Richard Eriksson

@sillygwailo
355 Followers
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“When I choose to see the good side of things, I’m not being naïve. It is strategic and necessary. It’s how I’ve learned to survive through everything.”

Vice President of Tech Pizza Mondays. Vice President and Secretary of the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto.
Bloghttps://justagwailo.com
MottoFun within prescribed limits.
Pronunciation'gwai':'why' 'lo':'low'
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Richard Eriksson3h ago
DrupalCon Chicago 20266d ago
@mtift captured the quieter side of #DrupalCon Chicago - the Quiet Room, the ten-second pause Dries borrowed from Fred Rogers, and why slowing down mid-conference might be the most useful thing you do. A lovely read.
https://matthewtift.com/blog/quiet-room-drupalcon
The Quiet Room at DrupalCon | Matthew Tift

Dries borrowed an idea from Fred Rogers at the Driesnote: stop everything and think of the people who helped you get here. Ten seconds. That moment, and the Quiet Room down the hall, changed how I experienced DrupalCon this year.

Show threadRichard Eriksson4h ago
Still getting better, though nobody has pointed it out (compassionately/distressingly).
Richard Eriksson9h ago
Richard ErikssonFeb 26

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sillygwailo/115553811631536214

What I really want is to stop dreaming altogether, but I’ll take the ability to not dream about certain topics.

Richard Eriksson11h ago
OCAD University’s 2026 GradEx takes place from May 6th to 10th. #Toronto #art #design https://www.ocadu.ca/events-and-exhibitions/gradex-111
GradEx 111 | OCAD University

OCAD University’s 111th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Toronto’s largest free art and design exhibition, takes place May 6 to 10, 2026, featuring the work of more than 800 emerging artists and designers.

OCAD University
Richard Eriksson1d ago
TIL about a map that glows with the vocabulary of water. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/vizlab-stream-names-map/
A map that glows with the vocabulary of water

Building firefly-style maps in R to see patterns in stream names across United States.

Water Data Blog
Show threadRichard Eriksson1d ago
Oops, I made the mistake of sending messages to group chats during a Lull Hour. And now I wait.
Richard Eriksson2d ago
Show threadMichael Dwyer2d ago

@sillygwailo I usually only leave notes when people piss me off. When I inevitably block them, I will have a record of why.

So yours right now is blank. I'm half tempted to write "needy and craves validation" in there now. 😛

Richard Eriksson2d ago
Do you use Mastodon’s “personal note” feature for profiles? If so, what does yours say about me?
Richard Eriksson2d ago
April the 4th be with you!
Show threadRichard Eriksson2d ago
RSS Club is just another paywall if the articles are not public to people without an RSS aggregator. #RSS