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Following up on this post from Andrea Contino, which appeared in my RSS feed last week, here is my list of 10 “first-world problems” I don’t appreciate.

1. People who don’t close a door after walking through it.
2. A dual-monitor setup where the monitors are connected vertically and aren’t horizontally aligned.
3. People who call on a speakerphone in public.
4. People who misbehave toward public servants and hospitally personel.
5. LinkedIn, the place where everyone has the best job/employer ever until they sign up for their next job. It’s one big show-your-ego network.
6. People who show up late.
7. Audio messages instead of a text message.
8. A desk that isn’t properly organized.
9. PowerPoint presentations where the slide content isn’t aligned to the grid and where consistency is missing from slide to slide. You’ll lose my attention right away.
10. Emails from non-native English speakers that are full of em dashes (—). I know within a second that you didn’t write the response yourself.

As you might have seen yesterday, my flight to the USA was canceled due to heavy snowfall in the Netherlands. Since I am unexpectedly at home today and have adjusted my work hours to EST, I took a walk near my house this morning. I brought my camera to capture a few photos, since I don’t know when I’ll see this much snow again at home.

I visited Museum Fenix today in Rotterdam. At Fenix, you find stories about love and farewell, home and feeling at home, navigating identity, or seeking happiness. Stories from both the past and present, from here and elsewhere.

The Tornado, designed by architect Ma Yansong, is the striking centrepiece of the Fenix Meseum.

https://camiel.schoonens.nl/2025/45207/

Since I need to stay awake this afternoon after my trip home, I might as well start post-processing some of the photos I took last week in Sedona National Park. I’m pretty happy with how the colors turned out, even though the sky was grey for most of the day.