What I'm up to - August 2026

My monthly newsletter about what I am up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in July Concluded my trip to Japan and posted more photos to the Tsundoku pop-up newsletter. I am having a lot of fun exploring photography as a hobby. Visited Cleveland, including a stop by William Frederick clothing - an emerging designer. Added SMS subscriptions to this site - which has gotten surprisingly positive feedback. (Text SUBSCRIBE to +1 212-347-3190). I started an ongoing photography journal called tidbits and posted eight photos there. I open-sourced Booklet. Moved my personal email from Google Workspace to iCloud, since iCloud+ includes custom-domain email. Unfortunately, importing my Google calendar triggered invitations for old events (sorry). I moved out of San Francisco and am returning to New York. Hanya Yanagihara captures my thoughts: "The reason you stay here is for the thrill of constantly encountering people who are smarter and more interesting than you. But almost…