Why am I starting this?

Brendan Patterson

21 Jan 2025 — 1 min read

After nearly 30 years of working, I pseudo-semi-sorta retired on Friday, January 17, 2025. I sold my company (which had some cool apps), wrapped up a bit more work, and now… it's passion project time! Still trying to come up with a better name for this phase of life—"freetirement," maybe? Suggestions welcome. ¯\(ツ)/¯

I’m eager to be diving headfirst into building more things: apps, ideas, experiments. With AI in the mix, the creative process is supercharged— making things 4x faster, sometimes 50x.

I’ve always loved reading articles, tech+tool research, and brainstorming ideas. Now, without a company to run or a team to share everything with, I’ve realized I need a new outlet. My friends are great, but if I bombarded them with every article, thought, or half-baked idea, they’d probably disown me or leave the group chat entirely and rightly so.

So, here we are. This blog is my new outlet—a space to share the ideas, insights, and projects I’m excited about. If you’re reading this, thanks for stopping by and being part of this next chapter.

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I'm back