Madness, Math and (half) Marathons – and Medium!

It is Friday again. I spent the last week in Montreal where I walked a lot, and ate at far too many restaurants to list (but one free link is the vegan ramen at Umami – absolutely amazing). As usual here are a few (more than four, less than six) interesting things I found this…

One thing that I’ve found interesting now that all of my coworkers are working from home is that they schedule more meetings. I think this is a good thing – but wow has my calendar exploded. I still found a few things worth sharing. The media and blogs are filled with articles on Covid-19 –…

A lot of people want to see changes happen. Some of those want to make change happen. Whether it’s introducing a new tool to a software team, changing a process, or shifting a culture, many people have tried to make changes happen. And many of those have failed. I’ve known “Jeff” for nearly 20 years….

I chair an advisory council for a community of senior testers at Microsoft. We have a variety of events ranging from talking heads to open space events to panels to whatever type of event we think is the most different than the previous one. Yesterday, we had our fifth annual “soapbox” event, a lightning talk-ish…

Go. Get. Vaccinated. For the rest of you, be sure to flash your vaccination card at your screen before reading about some of the interesting articles I found this week. Like many others, I’m sad, mad, frustrated, and (unfortunately) not that surprised to hear all of the stories about toxic environments at Activision / Blizzard….

Warning, non-software post follows. 2014 was an interesting year for me. The year began with the trailing two weeks of a four week visit to Australia. Then, I spent July and August in France, then took another week off when I returned to take care of my dad. Finally, I took the last two weeks…