Now

Last Update: April, 2026

What I’m up to now…

📍 Location

Still living in Paris since 2019 — now entering my 7th year in the capital.

Reflecting on this recently: seven years ago this month, my wife and I had just moved to Paris as a pair of newlyweds. Had an errand to run on the same street where that first Parisian office used to be — the street has changed, new lunch spots, new offices, but the vibe is the same. What hit me more was thinking about the distance we’ve covered. From fresh-off-the-boat Parisians to actually feeling at home here. Same street, different people walking it.

🏠 Life

🩵 The Baby™️ is now 2.5 years old and thriving.

🌎 Just got back from a weeklong Easter family-work trip to Berlin. Combined our Quarterly Business Review with a proper family exploration of the city. Highlights: Tempelhofer Feld (a decommissioned airport turned massive public park where our daughter ran across actual runways), the Dong Xuan Center Vietnamese market, playgrounds with actual sand everywhere, attending an Alba Berlin basketball game, and reconnecting with my best friend Élodie who lives there. Created an online mini-guide and itinerary here. Berlin’s the kind of city you don’t fully understand on a first visit — took me until my second time, 13 years later, to get a much better grasp on it.

🏃🏀 ⚽️ Fitness consistency continues. Running regularly, weekly pickup basketball with friends (almost 3 years strong now), occasional football sessions. Unfortunately picked up an injury at the end of march: combo of a hematoma & muscle tear around my shin/lower leg, which should keep me out of commission outside of biking/walking for the next 3-4 weeks…

☕ Still enjoying the upgraded home coffee setup with the dedicated scale.

📚 Started reading Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — found it in our building’s shared library bookshelf. Also finished Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Omnibus Volume 1 — better late than never, years after the original publication.

⚾ Go O’s! 🏀 Spurs & Wemby all the way!

💼 Work

Continuing at Itonics. The Berlin QBR in April was valuable — seeing everyone in person after a couple of rough months. Lucky to have a genuinely solid department, managers included.

Still using physical notebooks as grounding.

You can read more at tibz.work or on LinkedIn.

🎮 Play

Recent recommendations:

Live shows:

Concert lineup still stacked for 2026:

Sports:

Season ticket holder at Paris Basketball. Hell of a week for Italian sports — my team beat Bologna away and Milan at home, while Italy got knocked out of the World Cup. All in the same week. The season’s been up and down but still showing up for every game. We’re out of the Euroleague playoffs, with rumors that we’re aiming to join long term, but are gearing up nicely for the French League (LNB Betclic Elite) playoffs — really hoping we can go on a deep run and maybe even back-to-back domestic championship.

Also caught the Alba Berlin vs Unicaja Malaga Basketball Champions League quarterfinals game in Berlin — 7,450 people at Max-Schmeling-Halle, saw talented young star Jack Kayil take over in the second half.

The European Football season is also wrapping up: Manchester City is playing boogeyman, Monaco should be in a European competition next season again if all goes well, and the French National Team is looking good, ahead of a shameful FIFA World Cup ‘26.

Baseball season is here. Go O’s ⚾

💭 Things I’m thinking about