Gaming, traveling, and other stuff
前一阵子在Netflix看到一个魔术show叫Magic for Humans，主演叫Justin Willman，大概就是这个人表演一些街头魔术，很好看。有一些看起来实在是太神奇，虽然那个show坚称没有用camera trick也没有用托儿，但还是觉得有些部分太不可思议了。当时Google了一下发现这人会在纽约演出，于是立马买了票，上周五去看了真人现场版。
现场演出的效果可以说比较符合预期，并没有太多神乎其神的魔术手法，有少数甚至显得有点直白（网上简单查一下就能查到解释的那类）。但现场气氛很火爆，主要归功于他的表演。感觉他的那个show其实也是类似，三分是魔术技巧，七分是类似standing comedy的表演，尤其是和观众互动的部分，异常的纯熟。整个场面时时刻刻都在掌控之中。如果说大卫科波菲尔的那种魔术秀是“硬”魔术，他这个可以说是一种“软”魔术秀了。娱乐效果倒也是一流，就当成standing comedy + magic来看就好了。
放个Magic for Humans的trailer，有兴趣可以去看看Netflix的这个剧。看到后面会觉得有点重复，前几集还是很好看的。
After leaving FreeWheel and playing hide-and-seek with bears in Glacier National Park for a week, I’d joined two ex-FreeWheelers (Nick and Max) to co-found a startup called Flux.
Flux aims to help enterprise better understand talents and internal needs, to increase internal mobility. Our own stories led to this idea. I changed jobs six times across three departments in FreeWheel. Each time I switch a position, it’s not only a good challenge and growth opportunity for myself but also a great benefit for the FreeWheel. By keeping experienced talents around and motivating them with new positions, companies minimize attrition cost and maximize productivities.
We’re starting the company in a truly distributed fashion. Nick/Max are in California, and I’m in NYC. I understand the importance of face time, so we’ll get together often, and I also believe modern technology has advanced to the point that people can collaborate seamlessly online. And I’m looking forward to the life of coding a few hours at home and going to a gym on my schedule. After all, engineers all wear headphones when they work in an open office, don’t they?
We plan to hire a few engineers at the beginning. If you’re interested, check out our open positions and drop an email to journeys@fluxwork.co, or feel free to message me. I’m happy to share more information.
07年10月，我结束了在加州Bosch半年的实习，回北京毕业加上找工作。那时候在四个大大小小的公司实习过，做过悠闲的螺丝钉也做过996的接地气创业公司。找工作的时候想的倒也简单：找个不怎么加班的创业公司（现在想想这还真挺难）。在9#上看到Di的一篇招工文，就懵懵懂懂的来了FreeWheel开始实习，写Ruby on Rails。
刚来不久就发现其实还是要加班的。07年底的时候想上线1.0版本，于是在办公室附近订了几个旅馆房间，员工都干到半夜十二点然后去住那里。我那会儿还实习，一周只上两三天班，但也有幸体验了一两次。还好事实证明之后的这些年里，我需要加班的时候并不多。
那会儿我做的第一个功能是用户登录和权限控制。当时我的感觉是这你们都让实习生做，也是挺敢的。弄了几周做出来了，还附赠了一个巨简陋的登录后首页。没想到那首页一用就用了五六年。现在美化过的版本还是隐隐有当年的影子。
上周去Montana的Glacier国家公园玩了一周。这儿可以说是个day hiking的天堂，流水式记一下每天的经历好了。
飞到Missoula，租车，住宿。准备第二天一早出发。一开始租到的是辆Mazda 3，比我订的Full Size小一号，行李都不太放得下。第二天早上去换到一辆全新的Buick LaCrosse，空间够大还支持Car Play，开了一周甚爽。
Apgar Lookout Trail: 7.2英里，1842英尺上下
两个多小时开到Glacier公园西入口。进门就去hike了Apgar Lookout这条路线。一路暴晒爬坡，上升途中能看到远处的雪山，下面的大片森林中不时有火车开过。爬到山顶可以眺望蔚蓝的Lake McDonald，有个小屋和信号塔。当时感觉还不错，就是有点累；一周下来想想，这条路线在这个公园里真是不怎么数得上，还好是第一天就当成开胃菜走掉了。Glacier NP的精华路线基本都在Going to the Sun Road和Many Glacier区域。
晚上宿在Fish Creek营地。意外的发现火盆上没有烤架，幸好买了锡纸烤盘，于是乱七八糟的烤了些肉和蔬菜吃。两个同行的小盆友都是头一次宿营，教了一下他们搭帐篷，学得很快，后来就搭得比我还快了。
九点半天才黑。十点多天黑得差不多了，走到营地旁边湖边去喝酒看星星。喝着喝着突然听到旁边有水声，一看有头年轻雄鹿来湖边喝水，就站在离我们不到五米的地方。被头灯一照，鹿稍微不知所措了一下，很快镇定下来，从我们面前趟着水走过去消失在林子里，感觉很魔幻。
I lost my phone on a Lyft ride last Thursday. Got off a ride, went upstairs, checked my watch and noticed it was disconnected from phone, realized phone lost in car, used “Find My iPhone” to locate/beep/lock my phone, filed a Lyft support ticket and they contacted the driver, driver said he didn’t see any phone, end of story.
Since then, I’ve been rocking a “phone-free life”. I started reading a paper book on subway and actually made good progress, although I reflectively yawn a lot when reading a paper book these days. I use an old iPad as bed alarm and for WeChat. I use Google Hangout for making calls and receiving calls, which means I sit in front of a computer to wait when I’m expecting a call, just like sitting in front of a phone in old days.
What I miss most without phone:
But, it’s indeed relieving and freeing. When I’m offline, walking on street, taking a subway, my subconsciousness knows no one is able to contact me at that moment. No phone call, no message, no email, no Slack. Think about it. I haven’t had this “luxury” for many years.
Maybe I’ll choose to accidentally leave my phone at home one day a week from now on?