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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 10/06/2026

What are the best AI-assisted PKM tools out there? Ideally I want a combo of Readwise, Granola, and Obsidian—all kinds of notes, manual or captured, with a way to quickly recall, aggregate, and gather insights. I know there's Claude MCP connectors, etc., but has someone built this app? 📑🧠🎙️💡

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 03/06/2026

Just wrapped #CascadiaJS in Seattle, after attending back in September 2025. The difference in AI sentiment and speed of change over 9 months is insane. The uncomfortable is now expected. Rough-edged experiments are now built-out tools we rely on. Software engineering is changing beneath us.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 02/06/2026

I've been 👻 public work/tech/web spaces for *a while* but I'm popping my head up for @cascadiajs.com! I'm a frontend-focused engineer, utterly confused at what my job will look like in 2-3 years 😂 Would love to say hi and meet new faces too 👋 #cascadiajs

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 21/09/2025

✏️ New post: The writer, the text and the audience hidde.blog/connection-c...

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The writer, the text and the audience

Meaning in art comes from more than the artifact.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 20/09/2025

Thanks again @cascadiajs.com for a friendly, quality conference. I've been publicly nonexistent for two years tending to our son's leukemia treatment, and it was nice to dip my toes back into the broader web industry in a small way. Excited for next year 👋 #cascadiajs

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 14/07/2025

Two months ago, we made a video for my wife Anna's song "My Love," about her unwavering commitment to help our son walk through child cancer treatment. I love that we got familiar scenes at our very own @seattlechildrens.org 💛 🎥 Video: youtu.be/eqcqLGJbDr8 🎵 "Frontline" album: found.ee/frontline

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Anna Palfreeman - My Love (Official Video)

YouTube video by Anna Palfreeman

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 21/05/2025

🎤 CONCERT reminder: we're playing through Anna's "Frontline," an album processing our son's leukemia treatment 🎗️ Fremont Abbey, June 20 at 7:30 🎟️ TICKETS: lightcollectivepnw.ejoinme.org/frontlinetic...

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 12/05/2025

Anna's first song, "My Love," from a new album Frontline, is out now. We even made a video with footage from home and Seattle Children's Hospital, where Emerson is being treated for leukemia. I hope it helps anyone going through the unthinkable 🫶🎗️ 🎵 song.link/i/1808909182 🎥 youtu.be/eqcqLGJbDr8

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My Love by Anna Palfreeman

Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 17/02/2025

Committed to going snowboarding next Friday for the first time in ~3 years! Time to completely reevaluate my gear and spend 4x the price of a lift ticket on things I'll wear a few times.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 01/01/2025

📣 NEW blog post: "A year of childhood cancer: 10 lessons that changed me" open.substack.com/pub/markpalf...

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 21/12/2024

🗣️ I'm off work for three weeks, so I did the next logical thing: start a Substack! I'm calling it "Best Attentions: calm reflections on being, focus, and embracing imperfection." Read the intro post 👇🏼 open.substack.com/pub/markpalf...

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Welcome to Best Attentions 👋

Calm reflections on being, focus, and embracing imperfection. Where does your attention go?

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 11/12/2024

I'm officially off work until January 2, thanks in part to Washington FMLA. Time to reflect on a hell of a year. No, I will not be doing any technical side projects (just writing, reading, photo, or video). First up: 4-day family trip to a cabin in the woods 🌲

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 10/12/2024

I just got notified a USPS package got delivered 9 hours in the future, but I did just see Interstellar so I'm not really surprised.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 10/12/2024

🤔 At what point can we graduate from the term "modern browsers"? What does that even mean?

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 10/12/2024

"It is far more radical and dangerous to have hope than to live hemmed in by fear." – Suleika Jaouad

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 04/12/2024

❓ Legitimately curious: how do you decide on social communities and content to interact with? Between the infinite sea of podcasts, Discords, social media feeds, I tend toward apathetically avoiding it all instead of engaging with a select few. What's your approach?

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 28/11/2024

In a year orbiting around our 5-year-old son's leukemia treatment, today I'm acutely thankful for: - Modern medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital for saving his life - Friends and family who've supported us in our suffering and isolation 💛🎗️

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 15/11/2024

Excited for December primarily to build holiday LEGO. I'm up to 5 sets and bought white bases for a lil village 🎅🏼🧝🏼‍♂️🎄🏡

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 12/11/2024

~15 years on Twitter, a stint on Bluesky, a year+ on Threads. I still gravitate back to these apps, though the fragmentation has killed a lot of value for me. Personally I have less to say, so it's becoming mindless consumption. What keeps you here? Learning? Influence? Fun? Identity?

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 06/11/2024

I resisted this, but I may need to segment my social apps with a purpose instead of following everyone everywhere. Since the network effect was lost, it's been exhausting to know where to post and spend time. - Bluesky: tech/web/career - Threads: photo/video/creativity - Twitter: stragglers ???

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 27/06/2023

Ok, the summer 4-day weeks at my new job have been amazing: 1. Built-in pressure to stay focused, eliminate distraction, and finish stuff. 2. Even if I "let housework slide" during the workweek, a 3-day weekend is enough to pick up the slack *and* have fun.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 21/06/2023

Well, I think I have to quit Wordle now.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 15/06/2023

Someone at work mentioned Crash Test Dummies— Went on and listened to "God Shuffled His Feet" in its entirety, and was absolutely not disappointed 🎧

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 06/06/2023

I can't stop thinking about what we're trying to accomplish with our time and technology. Convenience? Speed? Connection? Happiness? Play? What makes you optimistic (or pessimistic) about where technology is heading?

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 04/06/2023

every now and then, whoever is in charge of salt and vinegar flavour at the pringles factory, goes absolutely *rogue* with the seasoning i want them to know they are perfect and loved by me

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 03/06/2023

As a kid, I never owned a Gameboy or any console. Sometimes I played N64 Mario Kart and Tony Hawk at friends' houses. Yesterday at 34 I bought a Switch 🎮🤘

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 24/05/2023

Every January: "I'm gonna write more blog posts this year!" Every other month:

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 18/05/2023

I'm taking an absolute 🔪 to old emails, subscriptions, newsletters, etc. I had rules piping this stuff to folders but I NEVER READ THEM. What a mental relief to unsubscribe from all but a few and start fresh ✨

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 17/05/2023

It's 2023 and we're still charging separately for print and ebooks...

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 16/05/2023

I'm restarting Oliver Burkeman's "Four Thousand Weeks" with a couple of friends and who knows, I might highlight the *other* half of the book...

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 14/05/2023

My excitement of new glasses is always instantly tamed when they show up and make my eyes look way smaller than when I tried the frames at the shop

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Bramus @bram.us · 11/05/2023

The past few months have ushered in a golden era for CSS and Web UI. Here are 20 of the most exciting and impactful features that landed recently or are coming soon. Authored by @una.im, @nerdy.dev, and yours truly. developer.chrome.com/blog/whats-new…

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What's new in CSS and UI: I/O 2023 Edition - Chrome Developers

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 11/05/2023

There's very little like the feeling of losing a key fob that would cost $400 to replace. I'm mad at myself mostly, but for that price you think there'd be emergency tracking built in or something.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 09/05/2023

@jaketapper.bsky.social bro can you stop perpetuating "skeet" so hard?

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 04/05/2023

Some coworkers talked about their home espresso machines and suddenly I'm oddly OK with the idea of spending $3,000 on a machine 🤦‍♂️☕

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Ricky @ricky.fm · 04/05/2023

A job is just doing homework all day

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Morgan Housel @morganhousel.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Reminder that no matter how the economy is performing there will always be a loud group of people saying: - Big recession around the corner - Hyperinflation imminent - The dollar is doomed - The Fed broke everything - Stocks are overvalued Been like that for 100+ years.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 03/05/2023

Curious about WA state parks' cancellation policy for tent camping reservations? ⛺Don't worry, they made the fees nice and simple for us:

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 03/05/2023

Yesterday we drove by a Honda dealership and my 4yo yelled at the top of his lungs: "HONKER!!!" It occurred to me that he thinks the logo on our steering wheel is a horn symbol 😆

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 02/05/2023

Finally got access to Arc!

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 02/05/2023

Yeah, tying terms to the other/similar/previous thing isn't a good long-term play.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 02/05/2023

Vanguard just allowed me to CLOSE an account... online... without having to talk to anyone or mail anything. I cannot explain how victorious this feels, and I should probably quit while I'm ahead.

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Jamon @jamon.dev · 30/04/2023

I’ve found over the past 14 years as an employer that on a team, talent is important, but chemistry is essential.

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 29/04/2023

First week on bsky, 70s in the PNW. Lessgoooo

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 28/04/2023

How can Seattleites focus on work in the afternoon when there's bsky outside

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 28/04/2023

I never post pictures of myself, probably because I care too much about what people think. Anyway, I'm looking into new glasses today—it's not as serious as it looks

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Mark Palfreeman @mark.palf.io · 28/04/2023

It's funny how, when you cut down a ginormous fir tree, pinecones and needles stop appearing all over your roof, gutters, yard, and sidewalks.

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