Tom MacWright
Recently
I skipped August's Recently because this summer has been relentless, mostly in the positive sense....
2 weeks ago
I skipped August's Recently because this summer has been relentless, mostly in the positive sense. July and August were filled with bike rides, 5K races, friends in town, life changes and logistics.
For a friend's birthday, we rode the rickety Coney Island Cyclone, which was...
Tom MacWright
Technology optimism hour
Back in 2022, I wrote Web technology optimism hour, highlighting the things I thought were cool...
14th Aug 2026
Back in 2022, I wrote Web technology optimism hour, highlighting the things I thought were cool about the state of technology. Time flies. Let's do it again.
It's still easy to be pessimistic, but it's nice to mine your feelings for the positive ones. The elephant in the room is...
Tom MacWright
Recently
June was a big month: I went to Porto & Lisbon, and had a lot of life stuff happen. I'll get into...
1st Jul 2026
June was a big month: I went to Porto & Lisbon, and had a lot of life stuff happen. I'll get into the trip once I get my rolls of film developed. Three rolls at a new photo developing place: fingers crossed!
Reading
I finished reading Intermezzo (of the bag) and it was fantastic....
Tom MacWright
Recently
A section of trail in Switzerland
May was a big month! The highlight was a cycling trip around Lake...
4th Jun 2026
A section of trail in Switzerland
May was a big month! The highlight was a cycling trip around Lake Konstanz, passing through Konstanz, Bregenz Austria, Stein am Rhein in Switzerland, and Meersburg.
A farm in Bodenseeufer, Germany
We passed a lot of operating agriculture,...
Tom MacWright
Recently
I spent a lot of time outside in April. The first two weekends I did long bike rides: from Brooklyn...
4th May 2026
I spent a lot of time outside in April. The first two weekends I did long bike rides: from Brooklyn to Tarrytown along the Old Croton Aqueduct trail, and out to Rockaway Beach via the Marine Parkway Bridge & Cross Bay Memorial Bridge.
Then, I ran the Brooklyn Experience Half...
Tom MacWright
Recently
I have a bunch that I want to write about this month, but that'll all be in different posts. Just...
1st Apr 2026
I have a bunch that I want to write about this month, but that'll all be in different posts. Just got back from Atmosphere Conf in Vancouver and settling into a false Brooklyn summer.
Reading
I read so much this month but have little to share here. Despite trying to keep a rich,...
Tom MacWright
Recently
The snow has been tough for my running schedule in February but it's starting to clear and...
1st Mar 2026
The snow has been tough for my running schedule in February but it's starting to clear and temperatures have started to lift. Yesterday got in a solid 45 miles of cycling, including up to this point near the George Washington Bridge, and back on the Tappan Zee.
Listening
I didn't...
Tom MacWright
Recently
Listening
Die In Love by Greet Death
Via David Crespo, I got into Greet Death, a band that's been...
3rd Feb 2026
Listening
Die In Love by Greet Death
Via David Crespo, I got into Greet Death, a band that's been hustling since 2011. It's great in a simultaneously familiar and innovative way. The album has a great amount of variety: Small Town Cemetery is a really effective quiet, acoustic...
Tom MacWright
Sketches
I've been sticking to a sketching routine recently: every day I draw at least once face.
Faces...
31st Jan 2026
I've been sticking to a sketching routine recently: every day I draw at least once face.
Faces are different for me than any other kind of drawing. Somewhere in the process the face looks real enough for me to recognize it as a human being, if it's a good drawing. About 30% of...
Tom MacWright
Recently
This’ll be the last Recently in 2025. It’s been a decent year for
me, a pretty rough year for the...
1st Dec 2025
This’ll be the last Recently in 2025. It’s been a decent year for
me, a pretty rough year for the rest of the world. I hope, for everyone,
that 2026 sees the reversal of some of the current trends.
Watching
This video from Daniel Yang, who makes spectacular bikes of his...
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