Stephen @makingarecord@friend.camp

Hello! I'm Stephen. Here's a real #intro:

I've been a lawyer for ~8 years. For 6 years I represented marginalized folks in Ohio's courts, mostly appeals. For the last 2 years I've worked in systems and data for public defenders. Now I live in NYC and work in the Bronx.

I work with #data, #ethicaltech, process/systems improvement, #policy, #communications, #cjreform, and where all of that intersects. Let me know if you want to talk about any of that! (Also into #maps, #scifi, #hiking, my cat)

I just finished my second apple today and I'm already thinking I might like a third one. (The simplest explanation is that my locked-in eating has been pretty bad in general, so my body is like "fresh fruit!! please keep it coming!")

I believe that apples are the most perfect food on the planet.

When I saw San Fermin live long ago, I became briefly obsessed with them, and this Blogotheque performance (Blogotheque being another thing I was briefly obsessed with) is absolutely stunning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzQls6sZ6ws

Nobody really talks about Tender Forever's 2011 album "Where Are We From" and I think that's a shame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUk129unq94

I opened absolutely every window in my apartment today. It makes me feel slightly less cooped up.

About two weeks from now I'm co-presenting a webinar on strategies for training people to use remote-work tech/systems. It's hosted by the NY Courts Permanent Commission on Access to Justice.

If you're in NY and work in civil legal aid, here's more info: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/technology-initiatives-29451

This includes if you just need someone to help you organize and write down your thoughts and pick some next steps!

If anyone needs help from a professional systems-improvement person right now (designing new processes, making plans for change, planning how to communicate and train for new processes, how to better use existing process/technology), let me know! I've got lots of time on my hands and would love to chat.

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/77-3800

Weird fact I just learned: Harry Truman famously had a sign that says "The Buck Stops Here" on his desk. The reverse side just said "I'm From Missouri."

I am watching "Popeye" the movie, and it's weird and mostly pretty endearing, but Shelly Duval started singing this song "He Needs Me" and I thought two things: its very nice! And also hey I've heard this before! Turns out I sorta had, in this song that I had on repeat for a week at one point: https://youtu.be/1biiKO_q_eM

I actually really recommend that whole album as an intro to his non-jokey work!

There are actually a bunch of songs from his giant catalogue that I really love.

I am sure there are other Matt Farley fans on here, so I thought I'd share a non-joke song of his that I find really really endearing, called "I've Never Left my Hometown." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc55OtwV4h4