Camiel Schoonens

My Day in Three for today:

1. I bought a PhotoSweeper license today so I can finally start cleaning up the thousands of photos stored on my NAS. The app is great at identifying (near) duplicate pictures by analyzing EXIF data, filenames, file sizes, and the images themselves. It worked really well, and fast, on the first ~3,000 I scanned.
2. In the afternoon I went to Gouda to do some shopping. Afterward, we enjoyed a nice glass of wine at La Cantina van Jongkind. We had never been there before and I’m definitely planning to go back for dinner soon.
3. Tonight I watched the first episode of WIDM and really enjoyed it. This season was filmed in Tanzania and Zanzibar, two places I’d love to visit for a summer holiday.

My Day in Three for today:

1. I was off this morning to compensate for my travel to Brazil on Sunday. I used the morning to help my family prepare for my absence next week by doing some weekend chores in advance.
2. I drove to the office over lunch to work from there this afternoon. Apart from a few meetings, I spent the majority of the afternoon preparing for my trip next week. It’s going to be a very busy and exhausting week in both São Paulo and Porto Alegre, but I look forward to connecting with colleagues whom I’ve not met before.
3. The work week ended with being a couch potato. I needed it.

My Day in Three for today:

1. I completed my first 7AM Thursday morning run of 2026. My body finally feels fit enough to slowly increase my running again to two times a week. I’m convinced that from here things will get better, to track and motivate myself I’ve created this 2026 Run Log. It’s confronting to see I’ve only done four runs in the first two months of the year, but it is what it is.
2. I had several strategic thought leadership meetings today. They were about the adoption of AI tooling in our work, about the introduction of agentic capabilities in our products, and about how to organize ourselves as a future-ready product team because of potential changes to roles in the product triad. I like working and thinking about these topics.
3. I started to move these MDiT posts to this website tonight. In the next few weeks, I will be moving all my online data to this single domain.

[My Day in Three](https://schoonens.social/categories/mdit/) for today:

1. I felt much better today and went back to the office to work from there. No more sneezing and coughing, what a relief.
2. Nothing special at work other than a day full of meetings.
3. Also, nothing special at home after work. I relaxed with my wife on the couch, watching some TV series and the news from today.

[My Day in Three](https://schoonens.social/categories/mdit/) for today:

1. Worked from home again today, and I am feeling better than yesterday. I had another good night’s sleep. I should be able to go to the office tomorrow.
2. I connected with my team in Brazil today to discuss the agenda for next week‘s travel to both São Paulo and our Porto Alegre offices.
3. Since I was already home, I helped my wife pick up the kids from sports tonight. I had four girls in the backseat of the car, all around 15 years old. It was fun listening to their girl talk while driving back home.