Hit and Miss

I publish a small weekly newsletter titled Hit and Miss. In it, I write about whatever I’ve been reading each week, usually with some tilt toward the interaction of technology and society. Check out the archive below—if it interests you, please consider subscribing.

  1. #401: Got energy, got mood, got links

    May 11th, 2025

  2. #400: Newsletter anniversaries are for living fully

    May 4th, 2025

  3. #399: New ways to understand New Ways to Bus

    April 27th, 2025

  4. #398: “Prompt Builders”

    April 20th, 2025

  5. #397: National interest

    April 13th, 2025

  6. #396: Having opinions!! (also government machinery, uncertainty, and modular housing)

    April 6th, 2025

  7. #395: Facing backward has its charms

    March 30th, 2025

  8. #394: Bring on the SPRING

    March 23rd, 2025

  9. #393: Oh, for a greenhouse house

    March 16th, 2025

  10. #392: Reading, public service reform, diagetic theme songs

    March 9th, 2025

  11. #391: Burning, 18F, and change

    March 2nd, 2025

  12. #390: Try carpolling

    February 23rd, 2025

  13. #389: Shovelling the snowbanks

    February 16th, 2025

  14. #388: Hair of the dog

    February 9th, 2025

  15. #387: “Brace for impact”

    February 2nd, 2025

  16. #386: Paying attention

    January 26th, 2025

  17. #385: Government innovation with TREES

    January 19th, 2025

  18. #384: Mercurial January

    January 12th, 2025

  19. #383: “Finish”

    January 5th, 2025

  20. #382: Some books from 2024

    December 29th, 2024

  21. #381: No tinsel for you!

    December 22nd, 2024

  22. #380: “Song for a Winter’s Night”

    December 15th, 2024

  23. #379: Doing hard things, together

    December 8th, 2024

  24. #378: Deferred maintenance

    December 1st, 2024

  25. #377: Hard week, good weekend—snow’s coming

    November 24th, 2024

  26. #376: November media diet

    November 17th, 2024

  27. #375: Disappointed, but not surprised

    November 10th, 2024

  28. #374: Highs bring lows (but more highs incoming!)

    November 3rd, 2024

  29. #373: Friendship’s sunshine

    October 27th, 2024

  30. #372: Categorized (try) todo lists

    October 20th, 2024

  31. #371: Humanity and turkey

    October 13th, 2024

  32. #370: Walking LeBreton

    October 6th, 2024

  33. #369: Walking, even after a while

    September 29th, 2024

  34. #368: A place to think

    September 22nd, 2024

  35. #367: Maintenance, houses, and stuff

    September 15th, 2024

  36. #366: Gloom and the antidote to worry

    September 8th, 2024

  37. #365: Nearly fall vacation reading

    September 1st, 2024

  38. #364: SQL, community, and cool stuff

    August 25th, 2024

  39. #363: Links on anarchism, social media, and other joys

    August 18th, 2024

  40. #362: Usable (legible!) for computers

    August 11th, 2024

  41. #361: Fuzzy conversation feelings

    August 4th, 2024

  42. #360: Cutting back to grow more

    July 28th, 2024

  43. #359: Time outside, time well spent

    July 21st, 2024

  44. #358: An hour writing this newsletter

    July 14th, 2024

  45. #357: Eat your vegetables!

    July 7th, 2024

  46. #356: Human-sized places

    June 30th, 2024

  47. #355: Mostly complete

    June 23rd, 2024

  48. #354: Sharing in abundance

    June 16th, 2024

  49. #353: Outdoor meals and Home Depot hauls

    June 9th, 2024

  50. #352: Facing west

    June 2nd, 2024

  51. #351: Running back from Italy

    May 26th, 2024

  52. #350: Eat, sleep, rest, repeat

    May 19th, 2024

  53. #349: Digital reading lessgoooo

    May 12th, 2024

  54. #348: “Frozen in an uncomfortable slouch”

    May 5th, 2024

  55. #347: Grab bag

    April 28th, 2024

  56. #346: Clean the tabs, share the links

    April 21st, 2024

  57. #345: Books abound

    April 14th, 2024

  58. #344: Endless Saturdays

    April 7th, 2024

  59. #343: First quarter updates

    March 31st, 2024

  60. #342: The usual moves

    March 24th, 2024

  61. #341: Continuing themes

    March 17th, 2024

  62. #340: Blackbirds are back

    March 10th, 2024

  63. #339: Sure, winter, see ya later

    March 3rd, 2024

  64. #338: How it goes these days

    February 25th, 2024

  65. #337: Love and friendship (and data and government)

    February 18th, 2024

  66. #332: Wintry neighbours

    January 14th, 2024

  67. #331: Benchin’, cattin’, linkin’

    January 7th, 2024

  68. #330: So, we made it

    December 31st, 2023

  69. #329: Another year’s books

    December 24th, 2023

  70. #328: omg me too

    December 17th, 2023

  71. #327: Hoorah for “blank time”

    December 10th, 2023

  72. #326: Bring on the winter of (inter)dependence

    December 3rd, 2023

  73. #325: Independent living depends on a healthy land

    November 26th, 2023

  74. #324: Responding to change (links on)

    November 19th, 2023

  75. #323: Change for thee, but not for me?

    November 12th, 2023

  76. #316: Home from Japan

    September 24th, 2023

  77. #300: Living the principles

    June 4th, 2023

  78. #285: Links on data, exploitation, and hunkering down

    February 19th, 2023

  79. #284: Holding on

    February 12th, 2023

  80. #283: Existing in melancholy

    February 5th, 2023

  81. #282: Snowy brain

    January 29th, 2023

  82. #281: Links on recordkeeping and more

    January 22nd, 2023

  83. #280: Living by the clock, by the light

    January 15th, 2023

  84. #279: More rest

    January 8th, 2023

  85. #278: 2022 to 2023

    January 1st, 2023

  86. #277: 2022 reads

    December 25th, 2022

  87. #276: Passing the baton

    December 18th, 2022

  88. #275: Assurance

    December 11th, 2022

  89. #274: See also

    December 4th, 2022

  90. #273: Transcripting

    November 27th, 2022

  91. #272: Extremely online

    November 20th, 2022

  92. #271: Promises to self

    November 13th, 2022

  93. #270: Constitutional unconstitutionalism

    November 6th, 2022

  94. #269: Crises abound

    October 30th, 2022

  95. #268: Convo dump

    October 23rd, 2022

  96. #267: Serious links™ on work

    October 16th, 2022

  97. #266: Public delivery

    October 9th, 2022

  98. #265: Calls continue

    October 2nd, 2022

  99. #264: Work, birds, tech, munipoli

    September 25th, 2022

  100. #263: Technicalities

    September 18th, 2022

  101. #262: Five years!? A thank you

    September 11th, 2022

  102. #261: Holding pattern

    September 4th, 2022

  103. #260: Learning in crisis

    August 28th, 2022

  104. #259: Just the links

    August 21st, 2022

  105. #258: A shout to the wind

    August 14th, 2022

  106. #257: Hot brain links

    August 7th, 2022

  107. #256: Malleable words

    July 31st, 2022

  108. #255: Welcome to the party, pal

    July 24th, 2022

  109. #254: Slow links

    July 17th, 2022

  110. #253: Systems

    July 10th, 2022

  111. #252: Broken social scene—wait, I mean, contract

    July 3rd, 2022

  112. #251: Internalized stress

    June 26th, 2022

  113. #250: Decommissioned

    June 19th, 2022

  114. #249: Half caff

    June 12th, 2022

  115. #248: Financialized nesting dolls

    June 5th, 2022

  116. #247: Busy rest

    May 29th, 2022

  117. #246: Climate unpredictability

    May 22nd, 2022

  118. #245: L’aride follie del viver mio

    May 15th, 2022

  119. #244: Sunny springtime links

    May 8th, 2022

  120. #243: Anniversary treat

    May 1st, 2022

  121. #242: Forces for good

    April 24th, 2022

  122. #241: Abundant, virtuous futures

    April 17th, 2022

  123. #240: April again

    April 10th, 2022

  124. #239: Spring (tab) cleaning

    April 3rd, 2022

  125. #238: Links on ambition, resilient building, and more

    March 27th, 2022

  126. #237: Doing our parts

    March 20th, 2022

  127. #236: Seeking beautiful moments

    March 13th, 2022

  128. #235: Chase the sun (redux)

    March 6th, 2022

  129. #234: War in real-time, in all its ugliness

    February 27th, 2022

  130. #233: Goodbye (?) to the occupiers

    February 20th, 2022

  131. #232: Savouring silence

    February 13th, 2022

  132. #231: Acoustic assaults

    February 6th, 2022

  133. #230: Occupied

    January 30th, 2022

  134. #229: Playing for team public

    January 23rd, 2022

  135. #228: Where have the snow days gone

    January 16th, 2022

  136. #227: Melancholy and drama, but peace

    January 9th, 2022

  137. #226: Digging roots

    January 2nd, 2022

  138. #225: A few books feed us well

    December 26th, 2021

  139. #224: Staring down the barrel, at least the memes are good

    December 19th, 2021

  140. #223: Fragments

    December 12th, 2021

  141. #222: What we lose

    December 5th, 2021

  142. #221: Outrunning the food coma

    November 28th, 2021

  143. #220: Stories within stories

    November 21st, 2021

  144. #219: Silent commemoration

    November 14th, 2021

  145. #218: One week down

    November 7th, 2021

  146. #217: Surviving November

    October 31st, 2021

  147. #216: Registering intent

    October 24th, 2021

  148. #215: Leaves pass to soil

    October 17th, 2021

  149. #214: A brief rom-com review

    October 10th, 2021

  150. #213: Truer histories

    October 3rd, 2021

  151. #212: Star Trek days

    September 26th, 2021

  152. #211: Paths (not) taken

    September 19th, 2021

  153. #210: Little reading

    September 12th, 2021

  154. #209: September, you’re finally here

    September 5th, 2021

  155. #208: Reading and movies

    August 29th, 2021

  156. #207: August free fall

    August 22nd, 2021

  157. #206: Democratic event(s)

    August 15th, 2021

  158. #205: Let’s get nerdy

    August 8th, 2021

  159. #204: Cool sunsets

    August 1st, 2021

  160. #203: Parables

    July 25th, 2021

  161. #202: Boredom, boiling frogs, and miscellany

    July 18th, 2021

  162. #201: Summer dreaming

    July 11th, 2021

  163. #200: “You give me life”

    July 4th, 2021

  164. #199: Loading

    June 27th, 2021

  165. #198: Cooking, staying hungry

    June 20th, 2021

  166. #197: Responding to violence

    June 13th, 2021

  167. #196: Doors Open (online)

    June 6th, 2021

  168. #195: 215 children

    May 30th, 2021

  169. #194: What’s on the mind

    May 23rd, 2021

  170. #193: Lilacs

    May 16th, 2021

  171. #192: The world is cool

    May 9th, 2021

  172. #191: Anniversaries

    May 2nd, 2021

  173. #190: To what grounds us

    April 25th, 2021

  174. #189: Furious, heartbroken—but not surprised

    April 18th, 2021

  175. #188: Daydream believer

    April 11th, 2021

  176. #187: Sunshine escape

    April 4th, 2021

  177. #186: Rainy day people

    March 28th, 2021

  178. #185: Spring—change, or not

    March 21st, 2021

  179. #184: On we go

    March 14th, 2021

  180. #183: Reporting thoughtfully

    March 7th, 2021

  181. #182: Keeping it light

    February 28th, 2021

  182. #181: Close to home

    February 21st, 2021

  183. #180: Another day older, closer to the grave

    February 14th, 2021

  184. #179: Chase the sun

    February 7th, 2021

  185. #178: Coding by any other name

    January 31st, 2021

  186. #177: Gettin’ sauced

    January 24th, 2021

  187. #176: Working (again)

    January 17th, 2021

  188. #175: This week in anti-democracy…

    January 10th, 2021

  189. #174: Zoom zoom

    January 3rd, 2021

  190. #173: Revisiting

    December 27th, 2020

  191. #172: Five books for the year

    December 20th, 2020

  192. #171: Ugh, algorithms

    December 13th, 2020

  193. #170: PolySeSouvient

    December 6th, 2020

  194. #169: Waiting

    November 29th, 2020

  195. #168: Adventuring

    November 22nd, 2020

  196. #167: For the love of knowledge

    November 15th, 2020

  197. #166: Trivial links

    November 8th, 2020

  198. #165: Blowing hot air

    November 1st, 2020

  199. #164: Argh

    October 25th, 2020

  200. #163: On Mi’kmaw waters

    October 18th, 2020

  201. #162: A sense of perspective

    October 11th, 2020

  202. #161: Leafing through

    October 4th, 2020

  203. #160: Books at hand

    September 27th, 2020

  204. #159: COVID crime

    September 20th, 2020

  205. #158: Rainy morning adventures

    September 13th, 2020

  206. #157: Maintenance, care, attention

    September 6th, 2020

  207. #156: Week in review

    August 30th, 2020

  208. #155: TV time and world-building

    August 23rd, 2020

  209. #154: Remembering (how) to relax

    August 16th, 2020

  210. #153: Roads

    August 9th, 2020

  211. #152: Rain day thoughts

    August 2nd, 2020

  212. #151: Some links

    July 26th, 2020

  213. #150: Virtual community

    July 19th, 2020

  214. #149: Snapshots of the week

    July 12th, 2020

  215. #148: Halfway through 2020

    July 5th, 2020

  216. #147: One link to listen

    June 28th, 2020

  217. #146: Heat, work, history

    June 21st, 2020

  218. #145: Who’s watching?

    June 14th, 2020

  219. #144: What to say

    June 7th, 2020

  220. #143: A difficult week

    May 31st, 2020

  221. #142: To your taste

    May 24th, 2020

  222. #141: New shelves

    May 17th, 2020

  223. #140: In memoriam

    May 10th, 2020

  224. #139: Beautiful words

    May 3rd, 2020

  225. #138: Wordy cookbooks

    April 26th, 2020

  226. #137: Day off reading

    April 19th, 2020

  227. #136: Parliament carries on

    April 12th, 2020

  228. #135: Personal websites

    April 5th, 2020

  229. #134: Do nothing struggles

    March 29th, 2020

  230. #133: Sims

    March 22nd, 2020

  231. #132: Now so fast, history so slow

    March 15th, 2020

  232. #131: Finding focus

    March 8th, 2020

  233. #130: 2x3 links (misc, archives) and a phrase

    March 1st, 2020

  234. #129: Spring, feelings, readings

    February 23rd, 2020

  235. #128: Family time

    February 16th, 2020

  236. #127: Collected links

    February 9th, 2020

  237. #126: Mining my messages

    February 2nd, 2020

  238. #125: Facilitating access

    January 26th, 2020

  239. #124: Snow slow

    January 19th, 2020

  240. #123: Retreat to the wholesome

    January 12th, 2020

  241. #122: Archives and walking and links

    January 5th, 2020

  242. #121: Engage!

    December 29th, 2019

  243. #120: This year’s books

    December 22nd, 2019

  244. #119: Top shelf (think books, not booze)

    December 15th, 2019

  245. #118: Thirty years later

    December 8th, 2019

  246. #117: Principles of parliamentary practice

    December 1st, 2019

  247. #116: Web links

    November 24th, 2019

  248. #115: P-p-p-policy!! (Or, what Lucas does at work)

    November 17th, 2019

  249. #114: A parliamentary (precinct) tour

    November 10th, 2019

  250. #113: Stories beyond the data

    November 3rd, 2019

  251. #112: Public service

    October 27th, 2019

  252. #111: Functions of a living situation

    October 20th, 2019

  253. #110: The sites I visit

    October 13th, 2019

  254. #109: The slump

    October 6th, 2019

  255. #108: Models for decision and action

    September 29th, 2019

  256. #107: A drop-in space

    September 22nd, 2019

  257. #106: Bookmark finds

    September 15th, 2019

  258. #105: Travelling in place

    September 8th, 2019

  259. #104: Through the eyes of another

    September 1st, 2019

  260. #103: Structure

    August 25th, 2019

  261. #102: A geography of intentional sound

    August 18th, 2019

  262. #101: Happy days

    August 11th, 2019

  263. #100: Living principles

    August 4th, 2019

  264. #99: Levels of critical digital work

    July 28th, 2019

  265. #98: Questions for learning

    July 21st, 2019

  266. #97: Digital government and civic tech

    July 14th, 2019

  267. #96: Opera

    July 7th, 2019

  268. #95: Let’s take a walk

    June 30th, 2019

  269. #94: Words and links

    June 23rd, 2019

  270. #93: Accessible public spaces

    June 16th, 2019

  271. #92: A working carrying capacity

    June 9th, 2019

  272. #91: Doors Open

    June 2nd, 2019

  273. #90: Walking toward a social summer

    May 26th, 2019

  274. #89: Three blobs of words

    May 19th, 2019

  275. #88: Grounding history

    May 12th, 2019

  276. #87: A day off

    May 5th, 2019

  277. #86: Look up

    April 28th, 2019

  278. #85: Valuing openness

    April 21st, 2019

  279. #84: Thinking frames

    April 14th, 2019

  280. #83: Boomer empowerment

    April 7th, 2019

  281. #82: Making time for music, for silence

    March 31st, 2019

  282. #81: A family day

    March 24th, 2019

  283. #80: Communicating depth

    March 17th, 2019

  284. #79: The signs

    March 10th, 2019

  285. #78: I, you, we (maybe?)

    March 3rd, 2019

  286. #77: Words I avoid

    February 24th, 2019

  287. #76: The 80s and links

    February 17th, 2019

  288. #75: Standing in place

    February 10th, 2019

  289. #74: When you want to get out and read

    February 3rd, 2019

  290. #73: The wholesome social network

    January 27th, 2019

  291. #72: Libraries, physical and digital, visible and invisible

    January 20th, 2019

  292. #71: Rockeuses, and leaders as facilitators

    January 13th, 2019

  293. #70: What we remember, and why

    January 6th, 2019

  294. #69: Returning home and time’s triptych

    December 30th, 2018

  295. #68: Reading (and writing) heals

    December 23rd, 2018

  296. #67: Speeches from the throne, thinking tools

    December 16th, 2018

  297. #66: Scattered

    December 9th, 2018

  298. #65: Working and rest

    December 2nd, 2018

  299. #64: No choice

    November 25th, 2018

  300. #63: Competing priorities at Laurel Creek Conservation Area

    November 18th, 2018

  301. #62: Blogroll

    November 11th, 2018

  302. #61: Thinky thinky

    November 4th, 2018

  303. #60: Thinking geographically

    October 28th, 2018

  304. #59: Three pairs of links

    October 21st, 2018

  305. #58: Digital history and digital humanities

    October 14th, 2018

  306. #57: Thanksgiving break

    October 7th, 2018

  307. #56: Dropping in

    September 30th, 2018

  308. #55: Communities of care

    September 23rd, 2018

  309. #54: Repeated experiences

    September 16th, 2018

  310. #53: Writing in books, a personal history

    September 9th, 2018

  311. #52: A year in (review)

    September 2nd, 2018

  312. #51: Learning and escaping through simulation

    August 26th, 2018

  313. #50: We shape the land

    August 19th, 2018

  314. #49: Learning languages, loving words

    August 12th, 2018

  315. #48: Cool recipes for a hot day

    August 5th, 2018

  316. #47: Turn to the local

    July 29th, 2018

  317. #46: Heat

    July 22nd, 2018

  318. #45: Humbly human

    July 15th, 2018

  319. #44: Working (remotely)

    July 8th, 2018

  320. #43: Centennial

    July 1st, 2018

  321. #42: Creative constraints

    June 24th, 2018

  322. #41: Historically minded

    June 17th, 2018

  323. #40: A quantified, incentivized life

    June 10th, 2018

  324. #39: Here I go again!

    June 3rd, 2018

  325. #38: Pacifism

    May 27th, 2018

  326. #37: Working (together)

    May 20th, 2018

  327. #36: Science fair!!

    May 13th, 2018

  328. #35: Working

    May 6th, 2018

  329. #34: Portable pasta party kit

    April 29th, 2018

  330. #33: Keep going

    April 22nd, 2018

  331. #32: Season 2, episode 22

    April 15th, 2018

  332. #31: Regularly local

    April 8th, 2018

  333. #30: M*A*S*H

    April 1st, 2018

  334. #29: On the environment

    March 25th, 2018

  335. #28: Robots!

    March 18th, 2018

  336. #27: Editing

    March 11th, 2018

  337. #26: Presenting work

    March 4th, 2018

  338. #25: The importance of internet access

    February 25th, 2018

  339. #24: Ode to the road

    February 18th, 2018

  340. #23: Some links

    February 11th, 2018

  341. #22: Life is long

    February 4th, 2018

  342. #21: Complex, connected problems

    January 28th, 2018

  343. #20: Profiles and interviews

    January 21st, 2018

  344. #19: Thinking about time

    January 14th, 2018

  345. #18: “Feed”

    January 7th, 2018

  346. #17: Constant questions

    December 31st, 2017

  347. #16: Three welcome books

    December 24th, 2017

  348. #15: Small victories

    December 17th, 2017

  349. #14: Our faves are problematic

    December 10th, 2017

  350. #13: The Seven Year Itch

    December 3rd, 2017

  351. #12: Bye Bye Birdie

    November 26th, 2017

  352. #11: What’s a personal bio good for?

    November 19th, 2017

  353. #10: Research reading

    November 12th, 2017

  354. #9: Modern monopolies

    November 5th, 2017

  355. #8: Civic tech

    October 29th, 2017

  356. #7: A revealing week

    October 22nd, 2017

  357. #6: Veritable listening

    October 15th, 2017

  358. #5: Newsletter recommendations

    October 8th, 2017

  359. #4: Loving libraries

    October 1st, 2017

  360. #3: Conversational contributions

    September 24th, 2017

  361. #2: Questioning labels

    September 17th, 2017

  362. #1: Earthworming

    September 10th, 2017