A bizarre mix of two things for you: love, and a rant.
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Using python to analyse a Trello board
Things this is:
- a post about using python 3 to parse JSON files
- a love letter to code
- a reminder for myself
- shameless self-promotion
- a theoretical approach to calculating story points per sprint
- only use this power to help your team reflect: if you use it to compare teams across your organisation, something bad will happen to you
- not really bad, obviously, but it’ll be moderately irritating, like you won’t be able to find a pound for your shopping trolley or you’ll be halfway to the shops when you remember you’ve forgotten your wallet
- only use this power to help your team reflect: if you use it to compare teams across your organisation, something bad will happen to you
Things this is not:
- how to make burndown charts from your Trello boards
- if you want me to make a thing that does that, it will cost you a sizeable ongoing donation to #BlackLivesMatter
Weeknotes S6E14: toxoplasmosa gondii
A colleague and friend, during a deep discussion about work-life balance, commented that he sometimes felt as though he were infected with the parasite toxoplasmosa gondii which can, in certain cases, make rats attracted to the scent of cat urine.
For a rat, this is a love affair surely fated to end in misery.
Continue readingWeeknotes S6E13: Ethical code
This week I’m thinking about doing the right thing. I should assert that this new focus is divorced from any and all current events.
Continue readingWeeknotes S06E12: Contradictions
Jenny pointed out how bizarre it is that I live in a curved flat. It’s got me thinking about other current contradictions and how I live with them.
Continue readingWeeknotes S06E11: same same, but different
I am writing to you with the sounds of trains close by. I am writing from my old desk and my old laptop, seated comfortably in my old chair.
But the trains are different, and the view is different, and I am now the proud owner of several thousand pounds of debt.
Continue readingWeeknotes S06E10: Moving
Moving house very suddenly, and I’m consequently feeling many things.
Continue readingWeeknotes S06E09: Remote works
Last time I wrote I was creative and going to the gym.
This time I am fatter and have had writer’s block for a fortnight. Ho hum.
Continue readingIntersectionality for brains
So I talked yesterday about having to have a bit of a cry. I’m going to break that down because there’s a lot of overlap, a lot of pointy jagged things that came together to result in me, sitting on my kitchen floor, crying down the phone.
This is going to be quite long, so reader beware.
Continue readingWeeknotes S06E08: Creative juices
I am writing creatively with more joy than ever. I am inspired by many things at the moment, including things that give me the squick. As I reflect on how much I’m enjoying it I realise I draw heavily from the experiences of those around me, more so even than myself. So – sorry, but if you’ve talked to me in the last six months or so you’ve probably ended up in something I’ve written.
Don’t be nervous! Unless you feel you ought to be nervous. I’ve only portrayed you as I experienced you.
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Caffeinated Punctuation 