{"id":1505,"date":"2018-12-07T10:15:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2018-12-14T12:01:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T20:01:29","slug":"five-for-friday-december-6-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/five-for-friday-december-6-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday \u2013 December 7, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m well over the one-year mark in writing these weekly posts. I&#8217;ve enjoyed doing them, but pleasantly surprised on the positive feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rainforest QA said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainforestqa.com\/blog\/2018-12-04-the-6-essential-qa-blogs-to-read-in-2019\/\">this blog was one of the top 6 QA blogs to read in 2019<\/a>. I better step up my game and see if I can fulfill that prophecy.<\/li><li>A few posts ago, I mentioned I was reading&nbsp;<em>Farsighted<\/em>, by Steven Johnson (it&#8217;s a book about decision making). A colleague recently forwarded me <a href=\"https:\/\/paper.dropbox.com\/doc\/Helpful-decision-making-advice-frameworks-from-Farnam-Street-ut2ROc5BKaDS5ZVKkPrgf\">Helpful decision-making advice &amp; frameworks from Farnam Street<\/a>, and I&#8217;m finding it valuable.<\/li><li>So&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2018\/12\/06\/microsoft-edge-making-the-web-better-through-more-open-source-collaboration\/#86hdHmPeOj1Xq32Q.97\">Microsoft is going to start using Chromium for Edge<\/a>. Go fill your popcorn buckets and see how this plays out.<\/li><li>Also shared by a colleague this week is a presentation from Kathryn Koehler on communication &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uUPH7-4IwSs&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Communicate Like a Boss<\/a> is well delivered, and full of information that too many managers ignore.<\/li><li>And finally, an excellent article on <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.freecodecamp.org\/messing-with-the-google-buganizer-system-for-15-600-in-bounties-58f86cc9f9a5\">Hacking Google&#8217;s bug-tracking system<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday is an important anniversary, so if I remember, I&#8217;ll post about it then. Otherwise, see you next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m well over the one-year mark in writing these weekly posts. I&#8217;ve enjoyed doing them, but pleasantly surprised on the positive feedback. 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