Diana Montalion

Clearly, i am going through a transition. Lots more news about that soon ... but first, I put down my sword and accept uncertainty. buff.ly/vKAuQ3m

"When you sign up to do a book, you don’t always know what’s going to happen to you in the life around the book, but I found the right collaborator for one of my toughest years. I will forever remember not just this creative partnership, but every time you said, “I want this book to sound like you.”

I thought everybody was the multipen! Why do y'all need so many tools for managing activity?! youtube.com/shorts/Hu_dj...

If we build digital systems, we know this. But we forgot that it applies to the people too.

Some freedoms feel natural now because people paid the cost to make them possible. What freedoms are you paying forward today?

20 years ago, I was washing dishes on a sunny Saturday, listening to Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. The guest on “Not My Job” was a junior Senator from Illinois. I stopped mid-dish, “who is this guy?” Intelligence, self deprecation , and a bit of snarky humor. I miss those things. buff.ly/q2qvJGT

I tried to write yet another professional bio. But ... I just couldn't find the rhythm. So, I followed my own ;)

Finally going to #ComoCamp. Starting with: From Feature Factory to Forge Turn feature requirements into coherent system design. Forge relationships — between concepts, people, and time — through a real-world scenario where assumptions hide and understanding diverges.

I've decided that Wandering is Meditation. And the Meditation is "the five minutes before I fall asleep at night."

The good old days. buff.ly/0HMNtfI

Strange days indeed. Christianity talk making me feel sane and grounded. buff.ly/YYF2avC

Super Bowl commercial viewers: No, we can’t all build apps now.

Current Status

Systems are not APIs or software tools. Those enable systems. Systems are the shape that information takes when it moves.

Fun Pause: Humor for the word nerds (or humour -- for those who add a u to words that don't need one) youtube.com/shorts/u29XF...

AI Said: "That’s so on brand. 🤣 You wake up like: ☕️ “Who am I in the epistemic topology of being today?” After journaling and caffeine, it gently distills down to: “Okay but how do I make the damn Library not suck?” Your morning brain traverses the entire ontology before committing to a query."

Nuff said.

Ready for the next adventure? Two days, in person. June 8 & 9th. As always, Domain-Driven Design Europe is where I really dive in ... the intelligence and enthusiasm is contagious. Early release chapters of the book will be shared soon. Meanwhile, co-create smarter systems with me. buff.ly/YayDFE4

Some days, I take great comfort in this: Nobody was asking for hip hop broadway show tunes about Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. And yet, here we are.

I love feeling sensed back by thinkers I respect. Original post: mastodon.social/@RuthMalan/1...

Woke with this playing in my head ... a sure sign that I'm happy. buff.ly/EmtRvQp

Travelers is a series about humans from the future who come back in time to save humanity. Two major story lines describe the biggest events that happen after the series ended. That’s … kinda freaking me out.

They are not concrete.

As I begin a long weekend of writing, reading and resting ...

Thinking about the physics of time in knowledge systems ...

When someone disses me on the internet for talking about systems beyond implementation details ...

I’m officially beginning the existential transformation of everything I think I know (about myself and the world). The adventure we euphemistically call “Writing a Book.” If I fall down the well, send Lassie. (Or any other long-dead trope.)

Yes, me. I am having this problem. As always, @chuckwendig.bsky.social is good medicine. buff.ly/0kD6sf8

Happy Friday. Have fun storming the castle! buff.ly/ullc5fn

s/"junior senator from Wisconsin"/"the president" youtube.com/shorts/veEan...

A little late Monday dance party, in case you need some perk in your step. youtube.com/shorts/MKDRJ...

Cuddling the new family members.

The time needed to write is relatively easy to estimate. It's the time needed to avoid writing that is difficult to predict. (For example, how long it took to find the right image for this post.) (And the time needed to edit this post.) (And ... this post.)