^{Updated Aug 26, 2026}

What I’m working on, focused on, etc these days. Based on the /now page movement created by Derek Sivers.

Life, work

Living in Cork, Ireland since 2025. Playing music full time again.

Cork is a nice, walkable density of a city. It’s a pleasant place to be and feels easy to meet people and find community.

Music

Played trumpet on I Am A Singer in China in 2025 and 2026 for about 6 weeks (episodes 2-7). Love getting back to China to catch up with old friends! Playing jazz and other gigs regularly around Ireland.

Occasionally creating electronic music.

Travel

On my China trip this year, I added 5 days in Kyoto, Japan which was amazing–I can’t wait to go back and spend a proper amount of time traveling around more of Japan. Got to play some jazz in Shanghai, Beijing, and Taipei in between episodes of Singer, which was wonderful.

Living in Europe now I hope to travel more around the area. I have plans to go to Berlin and Vienna this fall, as well as some shorter trips here in Ireland.

Health

Walking a lot. Working out 2-3x/wk with Rory.

Doing Pilates and yoga on non-gym mornings with youtube teachers. Going to yoga class once a week now.

Learning

Still using Duolingo, but have put Greek and other new languages on the back burner while I focus on Japanese for a while. It’s a fascinating language and I’m making fast progress since there’s a lot of connections with Chinese.

Reading

Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari

Big – Matt Stoller’s Substack about Monopolies

Noahpinion – Economist Noah Smith’s Substack

Cory Doctorow’s newsletter

Astral Codex Ten

Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack

Asterisk Magazine