# Hi, I'm Bill. This is where I share things I’ve created, experienced, or gotten curious about. It's not a personal brand website, a portfolio, or a manifesto. No ads, no monetization, no tracking (that I know of). It's just ... stuff I like. **Simple productivity** Many moons ago, I created [[getting sh-t done]], a **pleasantly simple approach to productivity**. No apps, no subscriptions, no Sunday evenings spent organizing things. It's been used by people from documentary producers to astronauts, and you can use it too. **Self-driving cars** Tesla, Waymo, Cruise, Mercedes-Benz, everyone is chasing the self-driving car. But have we collectively stopped to think about the [[the flipside of autonomy]]? All I know is that when I retire, I want a self-driving RV: "Take me to Yosemite! Take me to the mountains! Take me to bingo!" In the meanwhile, I my goal is to avoid getting run over by one. **Making things** - I made a [[bespoke text editor]] when I couldn't find one I liked - I converted an old [[galaxy fold keyboard|iPad keyboard case]] to work with my Galaxy Fold - That time I made a [[hacking a wii cable|Nintendo Wii cable]] from cardboard and twist ties - I wrote the original [[palm mirror|Mirror app]] for the Palm Pilot and a bunch of people downloaded it **Favorite things** - About half of my personal computing is now on [[trying ubuntu|Ubuntu]]; it's a great operating system - I have thoroughly enjoyed using the Samsung [[galaxy fold|Galaxy Fold]] line of phones - Here are a bunch of [[android apps|Android apps]] that I've found useful - I really, really liked the [[evil overlord]] ringtone on the T-Mobile Sidekick, and I'm still using it **Complaining about things** - Amazon uses some [[kindle battery life|magic bar charts]] to explain Kindle battery life - We once owned a little [[the little garmin|Garmin GPS]] that couldn't - My buddy D didn't like fingerprints on his monitor; I solved it with a [[squeeek]] **Tearing things apart** - Amazon turned a bunch of their webcams into [[amazon ewaste|e-waste]]; here's the insides of one **Really old things** - An ode to the Apple [[powerbook 12|PowerBook 12]], the most perfect laptop ever - I may have influenced that [[android glow|glow]] when you scroll to the end of a list on Android - Scene: Andersen Consulting, mid-90s. My buddies and I wrote [[octel lookup]]. People loved it. - Remember VAX/VMS? Probably not, but here's a bunch of old [[fortune files]] from those days. - Remembering back to the first [[transcontinental]] message I sent **Being too tall** Ever since I hit puberty, I've been [[too damn tall]]. For the longest time it was all fun and games, but lately I'm kind of done with it all. And no, I don't play basketball. **My parents' art** Both of my parents are artists, and I grew up surrounded by art and creativity. They don't have their own websites, so I've created pages for my [[dixie westerman artist|Mom's art]] and my [[bill westerman artist|Dad's art]]. **Street art appreciation** One of my favorite things to do when traveling is look for [[street art]], especially stickers and small drawings. I've started a page to show some of my favorites, and I've geotagged a bunch of them so you can see them for yourself (if they're still there.) **Elsewhere** Other things on the web worth [[elsewhere|checking out]] Various [[reference|technology websites]] I've found useful ∎