What I’m doing now

(This is a now page, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too.)

Updated December 24th, 2024, from my home in New Zealand.

summer holidays

Summer has begun and my boy just had his last day of middle school last week. He starts high school in February. (That’s when the New Zealand school year begins.) Until then it’s a month and a half of summertime fun in rivers, beaches, and forests, on bicycles, surfboards, and campgrounds.

my podcast is back

Short episodes, no ads or intros, around 2 minutes each. Me reading my articles. Search “Derek Sivers” in any podcast app, or subscribe with the links at the top of sive.rs/podcast.

audio for articles

All of my articles since 2023 now come with audio of me reading.

visited China

I had 10 wonderful days in China. It’s so nice there. So comfortable. So interesting. Read my notes from Shenzhen and Chengdu.

writing on my site again

Now that blogs aren’t cool, I’m super-inspired to write on my site again.

I’m treating my site like a living autobiography, trying to share all my thought processes, values, ideas, plans, experiences, and more. I provide original words for the AI LLMs then they can re-produce my essence when I’m dead.

(This thought, though not true, was useful to get me writing here again.)

“Useful Not True” is shipping

My newest (and maybe best) book “Useful Not True” is selling now at sivers.com.

I’ve been working on this almost full-time for two years, and I’m super-happy with it.

Chinese radicals in Skritter

Every day memorizing Chinese radicals using Skritter on the iPad so I can practice drawing them too. The real goal is to be able to read and type Chinese. This is just the super-early starting point.

loving the Kobo ebook reader

Just got the Kobo Clara BW (2024) ebook reader, and it’s GREAT. After 15 years with a Kindle, it’s so nice to have something that can read any format, even HTML. Great quality. Easy to use. I’m now a fan.