The Weekly Wrap: March 22, 2026

I was at a conference for most of this week. Computers in Libraries has always been one of my favorites. Because it's in DC, it draws a diverse crowd of librarians that makes for some really interesting presentations.

The diverse crowd was still there - but almost every session was about AI in some way.

*sigh* I'm tired.

I get that AI is important, and I genuinely do want to learn about it. But I need a break. The sheer volume of AI-focused presentations meant there was a lot of overlap, and I found myself hearing the same five talking points repeated ad nauseam. By the last day, I started picking sessions based on how little AI was mentioned in the description. Sadly, even those sessions managed to work it in somehow.

Oh well. There's always next year.

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• Why we always feel like there's never enough money. [Your Brain on Money]
• Is your job vulnerable to AI? [WaPo - gift link]
• A good reframing of the Eisenhower Matrix. [Weekly Brand Strategist]
• Some people might ask to circle back on this one. [INC - may be paywalled]
• Do you remember the WASPs? [The Atlantic - gift link]

• The fight for civil rights was about respect in all forms. [Code Switch]
• 311 seems very much like a library. [99% Invisible]
• Where your fish tank critters came from. [Planet Money]
• How Trump is physically changing DC. [City Cast DC]

• Now You See Me: Now You Don't was a bit of a disappointment. It was a diamond heist that feel flat. The writing was staid and the acting was lackluster. You can feel the cast reading through the script. Also, the whole point of a heist film is to see the behind-the-scenes action that shows how they pulled it off. This one barely had that. [Prime]

• I used to make spicy beef and noodles so often that I had the recipe memorize. Although, I always doubled the sauce, added mushrooms to the meat, and threw in sugar snap peas with the noodles. The hiatus meant I had to look up the ingredients. Happily, this one was still good. I omitted the sriracha in the cooking process since our kiddo doesn't do spicy. We just added it to the adult bowls instead. [Budget Bytes Cookbook - *Bookshop.org affiliate link]
• I love black bean, corn, and shrimp salad because it's so customizable. Kiddo had hers turned into nachos, I tossed mine in a bowl with some lime crema and cotija (giving it a street corn effect), and the husband scooped his with some cheddar and chips. We've also made it into tacos and burritos. [My Evernote]