“What’s happening when nothing bad is happening?” 🤔 https://overcast.fm/+tF0BGGMQs
2022: The year I have three calendaring apps and four different email authoring environments.
None of which agree on what “Rich Text” means.
Ranking pain points on a Dislikert scale:
1️⃣ Minor Annoyance 😕 3️⃣ Medium Frustration ☹️ 5️⃣ Epic Consternation 😡
Replying to @shidoshi
“Learned helplessness can cause a great loss of human talent and we should find ways to combat it. Let’s see what we can do to detect and avoid it.” (via @Pocket) #longreads https://pocket.co/xhWkg9
Replying to @forrestbrazeal, @the_thagomizer and @ryan_sb
MFW the post apply update MBP reboot black screen lasts just a bit too long.
Replying to @jbminn
seriously.
Ceteris Paribus as a Service
Do. not. want.
welp 🦉
“Why do systems work so well? Consider the properties of highly functional systems…which are familiar to you. Chances are good that you may have observed one of three characteristics: resilience, self-organization, or hierarchy.”
Thinking in Systems https://a.co/4s4LJyd
Replying to @JoeEmison
Very good so far.
Please also note that GitHub commit frequency is an actively harmful metric. https://twitter.com/sandofsky/status/1460687578760318984
Replying to @mweagle
Optimizing for steady commit rate on trunk.
Replying to @jhscott
Seems possible
“Asking good questions is a super important skill when writing software.” https://jvns.ca/blog/good-questions/
Yes, yes, and yes. https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/1461049242345111554
“Systems thinking leads to another conclusion, however, waiting, shining, obvious, as soon as we stop being blinded by the illusion of control. It says that there is plenty to do, of a different sort of “doing.””
https://a.co/2tPi3Rk
I really enjoyed this book and (no spoilers), the 12 “Places to Intervene in a System (in increasing order of effectiveness)” provides a clear way to think about how to create change. 👍
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005VSRFEA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Me: Going for a short lunchtime walk would be nice.
Dark Sky Alert: Drizzle starting whenever you’re planning to go outside.
Team status report
Replying to @kstewart
Same - that show was great. Lions we’re the best 🦁
Replying to @kstewart
Replying to @nconnaughton
“Coordination swamps all other costs in the development of software.” (via @Pocket) #longreads https://pocket.co/xhKpQk
RT @geoff_baskwill:
“I believe that we technical people tend to err in assuming that we are more independent and self-contained than we really are.”
from “How NASA Builds Teams: Mission Critical Soft Skills for Scientists, Engineers, and Project Teams”
https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/how-nasa-builds/9780470502952/pell_9780470502952_oeb_c04_r1.html
Replying to @kstewart
Those were good days. 🔥
Pineapple Express: worst train ever https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1463238753313513473
Replying to @ben11kehoe
“They were inexpensively developed using a passenger body based on the Leyland National bus..."
Pineapple Express: second worst train ever.
I would like to speak to the manager regarding this list. https://twitter.com/Rap/status/1463219266732404743
Replying to @TheTarquin
London is calling and they also would like to lodge a complaint.
Me: uuidgen should be strong enough
Web form: Passwords must contain at least one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, one number, and one special character.
RT @donwinslow: If the killers had not videotaped the brutal murder they committed we might have had a different verdict today.
And if the…
Olympic Peninsula is worth a visit.
What is the sound of one alarm flapping? #zenops
Replying to @mpchlets
Can confirm via Airplane Mode: it unfortunately does not.
Replying to @mpchlets
Truth.
Replying to @mweagle
“Try scheduling weekly quiet time for your team. A team (contractor) building a satellite for NASA has three hours of quiet time each Wednesday morning…People describe how wonderful it is to just think without interruptions.”
Replying to @endsofthreads
😎 ... Can you help out the yak who’s apparently a bit down on their luck?
This should be fun
https://twitter.com/julian_wood/status/1465842874457763840
Replying to @mweagle
“Effective inclusion begins by adopting the mindset that inclusion matters, then paying attention to how you include others or fail to include others. In simple terms, inclusion is about how we delegate power and share information and rewards.”