📒 February 2026 – Read Write Collect

It is a crazy time of year when everyone comes back and start raising issues. Sadly, it feels like there are a lot of people questioning who does what, with some teams seemingly working in isolation and then wondering what the issue is. I am left wondering if this is this about process? Or being more human? Or is it about the spectre of AI?

We have so many tools for self-help, we are so impoverished for tools for group help – Priya Parker

Source: The Ezra Klein Show – Is Your Social Life Missing Something? This Is For You.

On the home front, it feels like it has been a busy month. We have started the second part of our renovations. This time we were better prepared for the mess and chaos, so it has been good … so far.

Extra-curricular activities started up again. New tennis group and dance class for our youngest provide the opportunity to start again.

We visited my grandfather in his new retirement village. It was strange. In part it was ‘perfect’ in the same way that an IKEA store is perfect. Just not sure how practical it is? Also managed to find time to get and about in Williamstown and Mt Dandenong.

I have started jogging again after dropping off over the summer. Opps. Managed to clock up 60km. Feels good to be back. I have also been walking more with the opening of the new Metro Tunnel.

Technologically, been battling with website and why Anubis was blocking RSS and comments.

We look up at the same stars and see different things.

Source: A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

Here is a list of books that I read this month:

Departures by Julian Barnes: Part memoir, part essay, part novella, Departures is Barnes’ final novel which explores life, memory and identity.
Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson: A breakdown of the four key personality types—Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue—offering a practical guide on how to communicate with people who think differently than you do.
Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones: An oral history of David Bowie, which creates a tapestry of perspectives and contradictions constructed from hundreds of interviews.
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin: The third volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, where the War of the Five Kings reaches a brutal turning point and the threat from the North grows more dire.
Belonging by Peter Read: A look at the relationship between non-Indigenous Australians and the land, exploring how a sense of “home” is constructed and what it means to belong in Australia in a post-colonial context.

The only acquisition with regards to music was Twinkle Digitz’ new single “Do It Rightly”. This included attending the single release at the Merri Creek Tavern, supported by Izzy Voxx and Rhizome and the Flavonoids.

I continued my deep dive into Prince, listening to Parade, Sign o’ the Times and Lovesexy. I also listened to a bit of David Bowie after watching Bowie: The Final Act and reading David Bowie – A Life by Dylan Jones.

With regards to my writing, I wrote the following:

I also finished my reflection on 2025.

Podcasts that stood out this month:

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