Robin Holland | The Refinery

After not using something for a while, that thing can get rusty. The rustier it gets the less likely it gets used. Using it gets one thing clear: it’s either still functional, or it’s over. Finding out is the challenge. What if it matters? I used to be so nervous excited before getting on the Matterhorn. It seemed so huge. So fast. Pfff. It’s nothing. As an adult, what a joke. As a kid, the fear was part of the fun. Matterhorn … it matters to take on the fear. Rust notwithstanding.

Here’s an idea I learned in software development about a feature that started as a bug, really an unfixable bug, so it got to become a feature. A good thing. That’s exactly how I retroactively experienced Dolly Parton. I would’ve thought it was a bug that my bosom was twice the size of the rest of my body, but she let it be a feature. And that’s just one of the things. I don’t know how I would possibly have been able to do that, given the ideas I inherited about women’s bodies. But she did....

Project Stands started as a way of engaging people outside of Zoom, official meetings, or predictable places. I want to know what people are working on. What important work is being accomplished. What is lighting people up. Today’s Project Stand offered something different. No mere waiting for someone to want to talk to a stranger about their project. Today they had a chance to play. Too weird, maybe? Fishing for a Fortune in a crystal fishbowl … I don’t think it was too weird. People seemed...