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Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you for Pet Sounds. RIP Brian Wilson.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Apr 21

Pope Francis made me comfortable fully returning to the church, family in tow. He was a Catholic visionary who expanded the tent, and for that I am very grateful to him. Rest in peace.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Apr 5

This effort was borne from the thought that runs through my head a lot lately: what can I do to make things a little better? Teaching for free is one way, so that's what I'll do for now. I'd like to take this on the road and do it in community libraries, schools, whatever. We'll see how it goes.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Apr 5

Today was my first Build an App with AI class at the RVC Rec Center. Five boys showed up to wireframe their apps in preparation for building the backend next week. This is the first @nysaic.org official "event" I guess? I loved it, and I didn't have to pay my co-teacher anything because he's my son.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Apr 5

BANG.
"Ow!"
<Butthead laugh>

Having a young man in the house is a joy.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 30

Putting my money where my mouth is. If you live in or around Rockville Centre, this might be of interest. I’m volunteering but they charge a fee to cover the overhead.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 26

And running is my gift to my gift to the world!

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 26

Our daughter is our gift to the world. Our son is the world's gift to me. Happy birthday, you brilliant, beautiful young man.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 19

So the Limitless pendant is pretty damn cool. Been playing with it for a couple of hours. I do wonder about the ethics of its usage. In a situation where a meeting is being recorded in some other way, no issue. But what about meetings with people taking notes? Is this essentially a stenographer?

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 19

The packaging doesn’t exactly elicit excitement, guys. But I’m still excited.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 14

Sometimes, you are aware you're forming a core memory for yourself. Running the streets at 6am with my daughter is one of those times.

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Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 13

I'm obsessed with Limitless's Rewind app, and now the pendant is on its way.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 6

And please leave comments when you attend a speech, good or bad! They really help us get better. I know going forward, I'm going to push myself to provide genuine feedback.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 6

Haven't done a keynote in a few years and was lucky enough to do one for the RTM's Spring Northeast Innovation Forum. The comment cards are so kind that I'm sharing a couple of the quotes.

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Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Mar 4

Love you, Boston.

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Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Feb 26

Sure, but have you considered the fact that they could very easily win four of their next seven and continue treading water indefinitely? Compelling case to be made.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Feb 15

I’m watching this now and the psychological three car pile up of nostalgia for my youth, our music, and our pop culture is causing me physical pain.

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Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Feb 11

I've had COVID five times. I have the flu for the first time in six years. I would be absolutely fine with a few more rounds of COVID instead of this.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Feb 11

Really enjoyed the piece. I want to suggest one thing: Lullabies to Paralyze is the second half of the double album that begins with SFTD. It's widely underrated by fans of the band because it follows a masterpiece, but I think Lullabies is almost as good.

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Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Feb 10

The Hexx by Pavement has a great football verse

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Feb 10

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Terrible news about a singular talent.

David Johansen Has Stage 4 Cancer. He's Asking Fans for Help

David Johansen has Stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor. The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is helping his family raise money for his expenses.

www.rollingstone.com

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Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Feb 5

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

New York State: Sure yeah all this and whatever, but YOU BETTER STOP YOUR STUDENTS FROM USING YOUTUBE!!!11

C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees

The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.

www.nytimes.com

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Jan 27

Crazy when the exact thing you assume will happen happens.

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Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Jan 23

It's been a long twenty years.

Patrick Fogarty @fogarty.bsky.social · Jan 13

Today, another ed tech company had a breach. Next week, a few more. The faster we get to biometric identification for everything, the better...until my PS instance needs support and the rep who works with us is out sick, so we ask them to spin up a temp user with privileged access, and...

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