Five for Friday – June 25, 2021

We made it through another week. There’s still too much bad news in the world for my tastes, but I managed to find a few things worth sharing that aren’t about wars, human rights, or idiot politicians. The folks over at Practitest listed me among some testing folks to follow in twitter. There may be…

Last night I dreamt about the worst presentation ever. Sometimes I was presenting, sometimes I was watching, but it was frighteningly bad. Fortunately, my keynote this morning went well – and now that it has, I’ll share what happened (including some conscious editing to make sure I cover all of the bases). It begins… Moderator:…

This week flew by, but I still found a few interesting things worth sharing. Microsoft (yes, Microsoft) have a great article on hybrid work that makes a lot of great points. Then there’s this article talking about the ability of “geriatric millennials” to lead our new hybrid workforce. I have some arguments, but it’s interesting…

Twenty-twelve has been a heck of a year so far. The day job has been keeping me swamped, but the work, the challenges, and the scope feel perfect – I’m having a great time, and I couldn’t ask for anything more in a job. Historically, most of my blog posts come from experiences or inspiration…

I’m back. I never left, and I never stopped consuming content – I just took a break from sharing things I liked. The break is over – and while nobody complained about no posts for a month here are some things to look at anyway. That’s all for this new week in a weird new…

Every year, Microsoft’s Engineering Excellence group holds an internal conference – five days of talks, panels, booths and receptions (in other words, it’s just like any other conference, except only Microsoftees are invited). This is the first year since 2004 where I’ve been at the conference and not in the EE group. You’d think that…