This week’s update might be even shorter than last… with Winter Conference going on, my week was heavily consumed by work discussions and dinners. But I’ll make up for it with more photos than normal. 😉

Goal Progress

• Books: 1/18 📚
• Photos digitized: 3/500 🖼️
• Workouts: 3/7 💪
• GTD reviews: 5/7 daily, weekly pending

Work

• Tuesday through Friday of this week was our annual Winter Conference at work, which is a 4-day event (each day is identical) where we both present agronomic topics to farmers and share our latest results and new products. For this year’s announcements, see https://www.precisionplanting.com/resources/news/2026-ptx-winter-conference.
• A majority of the week for me (outside of watching a few of the sessions) was spent in conversations and planning with colleagues from across the company who came in for Winter Conference.

Personal

• I started a new book this week (not because I finished another, but because it sounded interesting): Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War, by Jonathan Dimbleby.

Notable

• Since coworkers were onsite, we had a number of meals at multiple local restaurants. I’ll share the highlights here, from BlackBand Distillery, The 208 House, The Oyster Bar (Jonah’s), and Jim’s Steak House.

• Game nights continued this weekend with M and her mom. No new games, but I did introduce her to Rock Runners by Scott Johnson, which I haven’t played in ages.

• Saturday evening I also got to see a view of Peoria from a height I’d not been to before (see below). 🙂

Potpourri

• I’ve heard of 512 Pixels’ macOS Screenshot Library before, but was reminded about it in a recent podcast episode I was listening to (probably ATP?). It’s an interesting trip down memory lane for those who enjoy Apple’s UI design.