Another year of big changes. We moved again and bought our first home, a beautiful old American Foursquare in our old neighborhood. Astro was acquired by Slack in September, making it three straight years of September job changes. In November, we celebrated my daughter's 1st birthday, and parenting continues to be the most exhausting and rewarding part of my life. Here's the 2018 media that was the backdrop to my year¹.

Books

I read a lot of average tech-adjacent non-fiction in 2018, none of which is worth recommending here. Resolving to read more fiction in 2019.

Music

• BØRNS - Blue Madonna
  Apple Music/Spotify
• Collections of Colonies of Bees - HAWAII
  Apple Music/Spotify
• Lord Huron - Vide Noir
  Apple Music/Spotify
• Snail Mail - Lush
  Apple Music/Spotify
• State Champion - Send Flowers
  Apple Music/Spotify
• Superorganism - Superorganism
  Apple Music/Spotify
• Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs
  Apple Music/Spotify

Apps (iOS)

• Apollo
  App Store/Official
• Tweetbot 5
  App Store/Official

Apps (macOS)

• 1 Password 7
  App Store/Official
• iA Writer
  App Store/Official
• Tower 3
  Official

Games

• Celeste
  Switch/PC/PS4/Xbox
• CRYPTARK (2015)
  PC/PS4
• Deep Rock Galactic (Early Access)
  PC/Xbox
• Hollow Knight (2017)
  Switch/PC/PS4/Xbox
• Into the Breach
  Switch/PC
• Minit
  Switch/PC/PS4/Xbox
• Monster Hunter: World
  Switch/PC/PS4/Xbox
• Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
  PC/PS4/Xbox
• Slay the Spire (Early Access)
  PC

1. All lists are alphabetical.↩︎