Five for Friday – August 4, 2023
Back again for another week of random links that bounced around my head this week. I hope you find something interesting.
- First off, there may, or may not be a FfF next week, as I’ll be at DefCon! I’ve wanted to attend for a long time, but work, then covid (which I’m still a bit nervous about) got in the way, but I’m committed this year. I found this beginners guide to defcon series to be helpful and interesting.
- I could (and should…) write an entire blog post on why your standup meetings suck. This article on why Standups are Outdated is enough to get the conversation started while I let the idea bounce around in my brain.
- I watched a bit of the c-span coverage of the Trump arraignment yesterday – and once again was surprised by the misinformation. Here’s a nice summary of how People Are Lying To You About The Trump Indictment. It’s super-informative and clears up (for me at least) a lot of the crap talking points
- Chris Fenning’s The First Minute is still my go to reference on how to begin conversations, but along those same veins is this article on The Art of the Request. Far too often, people will complain to me that people “don’t do what they ask” – and far too often, the problem is on the wrong side of the airlock.
- Pure brag, because they’re sold out (of print versions), but I snagged a book version of 50 Years of Text Games, and I’m super excited.
That’s all – thanks for reading.