Daniel Morrison
@daniel-morrison.bsky.social
Building software and software teams. Busybody.
[i] Collective Idea founder.
[i] Collective Idea founder.
PSA: Don't put your trash bins in the bike lane!
I drove past this last night moments after it happened. Tragic. Dark, rainy, terrible visibility. 😢
Protected bike lakes would be even better, but in the meantime, keep your trash bins out of the bike lanes!
www.cityofholland.com/CivicAlerts....
I drove past this last night moments after it happened. Tragic. Dark, rainy, terrible visibility. 😢
Protected bike lakes would be even better, but in the meantime, keep your trash bins out of the bike lanes!
www.cityofholland.com/CivicAlerts....
Traffic Fatality in Holland
www.cityofholland.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
PSA: Don't put your trash bins in the bike lane!
I drove past this last night moments after it happened. Tragic. Dark, rainy, terrible visibility. 😢
Protected bike lakes would be even better, but in the meantime, keep your trash bins out of the bike lanes!
www.cityofholland.com/CivicAlerts....
I drove past this last night moments after it happened. Tragic. Dark, rainy, terrible visibility. 😢
Protected bike lakes would be even better, but in the meantime, keep your trash bins out of the bike lanes!
www.cityofholland.com/CivicAlerts....
Even big companies can make simple mistakes.
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Even big companies can make simple mistakes.
This song used to come on the radio at night when I was a kid and scare me a bit.
Anyway, good night to put it on repeat.
music.apple.com/us/album/the...
Anyway, good night to put it on repeat.
music.apple.com/us/album/the...
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot on Apple Music
Song · 1976 · Duration 6:29
music.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This song used to come on the radio at night when I was a kid and scare me a bit.
Anyway, good night to put it on repeat.
music.apple.com/us/album/the...
Anyway, good night to put it on repeat.
music.apple.com/us/album/the...
This looks like a solid playlist, and I’m not sure how that makes me feel. 🤣
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Dad Rock Essentials on Apple Music
Playlist · 100 Songs
music.apple.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This looks like a solid playlist, and I’m not sure how that makes me feel. 🤣
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
This book has had a place of prominence on the @collectiveidea.com bookshelf since it came out because Kathy Sierra is awesome and y’all should read her.
Posting for no reason whatsoever.
Posting for no reason whatsoever.
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This book has had a place of prominence on the @collectiveidea.com bookshelf since it came out because Kathy Sierra is awesome and y’all should read her.
Posting for no reason whatsoever.
Posting for no reason whatsoever.
in light of rubycentral.org/news/rubygem... I'm suddenly suspicious of gem.coop as being primarily a data play.
Rubygems.org AWS Root Access Event – September 2025
As part of standard incident-response practice, Ruby Central is publishing the following post-incident review to the public. This document summarizes the September 2025 AWS root-access event, what oc...
rubycentral.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
in light of rubycentral.org/news/rubygem... I'm suddenly suspicious of gem.coop as being primarily a data play.
It is criminal that this doesn't exist already, with the number of people hopping between them daily. This would be fantastic. www.wilx.com/2025/09/29/m...
Michigan studies east-to-west passenger rail route
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) plans to begin a study in spring 2026 to explore potential routes.
www.wilx.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It is criminal that this doesn't exist already, with the number of people hopping between them daily. This would be fantastic. www.wilx.com/2025/09/29/m...
Just signed the Ranked Choice Voting petition at the farmers market. Get out there Michigan and sign it! rankmivote.org
Bring Ranked Choice Voting to Michigan | Rank MI Vote
Ranked Choice Voting is a simple upgrade to voting — an easy, nonpartisan, reform that ensures elections reflect the will of the people.
rankmivote.org
July 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just signed the Ranked Choice Voting petition at the farmers market. Get out there Michigan and sign it! rankmivote.org
a client wants to work with an AI marketing company and part of the JS snippet they provided loads jQuery.
This cracks me up, because "rewrite this without jQuery" is something that the LLMS are actually pretty good at.
This cracks me up, because "rewrite this without jQuery" is something that the LLMS are actually pretty good at.
July 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
a client wants to work with an AI marketing company and part of the JS snippet they provided loads jQuery.
This cracks me up, because "rewrite this without jQuery" is something that the LLMS are actually pretty good at.
This cracks me up, because "rewrite this without jQuery" is something that the LLMS are actually pretty good at.
Missing the crew at #RailsConf this week. I planned to be there but had a family thing come up. Have fun for me, and see you at the next thing!
July 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Missing the crew at #RailsConf this week. I planned to be there but had a family thing come up. Have fun for me, and see you at the next thing!
people still don't understand the zipper merge. Got a middle finger and an aggressive lane straddler today.
July 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
people still don't understand the zipper merge. Got a middle finger and an aggressive lane straddler today.
Chatting with Wix tech support about working around their DNS setup limitations.
So how's your day going?
So how's your day going?
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Chatting with Wix tech support about working around their DNS setup limitations.
So how's your day going?
So how's your day going?
Took the cargo bike down a closed-to-cars 8th Street this morning to drop off seats for the parade. So pleasant. Let’s close this all the time!
May 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Took the cargo bike down a closed-to-cars 8th Street this morning to drop off seats for the parade. So pleasant. Let’s close this all the time!
May 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Congrats, Broncos!
April 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Congrats, Broncos!
Spot the difference
April 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Spot the difference
Go watch this 9-minute documentary on Holland, Michigan’s citywide fiber-to-the-home project, if you're interested in what we did here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX5A...
#hollandfiber
#hollandfiber
How Holland, Michigan, Explored Every Community Broadband Model
YouTube video by Institute for Local Self-Reliance
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Go watch this 9-minute documentary on Holland, Michigan’s citywide fiber-to-the-home project, if you're interested in what we did here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX5A...
#hollandfiber
#hollandfiber
currently writing a Cucumber file and wow it has been a while. 🥒
March 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
currently writing a Cucumber file and wow it has been a while. 🥒
We’ll be there! Come join us!
THANK YOU to our generous supporters who recently purchased #RailsConf Supporter Tickets. 💙
💎 Ben Sheldon
💎 Collective Idea
💎 McGeary Consulting Group
💎 Ben Sheldon
💎 Collective Idea
💎 McGeary Consulting Group
RailsConf 2025
RailsConf 2025 – Philadelphia, PA – July 8-10: Register for RailsConf Now!
ti.to
March 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We’ll be there! Come join us!
I only learned about the insanity that is the Barkley Marathons a year ago, and I’m happy I can follow it here.
After multiple failed attempts, the conch was blown at 10:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100.
March 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I only learned about the insanity that is the Barkley Marathons a year ago, and I’m happy I can follow it here.
Beautiful day at #MidwestHouse at #sxsw. Michigan day! Come hang out!
www.midwesthouse.org/sxsw-2025-1
www.midwesthouse.org/sxsw-2025-1
March 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Beautiful day at #MidwestHouse at #sxsw. Michigan day! Come hang out!
www.midwesthouse.org/sxsw-2025-1
www.midwesthouse.org/sxsw-2025-1
Having some annoying Tailscale issues for the last hour. Anyone else?
March 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Having some annoying Tailscale issues for the last hour. Anyone else?