interior design, art, and staying creative during the pandemic!

I take my duty as a husband very seriously!

Me, a @WashWizards fan: “Aww man, I feel sad that the Wiz traded John Wall, even for Russ”

My wife (a Maryland native and formerly living in DC) who turned me into a Wizards fan: “Well, they couldn’t win anything for 10 years, so maybe the change is good…”

Here’s to a great weekend

#Thanksgiving dinner was fantastic this year thankyouverymuch

Random walk

Anyone who knows my wife knows how much she loves cheese— more than dessert! So I got her a CHEESE ADVENT CALENDAR this year 😆 🧀

Getting ready for Thanksgiving (since Thursday isn’t a holiday in France, we waited until the weekend)

Love these hidden little Parisian passages

Pumpkin pie & Espresso Martini!

We bought a bar cart!

strava.app.link

Boozy couple of days

When life & work gets stressful, I’m grateful that I can always count on @Complexion’s The Future Beats Show

Sunday Morning

Saturday

Got btns?

Love that @Apple is doing this: > “A Parents’ Guide to Among Us”

Day awff

👁

Good morning @ParisJeTaime!

Wonderful way to start the morning ☀️ 😊

“Maggie Haberman lives rent-free in Donald Trump’s head”

Lol:

They moved to exotic locales to work through the pandemic in style. But now tax trouble, breakups and Covid guilt are setting in.

Took a wonderful pre-lunch walk today 🤗 💕

It’s about that time! #MCILIV

👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 @Verge: > President Trump is defeated: the timeline is restored

👛 🧺 🦷 Just went in a bargain shopping spree and bought a 2 year supply of laundry detergent, toothbrushes and toothpaste. Ask me anything.

Two highlights of the day #GoodVibesOnly: - family sent over food goodies and specialities from back home - and a very good friend working for Puma gifted me this season’s @ManCity home kit

❤️ 🤩 😭

lol

Morning run

5:45pm local time, US election day. Beer o’clock? Bourbon Time?

“How to convince your friends to vote?”

Great podcast idea from my friends at Cappuccino

🌃

It’s Steelers week for this Ravens fan! 💪🏼🐦 🏈 #RavensFlock

Lockdown outing for the legal hour-long walk

About last night: #lockdown part deux, day one

And now for tonight’s entertainment… a gorgeous Australian beer (#Straya #Melbourne) with fantastic notes of chocolate

Dia de los MuerTibz

“In this house we take our food very fucking seriously”

Well, we’re going into to lockdown again so…

An afternoon walk… #Paris

Incredible article that really hits home, from @vanessa_hua

My @AppleMusic recommendations have been incredibly on-point lately! 🤩

Really insightful Sacha Baron Cohen itw in @NYTimes this weekend!

Worth a read regardless of whether you enjoy his films!

I finally figured out how to make “second screen” work on our TV, perfect for game days! #MUNCHE + #BVBSCH #RevierDerby

Testing @Halide #HalideMkII with quick VSCO edits

I’m the type of person who creates a custom @Loom video to respond to my customers, AND I WAVE AT THE END WHEN I SAY GOODBYE

Fuck 2020, we livin’! Invest in yourself, your home, your life 😊

Sometimes, @NYTimes writes really simple articles. I like it!

Wow: RIP Van Halen 🎸 🤘🏼 😢

First time watching this, ever! About time!

George Caulkin with the wisdom

“Shut up, it’s only been two games!”

Tell the right and far-right to fuck off, please and thank you!

So many podcasts… so little time!

I need a lot more #VelvetUnderground in my life!

French weekend dinner

“French Fast Food & Home Décor”

Thinking of COVID and Parisians’ attitude of disregard of guidelines when it comes to sacrifices of their oh-so-important social life, I can only think of a quote from my wife, recently: > “Better be lonely than dead”

About last night…

None of this is surprising, but holy shit he’s insane. Out-of-his-mind carelessness!

Tonight was our Fantasy Football draft! Excited!

“You think Rome is going away too? London? Tokyo? The East Village? They’re not. They change. They mutate. They re-form. Because greatness is rare. And the true greatness that is New York City is beyond rare.”

Jerry Seinfeld: So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’

Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ - The Atlantic

“can you all see my screen?”

Home inspiration

Nice day out today: running errands in style, shopping, and starting a locally-sourced liquor cabinet

Micro-photo-blogging series from the past few weeks in the south of France and being back in Paris

Wow, the latest episode of @TedLasso had everything! Excitement, drama, and a soul crushing finish!

Can’t wait for more: this show is real!

Definitely a bit of a mindfuck but TENET was fantastic! Such great casting, music, cinematography and a complex story!

The one time I’ll support PSG: in the final #UCL final against a foreign team I don’t support…

Bye bye 👋🏼 see you soon #Paris

Had to go to the fancy part of town today to run an errand…

Ok then…

First beer and first pizza in 3 months, had to go to the award winning #Bijou

This heat is very uncomfortable

🍕

Morning ride before the heatwave hit

The only way to eat during a heatwave!

Japanese drinks & dinner, and Lebanese ice-cream

So excited for the return of the @ChampionsLeague #UCL tonight! #CmonCity #MCIRMA

B*tch I’m livin la vida loca

[=]

Morning light on the couch 😊

Views

A Good Day

Dim sums and the slow end of my keto diet/transitioning to low-carb

Life comes at you fast! Stay safe out there!

About time

“Automobiles kill around 90,000 Americans every year — about 40,000 in car accidents, and an estimated 50,000 more from long-term exposure to air pollution emitted by cars.”

≠

Dear Business Insider, when a company is worth $1.3B, with several hundred employees, I think you can stop calling it a startup…

#TheHood > Your Hood

#BlackJoyMatters

I published a new Vlog yesterday :) been a while!

Been a while #RunMontmartre

Ran 2.20 kilometers with Nike⁠ Run Club in Montmartre! Good morning!

🇻🇳 😃 Been learning Vietnamese via @Duolingo for 65 days and yesterday was the funniest yet: Kangaroo is literally “mouse with a bag/pocket” 🦘

=> ** chuột túi ** 🐁 💼

💕

CORNICHONS WILL SAVE US FROM COVID

Life comes at you fast: @AS_Monaco is sacking coach for Robert Moreno and hopes to bring in Nico Kovac

Stoked to reconnect with @lostncheeseland (albeit briefly) and celebrating the release of her latest book #TheNewParisienne

La Belle Époque

“You look like a Candy Cane 🍭”, she said! #AupaAtleti 🔴⚪️

Afternoon adventures

“”Sports are like the reward of a functioning society.” We don’t have a functioning society right now so we dont get to safely have team sports.

Sean Doolittle: Sports are a reward America must earn - The Washington Post

More random shots from this weekend 📸 🖼

First time out of Paris in 5 months

Friends, food, and weekend trips by train!

Amour

First time at the Cinema since early March! #Memento

NYT: “I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing”

Bonsoir Montmartre

Time for some popcorn 🍿

Views from our walk tonight around Montmartre

Goodnight #Paris (Made with #VSCO)

A really interesting visit at the National Museum of Immigration in Paris today!

Wow Hamilton really IS all that!

5️⃣⭐️

Home sweet home

Saturday morning “Montmartre is a Parisian Village” run

‪Today, my wife and I received these incredible artwork from @britt_mgreene!‬

‪It’s even more beautiful in person! Thanks Brittany!‬

Day 48 of learning Vietnamese via @duolingo 💪🏼 🇻🇳

Another evening walk 😊

Evening walk 😊

Pistachio, a love story

Despite the weather, yesterday was a great day!

When she wants me to focus on the essential things… like 🧀

Ok.

So let’s say I’m changing my first name… Would it make you look past the fact that I’m not as fair-skinned as other names? Like, if I get a “whiter” French name… What’s the idea, that I’ll whiten over time ? Oh sure, you “don’t even see color”. You have “a friend of a friend that’s even blacker than an Arab”, sorry.

If I was Asian and I changed my name, would that be easier for you to pronounce than “rice-paddy” ? What if I move somewhere else, do I have to change again? Is there like a clever bland name that can bypass your anger? You know, I think even if I got a more French-sounding name, you’d assume something’s up, and at some point in the conversation, you’d be like “…but what’s your real name ?”

And if I change my name, do I have to change anything else for you ? I wanna know that. Are you gonna decide how I should dress, or not dress… or if I’m a woman, how I should undress at the beach ? By the way, it’s not a great look these days, to criticize a woman for “wearing too much”. Just sayin’.

Okay, if I change my name, would you also want to change other words, that aren’t French enough for you? Like, in everyday life ? It’d be tough in the corporate world. They’ll be lost without anglicisms. No more “I’m sending it ASAP ! “ “Let’s make a conf-call ! Why not ? Yes, let’s get lunch sometime ! “

Alright, if I change my name, what are you willing to change ? Say I’m down for the switch, what do you switch ? Are you gonna chill a little ? Maybe ease up a bit ? Because to me it looks like you’re just scared.

Scared to see your world change, at the hands of people like me, when you’re the one who wants me to change in the first place. I don’t even know what you want, actually. I can’t figure it out, because… You want me to change so I feel more integrated, but when I do, you think I’m “Great Replacing” you ?

If I change my name, will I finally not have to justify myself when someone who looks like me, commits a crime that doesn’t ? Or, since I’ll have changed my name, I’ll now have to apologize whenever Nicolas or Patrick screws up ? You know, as they do. Oh no you’re right, these names never need to apologize.

Alright, granted. Would it change anything for you, if the French soccer team won the World Cup twice, thanks to Frenchmen with not-so-French names ? See I’m being sarcastic, that’s as French as it gets. Ok.

Stop. Tell the truth. I was born here, but you’re still terrified

Stop. Tell the truth. You know I’m here, but you always act surprised

I’ll stop. And tell the truth I tell jokes, but that’s not really what they are.

I’ll stop. And tell the truth. I hate it, that you need to hear the truth

Stop. Tell the truth. Tell the truth. Tell the truth.

Watch this incredible piece on YouTube

“The coronavirus recovery is an opportunity do to everything differently, not go back to normal“

“Assa Traoré and the Fight for Black Lives in France”

via @Instapaper

I’m catching up on the #SnapPartnerSummit (@Snap) and I love the idea of Snapchat being the social layer for life, especially over the FB/IG monolith!

20 days into our Keto Diet and I stopped feeling drowsy in the afternoon + started feeling a lot more energized/focused/thinking more clearly lately!

Almost feels like a Productivity Superpower where I’m able to do 20-30% more within the same time constraints.

First run since starting keto diet, didn’t run in about 10 days 🥵😤

No Room for Excuses: @Netflix released its documentary 13th, in its entirety on Youtube, for free!

Please watch it as soon as you can!

“France has fared better than many in the pandemic, especially when compared with the United States, Italy, Spain and especially Britain. Just don’t tell that to the French, who resent Mr. Macron for it more than ever.”

This is what I refer to when I say that my *French people tend to be unreasonable*… Nothing is ever good enough, regardless of results! 🤷🏻‍♂️

≠

“This is the moment Colin Kaepernick helped create”

Took some time to re-visit one of the biggest flea markets in the world, in our backyard

Damn, 14-yo are really freaking smart these days

Walking around town, and a jungle at home

Spicy Life, Happy Wife

WTF!

They did follow his advice: > “People have put bleach their food. Others have gargled or inhaled it. And some have washed their bodies with household cleaning and disinfectant products.”

This week has been draining.

It’s no longer possible to stay on the sidelines and watch the situation silently. What’s happening now in the US is a fight that also happens here in France, and in many other places across Europe and around the World.

As a light continues to shine on societal inequalities in the US and the world, these are resources I have discovered that are helping to educate me on anti-racism and systemic racism. I’d like to share them below, in the hope that it helps others learn more about the situation impacting African-Americans and the Black community as a whole.

Step 1: Educate Yourself

Books

Buy some books from a local, independent, preferably black-owned bookstore. I read some of these and ordered a few more that I’m looking forward to go through this weekend:

• Between the World and Me
• How to be an Antiracist
• So you want to talk about Race
• Hood Feminism
• Stamped from the Beginning
• I’m Still Here
• What doesn’t kill you makes you Blacker
• White Fragility
• Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race
• Anything from James Baldwin (The Fire Next Time , If Beale Street Could Talk , I am not your Negro, Giovanni’s Room, etc.)

And to my French community, most of them should be available translated in French too.

Podcasts

• Kiffe ta race (FR)
• 1619 (EN)
• Pod Save the People (EN)
• Code Switch (EN)
• Higher Learning (EN)

Movies & TV Shows

Movies

• 13th (Documentary - about mass-incarceration) ( Netflix )
• I am not your negro (Documentary)
• Just Mercy (inspired from true story)
• The Hate U Give (adapted from book)
• If Beale Street Could Talk (adapted from James Baldwin novel)
• Do The Right Thing (Classic watch — Spike Lee)
• Boyz n the Hood
• Fruitvale Station (inspired by true story)(Directed by Ryan Coogler: Black Panther, Creed, etc)
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco (More about Gentrification)

TV Shows

• Dear White People
• When They See Us
• Watchmen

Living in/Visiting Paris?

• Book a tour of Paris with “Paris Noir” to learn about how African, Caribbean and African-American culture connects the City of Lights. (Available in French & English)
  

Step 2: Act

Ask yourself what you can do

• Learn about the biases that you may have, identify it, and try to think past that. Just like any exercise or habit, it gets better every single time you’ll practice.

Review diversity and inclusivity initiatives at the company you work with/for.

• Talk about it with your local HR/Admin leaders & Management.
• Keep in mind that diversity & inclusivity can be about different nationalities but also about differences in terms of social, educational, cultural or even economic background.

Shop at local businesses

• Discover Black-owned businesses in Paris with “Little Africa” or this list of 50+ black-owned businesses in Paris
• Order their ‘City Guide’

For every single one of these points, a quick search online is all you need to be literally inundated with suggestions, so please don’t be lazy.

And I’d be more than happy to look into this some more if anyone wants to reach out privately too. And obviously, feel free to share this list around you and let me know if you were able to experience some of these resources!

I hope this helps, and I look forward to living in a better world with all of you!

My friend @AsantePhenix just released a brand new single today! Please go check it out!

Please if you watch just one thing today make it this one!

A message from the President of the United States

Thank you #RunTheJewels!

Which Side Are You On?

Looks like tonight’s as good a time as any to start watching #ThePlotAgainstAmerica #TVCatchup

Hell of a week to start with Keto Flu 🤷

Great to see @Snap / @TheSnapCamera promote #APAHM with dedicated filters!

🤔 =

Friday night urban photo shoot

👌🏼

Did I misunderstand this whole article, or does this translate to: “ Europe has a real opportunity to come out of this as a stronger alliance of countries ” ?

Treat people around you well, at all times, no matter what you’re going through, and 99% of the time, it’ll pay off in the best type of human compounding interest!

No surprisethere:

‘Even as the death toll neared 100,000 and unemployment ranks swelled to over 38 million, Trump couldn’t see the pandemic as anything other than something that had happened to him. “The problem is he has no empathy,” the adviser said.’

Source:

Nothing like French Quarantine Horniness

Still feel like Jay Z’s 4:44 is underrated… 🤷🎼

Binged @NextInFashion in 24h and now I’ve upgraded my entire wardrobe with 2 new pair of pants from Uniqlo 👖 👌🏼 Inspiration can be found anywhere!

Get your wife a wedding dress that she can wear more than one single day in her life 👌🏼

Best investment ahead of a partially locked down summer: a cold brew bottle x filter courtesy of Hario and our neighborhood coffee roaster 👌🏼 ☕️ 🧊

“How in the world does it make sense for a company in a low-margin, long-established business with financials like this to rack up $17 billion in debt?”

Been catching up on @LilTunechi’s #YoungMoneyRadio show on @Beats1 @AppleMusic and it’s impossible to dislike Wayne, I swear!

One of the most wholesome rappers out there!

Ready for the return of the @bundesliga! Go @blackyellow #BVB #Dortmund #Revierderby

Afternoon working in the jungle

‪👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 @LostNCheeseland 🇫🇷: > ‪“While Americans blithely debated the importance of restarting the economy even if it comes at the expense of more human life, French leaders deliberated at length about the right moment and the safest approach to reopening for business”‬

New favorite afternoon drink, now that days are getting slightly warmer: pouring an espresso shot into a glass of milk!

LOL the remote #ParksAndRecs reunion is low key brilliant!

“Paris is no more Paris without its smart young people chattering outside at now closed cafes than New York is New York without skyscrapers. Paris reduced to its architectural essence is grandiose but cold, an unreal postcard.”

“The institutions through which Americans build have become biased against action rather than toward it. They’ve become “vetocracies,” in which too many actors have veto rights over what gets built.”

Congress can’t rebuild US infrastructure until America rebuilds Congress - Vox

Mood. Damn.

Weekend Plans: finding Aperol and/or Martini #CocktailGang

Bonsoir Paris

I miss sports. Watching and playing. ⚽️🏀🏈⚾️🏉🛹⛹🏻‍♂️💪🏼

Yesterday was a tough day, stressful and all. But today is already more than making up for it, both personally and professionally 👌🏼

Bonjour Paris

One of us is a vegetarian, but the other one hasn’t told it to them

Weekend trip to the local bakery

This is a Friday evening message to say: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING! :)

Hour-long meetings that could be summarized in 10mn w/access to slides ahead of time

“The TV Show I love: _Grey’s Anatomy_” | www.nytimes.com

I feel incredibly grateful to our leadership and HR/Admin team for ensuring that we all feel cared for.

The people-first approach taken by our leaders is refreshing and continues to comfort me in the decision I made a year ago to join @Spendesk!

Well that’s the weekend (or the rest of the confinement period) sorted then

We finally got the new @SlackHQ redesign and I’m happy to report that these smaller iterations are making life a lot more manageable!

Week 4

It was three years ago that I left for my big year-long trip around the world! 🗺🤯

A long but good day overall

OK, whoever recommended @EndelSound — THANK YOU!

Feel like I got more done this afternoon alone than on Thursday+Friday last week!

Can’t make this shit up

Quarantine week 3

😢 Dammit, I really miss my PS4 🤷🏻‍♂️

‪Not the hero we deserve but the one we need right now… thank you Frank!‬

‪music.apple.com/artist/fr… #FrankOcean #DearApril #Cayendo‬

We’ve onboarded as many employees during Q1 2020 (this past quarter) than there were employees a year ago during Q1 2019.

Insane.

When I was planning it, I thought this previous meeting was going to be a shitshow, but it turned out great, thankfully. 💪🏼🙌🏼

So I suppose impostor syndrome never really left, it was just sitting quietly in the corner, waiting for an opportunity to pop by and say hi! 🤷🏻‍♂️

My favorite @TheSnapCam x @Zoom_US is the glitter-one — making internal meetings a little more fun!

It’s incredibly difficult to focus today

Thinking of which Sagas I could rewatch over the next few days/weeks. Of the top of my head: - The Lord of the Rings (possibly with The Hobbit) - Resident Evil - Fast & Furious - James Bond (only a select few)

Am I missing something? Any recommendations?

Empty #montmartre run again today

This is usually one of the busiest streets of #Montmartre #Paris

This cover from Sports Illustrated 🤯 😢 ⚽️ 🏀 🏈

Daily meditation courtesy of @calm and @kingjames

Fantastic Photo-Essay in The Times today

Giving #Brave another chance… Firefox is solid but can still be a bit clunky on Mac.

Quarantine Diary: did some yoga today! And boy-oh-boy am I NOT flexible!

”Humans – even entitled millenials – are experts in adaptation. But no one said that adaptation wasn’t painful.”

Really happy to see my friend @TonyHymes back to blogging during these times!

shrug emoji

If you’re looking for some great music to get you more relaxed or focused over the next few days and week, I can only recommend @Complexion’s #TFBS

As a big Sports Fan, this article hits home! — “Let’s keep sports in perspective right now” | The Athletic

You know it’s the endtimes when #JayElectronica drops his album after a 12 year wait!

Now’s the time to go all in on empathy and kindness

Be good to one another: your loved ones and your coworkers, but also to strangers you might see come across in grocery stores or in your apartment building.

Fascinating to see that the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering is using #GitHub to track #Covid19

Very impressive of @ZenlyApp to offer an up-to-date “Coronavirus” map

Gotta love post-Microsoft Steve Ballmer | theathletic.com

A really interesting read from one of the biggest voices in the world of Remote and Distributed work!

New Productivity Tip: I went from setting Slack on Do-Not-Disturb to quitting the app for a few hours at a time.

Working great so far — just need to reopen it on occasions, but there’s rarely any real emergency.

And if there was, someone would get in touch.

My #DailyCAH

Farewell BoJack Horseman! You were much deeper than I ever expected when I first started watching, and I thank you for that! :)

Big weight off my shoulders

Today was a good day!

“How about a call, because I think you’ll be interested in my background so far, and maybe you could interview me for your podcast?”

People really out here needing a reality check on their ego! I’ve also not recorded an episode since… 2018! 🤦🏻‍♂️

Listening through Kendrick’s and Cole’s discographies, in chronological order again.

They’ve reached the highest of highs and yet they’re still underrated!

The day after a company party everyone is tired/hungover, there’s always this really nice feeling of belonging, like it’s a tough day for everyone involved, and therefore we feel closer to one another. A very nice feeling :)

BINGOOooh?

Thank you @Complexion: imma need these incredibly wavy vibes this avo!

Signal becomes European Commission’s messaging app of choice in security clampdown - @Verge

Sunday

Sunday 😊 🇫🇷 🏉

Love the new office views 🤩

Loving the new @Mixcloud identity, and the company/brand generally! Happy Birthday #Mixcloud10!

Love seeing the Sales team so fired up!

Happy very first wedding anniversary my sweetest love 💕 👰🏻 🎩 💍

I have never seen so many people here, even in the summer!

Happy to be back on the local court!

You won’t find me complaining about the commute to the new office anytime soon

America is too funny

Home sweet home

🎧

I just need a way out, of my head

It feels like I’ve achieved more in a half-day working remotely, than I normally would on a full day at the office 🤷🏻‍♂️ 😆

Late last week, someone took our coffee machines. We assumed that it was a mover, taking it to the new office. Turns out they got the wrong office. So today, when the Coffee Company employee came with two machines, the entire office clapped and applauded him. Hilarious morning!

Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization: Then & Now

Fascinating and maybe, just maybe, we need to rethink some things…

Feeling this: “Got the cards in my hands / I hate dealing” :)

Still hauntingly beautiful, perhaps even more given the circumstances.

“Compassionate Search”: This is absolutely brilliant!

Best #ProductivityTip for this #BlueMonday: snoozing Slack notifications until tomorrow and only checking manually and sporadically throughout the day!

Still in love with these jerseys @kappa released for @AS_Monaco this year! ⚽️😍

🆓 Productivity Tip: Spending the entire workday with Do Not Disturb enabled on my Mac 👌🏼

I seem to have found a way to completely switch-off my impostor syndrome, and it feels like a naive ‘exploring the jungle’ type of superpower!

I swear, anytime I use Versioning with iCloud documents, I feel like I have the ability to go back in time — and it feels like a superpower!

I need that @Soulection energy!

It’s 2020 and I don’t think most people have realized that the best skill needed in business is empathy: compounding interests of doing business with empathy is virtually endless and immeasurable!

Forgot how dope that intro was!

This was awesome and we got away with a 3-3 draw! Also amazing to see both my home team and Neymar/Mbappe on the pitch!

Well, looks like I’m going out to a football game for the first time in about 12-15 years to see my first love @as_monaco playing against PSG tonight! :)

Excited despite the chance of a big loss..!

🏈 Really bummed that the Ravens game is on at 02:40am in my timezone tonight! :(

Wow, Mr Robot 405 is an entire episode without a single voice? Amazing execution!

Nothing like nasty trap beats and south korean rap to find my afternoon focus!

Today’s focus music, courtesy of “@Baauer’s Studio B” radio show on @Beats1 | @AppleMusic

Full of silly beats and filthy sounds!

“The biggest consumer technology successes of this decade will be in the area of privacy.”

Here’s hoping! ≠

🎧 So many podcasts… so little time! 🎙

The Athletic’s NBA Power Rankings Week 11:

“This season, (Scott) Brooks is coaching his ass off. He’s had this Wizards team as a top 5 offensive efficiency all season long.”

Why didn’t anyone tell me hockey was SO FUN to watch?!

First day back at work bound to be a long one: in addition to all the necessary catchup, I’ve been up since 3:30am. 😔 😴

Started watching #Watchmen, at last, after reading the book every couple of years… Really loved this frame!

Indulging

2010’s: the decade of ebooks… or not!

Another item for the bucket list: Chinese food on Christmas Day in Chinatown! Highly recommend the Green Garden Village on Grand St

🎅🏻 “Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animals!” 🎄

More bucket list stuff ticked off: Rockefeller at Christmas and walking down 5th Avenue

Similarly to our Fall trip to Venice (🇮🇹): French people are everywhere in NYC and impossible to escape 😆

Lamar Jackson: Changing the game, inspiring people and pushing the boundaries of what is plausible! 🏈

American bar food, Filipino Dive Bar, Mexican Tacos, Tiki Bar, Vietnamese shack, Ramen Bar, Korean Coffeehouse, Cuban lunch spot…

NYC/Brooklyn = possibly one of the coolest places I’ve ever been. Unsurprisingly. But still!

Brooklyn + Manhattan today :)

Day 3 and #Brooklyn continues to amaze!

🗽I freaking love Brooklyn and NYC 🤩

Prescient: > ”One thing is certain: We are living in the world’s most advanced surveillance system. It was built to make money. The greatest trick technology companies ever played was persuading society to surveil itself.”

”Foursquare say they don’t sell detailed location data like the kind reviewed for this story but rather use it to inform analysis, such as measuring whether you entered a store after seeing an ad on your mobile phone.”

I appreciate that @Foursquare was clear on this one

Finally got our rings, and finally made it to Brooklyn (first time!)

It’s the end of the year, so this holiday season, tell your coworkers how much you appreciate them. In private. Away from Social Media.

And as always: > ”Praise in Public, Feedback in Private.”

Hadn’t noticed that I really look like a skeleton today…

Less than two weeks left in 2019, but we’re still making the big moves!

Nothing like an end-of-the-year rush to build solid foundations for the future!

Lunch was glorious today!

UGH — Why shoot yourself in the foot twice?

A big reason as to why I’m so happy to have started working at Spendesk this year is due to the amazingly welcoming team of humans I get to work with everyday.

To finish the busy year on a good note, the entire Customer Success team is playing a little game of Secret Guardian Angels: each of us is assigned a colleague, and, until the end of the year, the goal is to try to make their days a little happier with small attentions.

Today, I was delighted to arrive at the office with a little note and some sugar puffs pastries 🥐 🥰

Why humans kiss, explained | Vox

“A comic about the cultural and scientific reasons we love making out.”

“…while Slack has long had its critics, the fact that a CEO has now resigned over her Slack messages feels like a new milestone in changing opinion about the company.” | «Away’s CEO steps down: a story about Slack»

It is a testament to the writers of #TheHandmaidsTale and the actress playing Aunt Lydia that every time the character is onscreen I get really angry and exasperated! 👌🏼

Love you @WeSupportNYC 🥰 My employer @Spendesk is hiring for many different positions, amongst which #CustomerSuccess #CX #Support #Care positions!

Today I Learnt that group weddings are still a thing 🤯

The Away story reminds me about one of my first managers. The similar personality traits and lack of empathy are quite striking… :/

Do your coworkers a favor and restrain yourself when using @Here and @Channel in @Slack please! 🙌🏼

CTRL+Return is my favorite shortcut on Google Spreadsheet (on the Mac)

🏀 @TheAthletic with the right questions

🎧 This newly released song from New Found Glory is absolutely working for me! 🤘🏼

“Necessity is the mother of invention”

🦃 🎉 Had to wait until the weekend but our first Thanksgiving between Franco-Americans was a success! 😋

🍿 Fascinating move by Netflix (via @Grayareas) 🎥

If it sounds like ”Imagine Dragons” and it quacks like “Imagine Dragons” …then it must be Awolnation 🎵

A day after the regular Thanksgiving, but a day before we celebrate with our international friends, I’m incredibly thankful to my wife for always being there to offer wise advise and support me no matter what!

🥰 💍 x 🦃 🥧

The world’s a much better place with her in it!

Would legit listen to an instrumental of @VoxMediaPods’s #Reset podcast theme track!

Fun weird moment in #Paris: lights went off in THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD for about 10mn

Thanks @SleeperHQ 🤔

Hell yeah new ⚽️ podcasts on @theathletic

So happy that @TheAthletic finally updated the UI and UX of their Podcasts section: a much better experience!

Highly recommend the new album from @TheLastSkeptik

Big Body Bes yelling: “Machine Gun Moneyyyyy!”

Honestly feeling sad for Lloris and Sonny with the incoming Mourinho ‘leadership’

One of the tech companies and founders I respect the most: Foursquare and Dennis Crowley

Started The Handmaid’s Tale over the past week, with my wife (watched Season 1 in 4 days) and while it is really well made, I am so involved that it makes such a frustrating watch… Anyone else watching this show? Or having read the book?

Despite the rain, it’s been a very nice little week-end!

One more time for the people at the back! It’s bad tech etiquette to take other peoples’ phone chargers - The Verge

Early Weekend Getaway

#TFBS221 was exactly what I needed between a stressful afternoon and a winter night, at 4 degrees Celsius walking home in the streets of Paris. Thank you @Complexion!

Lamaaaaaaaaaar Jackson!

The #BrunchQueen strikes back!

For people like @MrWhatman and myself, Bank Holiday Monday in Europe means… more time to watch the NFL on a Sunday Evening 🏈🤩📺

I get really excited when I can use @UseLoom to record a quick screen-recording to share with my co-workers, and even better, with my customers!

Call me a dork, but the productive gains over long emails/annotated screenshots are life-altering!

The @OneFootballEN podcast: come for the football, stay for the cultural commentary between Europeans, Brazilians, and Brits talking about noix de muscade (nutmegs)

England’s Number One

Sports is amazing, man! Never thought I’d get to see a team I support play a defender in goal!

This Inter team is special! #UCL #ForzaInter

Really excited about Gameday 4 of the #UCL #ChampionsLeague tonight!

This past honeymoon weekend in Venice has been the perfect break!

Venice for the weekend 🇮🇹 ✈️

America, it’s funny cuz it’s true

• How do we beat our competition?
• By not even worrying about them.

Hot damn, hot water, hot shower Hotlanta, smoking green, cauliflower

Monday, amirite?

So happy for Pulisic, man! This Chelsea youth team is exciting!

Off the beaten path :)

#FPL, an update

Testing something… Hi! :)

Top of the city!

"My Kindle could’ve been a hub for all of my reading, from newsletters to newspapers to subscription sites to books. Instead, it’s a thin electronic paperback book, and that’s all. That’s not nothing—but it could’ve been so much more."

[=]

Funniest autocorrect yet!

Only in France… 🍾🥂🥳💜🏖 @Spendesk

“BRIGHTBURN” was a fascinating take on the Superman mythology! boxd.it

Benefits of working in FinTech and having a brother in law in Banking: SYNERGY and easy access to good information!

My headphones are bust and I might have to wait for 3 weeks to get a new pair in the US (cheaper). So wish me luck until then! 💪🏼

theathletic.com

In groundbreaking fashion, Megan Rapinoe flaunts identity and leads U.S. into new stage at World Cup

This week’s #TFBS came out at the perfect time! Timing is everything @Complexion

I love the smell of a potential upsell in the morning!

According to my @Todoist I’ve completed 561 tasks and I’m a productivity Expert! 🤔💪🏼

HOLY FUCKING SHIT Y’ALL HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME!!!

Spaces

Ok

Heyyyyy Fever!

I hope your Friday is going better than this scooter’s owner!

Ok totally approve of this new pizza place that just opened 2mn from our place! 🍕

Married in a Gold Rush by @VampireWeekend is absolutely hauntingly beautiful!

🏀😞 Was really excited to get my ass kicked playing basketball, but the court was closed when I got there today

Was really excited to get my ass kicked playing basketball, but the court was closed when I got there :(

“Can “Indie” Social Media Save Us?” - The @NewYorker

🏀 #PigalleBasketball is wonderful!

My gorgeous wife @shana_weisberg

“He’s like those Chuck Norris memes, except everything you hear about him is actually true.”

🎥🍿

Gorgeous spring day in the most beautiful city in the world!

Can you tell I’m going out for brunch today? #HappySocks

Basketball is very good, #103927:

”Portland finished it off, meaning DOUBLE GAME 7 RAINBOW ON SUNDAY. (If the Rockets win Friday, it will be a TRIPLE GAME 7 SPECTACULAR on Sunday, which is always Mother's Day.)”

🏀

🤯 🚀 🛰 🌒 Bezos is literally trying to build The Expanse!

🎧 Oh this is going to be rich! 👨🏻‍💻

Damn, so excited for City’s final game of the PL Season this weekend!

Word of Wisdom for the day:

“You know more than you think you do!”

Afternoon workspace away from the open space for a change

Great podcast day!

Finally! @Binge_mode #GoT

Paris at 7pm: hell yeah!!!

Been using the Tempo beta for the past 48 hours, and there’s a high potential I stick with it: no email notifications, and much higher peace of mind/lower stress level!

It’s a ▶ #TFBS206 type of morning in Paris today! 🎵

Office watching-party for #GoT! 🤘🏼 @spendesk 📺

“iOS 13 will include a system-wide dark mode”

That’s all I needed to hear!

≠

It was really awesome to witness BTS make some sort of history on the latest SNL this weekend.

Been listening to their last few albums all day in the office!

This, from Revolut, feels utterly unprofessional

Had one last meeting today that’s making feel very inspired rn

“I believe more travel is good for humanity. The increasing availability of travel to people of every class all over the world creates far more than economic activity. Travel dramatically increases cultural liquidity. Like financial liquidity, it is a necessity for peace, prosperity, and common human purpose.”

Making a push for more Diversity and Inclusivity at work 😊

The Ringer with the Wizards’ take!

Really excited that @Wordpress and @Automattic is going to start offering tools for remote teams!

Hi @ParisJeTaime

2019 is the darkest timeline: 2:15pm here and I still haven’t seen a single #AprilFools

Fun sunny Sunday afternoon inParis! Even bumped into @Gonzague! 😊 ☀️ 🕶

Spring-y Parisian Sunday Morning

“I guess at face value, this street is pretty ghetto!”

— Me, 2019

Parisian Nights 🥰

Can’t wait to go back to Washington DC!

Football is back this weekend and I could hardly be more excited! 💪🏼 ⚽️

“Stop calling Asian women adorable!” @nytimes.com

First breakfast at the new crib! 😍 🥰 🥞

About the #French influence in #WashingtonDC by @albertllee of @bulletsforever!

IT’S FRENCH HERITAGE WEEK ON @BULLETSFOREVER 🏀 🇫🇷

Les nuits parisiennes

“Big European Nights”

#CmonCity

Honestly, “Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F” was a boatload of fun!

Good Parisian fun!

Raz makes the @NYTimes. Your winger could never!

#CaptainMarvel was hella fun and some of the best visuals I’ve seen in years!

Although even in Paris, it is super strange to order in french at the Irish pub…

Related to my last post: you can always count on an Irish pub to show rugby games! #AllezLesBleus #IRLvFRA 🏉 🇮🇪 🇫🇷 💪🏼

I’m a 28-yo Frenchman and I’ve come to realize that I find a lot more comfort and solace in British or Irish pubs than traditional French bars or cafés. 🍺

Bonjour @parisjetaime

You know the Vietnamese place is legit when they serve you homemade coconut water like this:

💜 If you’re interested in hearing what my are the core ideas behind my new job and employer, here’s a great article to get started!

For some odd reason, as I’m getting ready to go to the office this morning, I’m thinking back to when we were in the courtyard cafe at the National Portrait Gallery in DC.

This past week was amazing, once again @shana_weisberg!

“Every single time Facebook puts a number on something, the truth turns out to be worse.”

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Never, since the Second World War, has Europe been as essential.

“For a renewed Europe”

So yeah today was a great first day at @Spendesk! Incredibly helpful, friendly, and welcoming team and some nice company perks to get his party started! 💪🏼

Hello Paris! Today is my first day in my new job — first office job after 4 years of freelancing remotely. Wish me luck y’all!

Deactivated my FB account, and only using IG to check what my wife posts. Instead, I’m keeping an eye on Snap and Twitter especially, and have increased my use of @DayOneApp to a daily habit!

⚽️ “How can @MLS become one of the top leagues” — spoiler alert: it’s been getting a lot better but there’s still lots of room to grow! 🚨 🏆

Home for the next month!

Headed back to the motherland and starting my new job this coming Monday! A busy couple of days before I can finally be reunited with my wife and we can finally settle down after months running across the world!

🙅🏻‍♂️🙅🏻‍♀️ The reporter dialed up her privacy settings before faking a pregnancy by downloading a dedicated app, and it took Facebook 11 hours to start showing targeted ads! WTF!

🏦 💳 This story about the hiring and internal business practices at Revolut are pretty sickening! 😷 📇

‪Properly introduced my brother in law to rugby via @FFRugby‬’s win over Scotland in today’s @SixNationsRugby game! 💪🏼 🏉 🇫🇷

Wow, @VoxMediaPods @Today_explained’s recent episode about #Privacy is an absolute MUST-LISTEN in 2019

My wife:

“I was just looking for lemon juice!”

Clearly @MarieKondo has had her effect on my wife. She’s cleaning her brother’s entire pantry!

In French this is a funny ad!

Quick visit to see the latest additions to the National Portraits Gallery

Really like the #artdeco style of the @WashingtonPost building in DC!

YAAAS!

Good morning DC! It’s bagel time! 🥯 q

Goodbye French Riviera!

Tech, Ethics, Data, and Geolocation — @verge x @foursquare

❤️💍🎩👰🏻🇫🇷🌞

JUST MARRIED! 👰🏻 🎩 💒 We did that! 💍 @shana_weisberg

Two years ago on this day, I met the love of my life, in #London of all places!

Two years later, and we’re able to bring both families together ahead of arguably the most important day of our lives!

Happy Valentine’s Day @Shana_Weisberg! Be mine forever? @dayoneapp

“When the passing is immaculate, you don’t have to do any dirty work!”

@NoisyPod #CmonCity

“Why I’m still thinking about Final Fantasy 8, 20 years later”

Hey @Shana_Weisberg, happy birthday — before the end of the week, I’m gonna marry you!

Birthday weekend was great!

Today I’m turning 28.

The past year has been a whirlwind of change, between moving to Dublin, continuing to work remotely as an independent freelancer, establishing our life in Europe, and recently getting engaged and preparing to marry the love of my life and move to Paris.

I’m getting ready to join an exciting company on a full-time job for the first time in 4 years, and moving back to Paris for the first time since 2012.

Everything has had some sort of purpose and yes: only after looking back can I finally connect the dots and experiences that life has taken me through.

Today I’m turning 28. And the future’s never looked brighter!

🏃🏻

Watching the 1963 original Pink Panther movie for the very first time!!

C’est joli ici 👇🏼📸

Great end of the day wrapping up some errands, admin stuff, and some work, courtesy of a black tea with soy milk, and @LowLightMixes on @Mixcloud

I don’t know whether there is a good alternative, but I really feel iffy about companies asking you about salary expectations — for a majority of people, it feels like betting against yourself

Gorgeous retrospective

I swear, out of all the different European leagues, the colors, branding, and design elements are much better for @laliga than any other!

An update: Vietnamese & Chinese New Year 🧧

Today, fiancée and I are making a Bo Kho noddle soup — total cooking time about 3-3.5 hours… Perfect to fire up the latest episodes of @Soulection’s radio show on @AppleMusic

Quadruple February Birthday Celebrations 🎉 🎂 🎊

“Maybe Only Tim Cook Can Fix Facebook’s Privacy Problem” — @NYTimes.com

My fiancé and my mom set me a trap and now I am MarieKondo-ing my way through my last few possessions today…

“If hot takes actually generated heat, Schultz would already have been vaporized under the onrush of magma.” =

So… we switching to @telegram or @signal soon right? 📲

I feel pretty bad that my club would treat Henry like this… maybe having Jardim back will help but Titi had it rough!

Starting to play #TheLastOfUs (remastered) for the first time 🤤 😍

Today’s an exciting day!

Replaying through #FFVII on iOS and the “Max Stats” is such a nifty way to focus on the story the way I want to! Thanks @SquareEnix… now please release remastered #FFVIII on digital platforms (iOS/PS4)

Blue Monday off to a good start for once:

“It’s the most pro-Philly thing to ever happen, outside of everything ever produced by The @Ringer.”

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Happy Mew Music Day: a surprise album from James Blake and the release of Future’s new album #TheWizrd

The art style, the story, the music — everything about this was so refreshing! Not your father’s Spider-Man!

I swear, half of my @Pocket is just articles from @Ringer!

Pro-tip: if you’re a man chatting with a woman, maybe don’t call another woman a bitch.

Actually: maybe don’t call any woman a bitch. Nothing warrants it, ever. And we’ll all probably be better for it!

Probably-not-Banksy

🏆🏆🏆 2019 already dwarfing 2018, which already dwarfed 2017, which…

✅ Post Winter Break Keri Diet: activated! 🙇🏻‍♂️🥘🧀🥚🍳🥑🥬🥓🥩🍖🍗

For the first blogpost of 2019, allow me to start off by wishing you a Happy New Year 2019!

It’s been a couple of weeks since my last email, and the end of the year for Shana and me has been simply focused on our Winter break and on planning to move out of Dublin.

Over the first week, we left Dublin and traveled back down to the South of France to stay with my family. We spent a few days close to the seafront, meeting up with old friends in Antibes. Then we followed it with a few days in the mountains, to ski/snowboard, and celebrate Christmas all together.

Shana had only been skiing a handful of times before but she did really well and we had lots of fun taking this time to relax and appreciate our family.

She said Yes!

After the French trip, it was time to fly over to the US and spend some time with Shana’s family. This year, we hadn’t been able to make it to Thanksgiving, so it was important for us to be able to see Shana’s parents, her brother, and her sister-in-law this winter.

We had a packed week, and it’s going to take me a while to get me back to normal after all the excitement, the food, and the jet lag.

An interlude:

Shana and her brother Jason have been ice skating from a very young age, for over 20-25 years. Growing up on the ice, she competed at the highest level and even trained different teams and younger skaters. However, I had never been able to see her on the ice.

This was only my second trip over to Maryland to spend some time with Shana’s family. This time was going to be an incredibly important one: with the help of Shana’s family, I had planned to have a surprise private session at the ice rink — it was made easier by the fact that Shana’s mom is actually the director of the local ice rink.

So on Saturday December 29th 2018, after dinner, Shana, myself, her brother, Jason, and his wife, Keri, were able to skate all together. It was nothing short of amazing to see both brother and sister navigating so smoothly on the ice. Later on, I’d joke that Jason and Shana skated even better than they walked. It was a lot of fun to be introduced to something that had been such a formative part of Shana and Jason’s lives. I had seen videos of them on the ice before, but I had never witnessed it in person.

I had another surprise for Shana that evening. We had been talking about the future of our relationship, and about our aspirations in life. We were already planning to leave Dublin and we should be able to move to France together this year, going after new job opportunities and a much improved quality of life for both of us. The driving force behind these many conversations we’ve had over the past few months was our motivation to make a great life for ourselves, and build something strong together.

I had arranged to have a playlist ready to play on the speakers at the rink, and at around 10:30pm that day, I knelt down on the ice, and proposed to her. She said Yes!

Over the next couple of days, Shana and I would spend our time hanging out with her parents, her brother and sister-in-law, and her loving grandmother. We also went back to Baltimore and Philadelphia, and even spent a whole day and a half in Washington DC, staying at a hotel. As a present, Jason even invited us to see Justin Timberlake live at the Capitol One Arena, the local venue where the local NBA (🏀) team plays. Shana and I had gone there last year to see the Washington Wizards play against LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers.

Needless to say it’s been one of the most important, most meaningful, and most fun weeks of my life and I couldn’t be more grateful to be well on the way to entering another family, counting a new brother and sister (Jason & Keri), as well as having Shana’s parents into my in-laws.

What’s Next

So there it is: Shana and I are now engaged. For the rest, we’re planning to move to France around February/March and this should coincide with both of us finding new job opportunities as well. Once again, lots of changes, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Show A Little Faith There’s Magic in the Night”

Felt almost naked for ~5 days without my Fitbit. However these issues with the bands are getting a bit ridiculous: first one (original) lasted 2 years. Now second one broke after 1 year. (Before you ask I’m pretty careful with all my ‘gadgets’ and devices.

Dear #CityJet please retire your fleet or #AvroRJ85 —herse planes were made for a different era when everyone was a lot smaller! #AvGeek

Rewatching GoneGirl — my gosh if this isn’t one hell of a movie!

🤭📺 One great collateral bonus about currently watching @NarcosNetflix and @LaCasaDePapel is that it freshened up my Spanish and I was able to talk with a friendly Spaniard on the way to the airport! Thanks @Netflix! 🗣🇪🇨🇲🇽🇪🇸

“It’s a good reminder that compared to everything else, the Mac remains an oasis of cohesive and consistent elegant design. ”

Daring Fireball: The Mac Through the Eyes of a New User

Thanks for the useful Apple Music Top 2018 shortcut @viticci!

I never could understand people who take loud FaceTime calls in Public. Totally judging the people sitting next to me at the airport right now.

Shoutout to loving partners that quiet the little voices in our heads and replace it with overwhelming support!

The winter break brought: some well-deserved time off, an engagement with the woman of my dreams, tons of work to catch-up on, and lots of jetlag to fight against.

In other words: today, it’s @Complexion and chill! soundcloud.com/complexio…

Go go go #RavensFlock #NFLWildCard #Ravens

Flight landed 20mn early. Dublin Airport couldn’t be bother to turn on the human-less automatic passport machines. Aer Lingus is 30mn late in delivering the bags.

Welcome back to Ireland.

6pm in Washington DC ; 5am in Dublin

Gorgeous day to fly but heartbreaking to say goodbye to my fiancé as we’ll have to wait another week apart.

Good morning @WashingtonDC

The in laws are turning me into a passive Baltimore @Ravens fan and I like it!

Washington DC is a beautiful and awesome city. Don’t @ me.

American kids are actually obnoxious. Observation made by my American Fiancée 😍

Go #Ravens

If you still use @Instagram, feel free to discover the hashtag #FrenchSidepiece

💍💑❤️⛸

Life update: SHE SAID YES 💍❤️💑

It feels like early March, not December. Nevertheless, gorgeous day in the LandOfMary™️

Future in-laws neighbors are a bit OTT! #xmas

.@lufthansa just upgraded us to Business for this 10-hour long flight! Thank the Air Gods! #avgeek

After a week in the motherland, catching up with close friends and family, we’re now on our way to the US to close out the year with Shana’s family! Exciting times await!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Good day for my Vice-Captain #Aubameyang so far: (cc @OfficialFPL)

Woohoo 2018 @Pocket year in review!

Finally got back to my parents place to find out I had received Leonard Nilsson’s fantastic book “World Football Club Crests”

Thanks so much @WorldClubCrests! Perfect for football fans with an eye for design and curious about history!

Happy Holidays:

“Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed.”

Google isn’t the company that we should have handed the Web over to - Ars Technica

Been forcing myself to get back to @DayOneApp every single day of the week.

It does feel great to document life’s little ups and downs on the daily.

I have a very simple template that triggers as a daily reminder:

“Facebook is the most threatening weapon to democracies ever invented” How Facebook is Fueling The French Populist Rage

“Once you made a few likes on a group, you are overwhelmed by the group’s content. The new algorithm has funneled the Yellow Vests in a filter bubble largely filled with yellow content…”

How Facebook is Fueling The French Populist Rage

An @AndersonPaak type of Friday at the crib, working from home side by side with my girl :) @ShanaWeisberg

After exploring Malaysia together, we traveled back towards the west, stopping for a week in Dubai!

Over the course of a few days, we rediscovered the old town together, as well as the Burj Khalifa — the tallest building in the world — and finished it off with an amazing safari in the Emirati desert!

Late last week I’ve decided to use the last weeks of the year before Christmas to follow a Keto Diet (high proteins and fat, no carbs or sugar) and this led to my best game of ⚽️ tonight! Also: more energy, less fatigue post-game!

It is super weird but the sky is completely white with clouds tonight in #Dublin — impossible to see beyond that!

💪🏼

Also and FINALLY: really enjoying the #Gutenberg editor in @Wordpress 5.0 :)

Another update: spent some time editing and publishing my latest Vlogs on Youtube (Malaysia + Dubai part 2)

I still have a few videos to edit from 2017’s World Tour. Up next: Athens, Rome, NYC, Washington DC.

🍖 Going through a short-but-intense Keto Diet for the last few weeks before the Christmas break.

Lean Mean Tibz Machine mode: Engaged! 💪🏼

“Mark Zuckerberg thought he was depoliticizing his platform and focusing on connecting people. That is not what happened.”

How Facebook Groups sparked a crisis in France | @caseynewton

.@Carrot_app forecasting Tech, not just the Weather!

End of an Era! Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th - The Verge

It’s almost 2019 and no utility comes close to #ImageOptim to compress screenshots and images to post online!

The latest episode of @Netflix’s excellent @PatriotAct with @HasanMinhaj will help you understand Brexit, Trump, and the clusterfuck that is the Yellow Vest movement in France: misinformation and social have huge responsibility in these events. Online-to-Offline is real! ≠

This year’s #Arsenal team is really just a joy to watch! Gotta love @aubameyang7 and @LacazetteAlex! 😍

Post-Match thread: #ARSTOT

Damn #Arsenal, sounds like it was quite the game

🔥 💧 Why does Fire burn? Because water is wet. Also Boomers!

Gotta love @carrot_app!

I think the wave of virus/flu/cold that’s been ravaging Dublin for the past month and a half is finally hitting me 😞🦠

2am and too many thoughts in my head to fall asleep

As a fan of @asmonaco this one hurt

Only in friggin’ Ireland

“On more than one occasion I questioned moving back to the U.S., but why I never did can only be explained by a combination of changing ideals — mine and the country’s — that to this day have not been reconciled.”

≠

“I started strategizing about how to stage my own kidnapping in order to get a few days off.”

📰 “Why I Left The U.S. 20 Years Ago … And Why I Won’t Be Coming Back”

“French demonstrators are not the only ones who use violence, but they are the world’s most violent.”

“To paraphrase Bill Clinton, who wasn’t talking about them at all, there is nothing wrong with the Wizards that can’t be solved by what is right with the Wizards.”

• “Hard to celebrate these Wizards, even after a big comeback win” 🏀

I’ve picked up @AltosAdventure’s sequel #AltosOdyssey on the @AppStore and OMG the music is incredible (not to even mention the artwork by @HarryNesbitt obviously)

‪Finally finished reading @jasonfried and @dhh’s latest book #ItDoesntHaveToBeCrazyAtWork + started reading @HowardSchultz’s #Onward + discovered @stoop_inbox and subsequently cleaned my email inbox: been a productive couple of days!‬

My grandfather is 92 today so we’re un #Normandy to celebrate for the weekend!

Happy #Oxnard release day! Congrats on the superb release @AndersonPaak! #

Heartwarming to see a dedicated #StanLee section on the editorial @AppStore today!

•Remembering Stan Lee•

Freelance Life 101:

“Hey so that work that you’ve spent all day ...working on? Fuggetaboutit — I just realized we actually don’t need that”

🤦🏻‍♂️ 😆

Read @CaseyNewton’s The Interface

“Over and over, my undergraduates tell me they try hard not to fall in love during college, imagining that would mess up their plans.”

This article on @TheAtlantic is as sad as it is fascinating: “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”

Tunnel, meet Light!

As a comic book nerd, it’s really sad to hear about Marvel creator Stan Lee’s passing! 😢 #Excelsior!

“With all due respect to Eden Hazard, who has been amazing so far this season, we're now at a point where Raheem Sterling has arguably outperformed him not only over the last few weeks but throughout the term so far.”

| Bleacher Report

Favorite line of the day, courtesy of the man @Dumbfoundead:

“Still don’t have a Lambo’ But I’m eating well at Nando’s”

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“If you’re asking how to monitor your remote employees, you’re starting with the wrong question.”

On the @Doist blog

“I believe it’s wrong to separate work and morality. [...] It means you should check whether the ethics and values of your employer align with your own. Especially in technology, where the impact of your work is felt by thousands or millions or even billions of people, it’s worth asking yourself more often: is the world I spend eight hours every day creating truly the world I want to live in myself?”

— @KaiBrach for @DenseDiscovery

“There is nothing sudden about the influence of sports on the way Americans dress. In fact, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that all modern fashion is athleisure.”

‘Everything You Wear Is Athleisure’ | @TheAtlantic

Nothing set in stone but 2019 prep is going well so far! Just need to keep this momentum going until the end of the year now! 🇫🇷 💪🏼

[Ariana] Grande is a very easy pop star to root for

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Recently, we found out that our local Asian supermarket was selling Teh Tarik! Memories taking us back to Malaysia last summer 🥰🍵

For the past 2 months or so, I’ve really enjoyed playing #TopEleven! ⚽️

“I am not a media critic and I don't pretend to have all the answers. But fawning over a credibly accused, remorseless rapist for doing a cool sports thing is gross. That much should be obvious.” 🏀 ≠

Installing MS Office — wish me luck!

🏀😭

“Being awful in a shallow conference isn't acceptable for a team with this much talent. At least, it shouldn't be acceptable. Something's rotten, and it's the braintrust's job to figure out what.”

≠

This beginning of the season for the #Wizards is really painful to watch! #🏀

Taking off #Hazard is ONE SURE WAY to force #Morata to be in a better position to score! ⚽️ #BURCHE

🎧 🎃 #Halloween7 by @RLGrime is the music I didn’t know I needed until I hit Play! ⏯ ⚠️ Warning: IT GOES HARD!

“Needlessly cruel, and out of touch with demographic trends.”

This month, I’ve been watching… ALL the “Halloween” movies (including the Rob Zombie sequel, but excluding 2018) — in other news I can finally catch up on Grey’s Anatomy!

❤️

Really excited for the end of the International ⚽️ break! Clearly, I’m not the only one

Green tea in hand, Headphones on my head Can’t get enough of this track on @soundcloud

Thanks for the discovery @complexion!

07:00AM to 07:00PM in #Dublin

My friend traveling to #Vietnam has found the secret to life itself!

It just dawned on me yesterday that some of the good deeds I’ve done and seeds I’ve planted 5-6-7 years ago are still reaping benefits today.

#Karma is real!

After watching #Hellraiser over the weekend, my month-long of Halloween Marathon of Horror Movies continues with #Halloween3 Season Of The Witch

Night is always darkest before dawn, as they say. And let’s just say that it’s been stressful lately.

Thankful for the music and radio shows from @Soulection and @Complexion to keep me afloat!

YES @Complexion — soundcloud.com/complexio…

Today was a good day!

Internet Friends, I’ll be sending a well-overdue life update via email tomorrow evening.

If you’d like to keep in touch with these infrequent emails, please sign up on this page (or in French at tinyletter.com/tibz)

In other, more positive news, Facebook has lost 30% of its value since July

Fascinatingstory about Spencer Dinwiddie who plays for the Brooklyn Nets by day and trades #Bitcoin and #Crypto by night! via @BleacherReport

“Not voting doubles someone else’s vote”

I was reading up on the US Midterms when I realized to ask my American girlfriend if she was registered to vote. Before the deadlines hit she checked her status and registered!

Do your freaking civic duty, America!