{"id":1711,"date":"2020-03-21T15:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T22:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2020-03-21T15:26:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T22:26:54","slug":"five-for-friday-or-saturday-march-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/five-for-friday-or-saturday-march-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday (or Saturday) &#8211; March 20, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One thing that I&#8217;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 &#8211; but wow has my calendar exploded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still found a few things worth sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The media and blogs are filled with articles on Covid-19 &#8211; so much so that am limiting the time I spend reading about it. Sometimes, however, I find an article that is sensible without being alarming. This article on <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@tomaspueyo\/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56\">Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance<\/a> speaks a lot of sense and is crammed full of charts and graphs for all of us data-nerds<\/li><li>I don&#8217;t share Unity links here <em>that often<\/em>, but when I do, it&#8217;s because I think they&#8217;re worth reading. This one on experimentation and data to optimize a game is worth the read. <a href=\"https:\/\/unity.com\/case-study\/greener-grass\">Will the grass be greener with interstitial ads?<\/a><\/li><li>I often get annoyed with people who blame management for their own inability to influence. Now I wonder if managers really <em>are<\/em> the problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totaljobs.com\/insidejob\/just-about-managing\/\">This survey data on managers and their teams<\/a> is frightening.<\/li><li>I&#8217;ve been playing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ori_and_the_Will_of_the_Wisps\">Ori and the Will of the Wisps<\/a> a bit lately &#8211; I normally don&#8217;t like platformers, but it&#8217;s so beautiful to play that I find it the best way to unwind from a day at the (home) office.<\/li><li>In news that wouldn&#8217;t have made any sense at all just a month or so ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2020\/03\/19\/Restaurant-giving-out-toilet-paper-with-take-out-orders-over-25\/8451584636227\/?sl=15\">Restaurant giving out toilet paper with take-out orders over $25<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe out there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-AW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing that I&#8217;ve found interesting now that all of my coworkers are working from home is that they schedule more meetings. 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