A lot of stress. A lot of pressure. It can only be the comprehensive spending review; the end of my tenure; and the constant pressure of seeking happiness when you’ve got to work out what that means for yourself.
Continue readingWeeknotes S06E16: agitating
This week I’m thinking about playfulness/flow; moving on; and setting up
Continue readingA theoretical solution for solving a very niche problem
A problem I’ve bleated about before for ages. If you run a graduate scheme, and you spend a lot of staff time trying to move people around, I have a solution for you.
Continue readingWeeknotes S6E15: and tell them, this is what love is
A bizarre mix of two things for you: love, and a rant.
Continue readingUsing 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.
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Caffeinated Punctuation 