Five for Friday – July 26, 2019

I’m settling into being at home all day – my work hasn’t really changed, it’s just odd never going anywhere. Here’s some stuff for you to ponder over the weekend. This week’s Covid-19 info isn’t as good as last week’s data-filled article, but it has some good info – which is a bit surprising given…

Oh my – it’s been a while, hasn’t it. I had a good time off – in that I did nothing except play some games and read and sleep for almost 3 weeks. Here are a few things worth sharing. One book I read was Hacking Growth – which is an odd title for a…

Test conference season is upon us, and so begins the onslaught of “slides” from  powerpoint / keynote / (google docs presentation app whatever-it’s-called). I have seen hundreds of presentations on a wide variety of subjects over the years and thought I’d share what I know about what a presentation tells you about the presenter. The…

I uploaded my Eurostar keynote slides to SlideShare. As with most of my talks, the slides don’t read well on their own (I sort of hate bullet points). I rarely repeat talks, but given timing and audience, I may consider giving this again as a webinar at some point (I’m also done travelling for a…

I’m back at the job after a long break (including a month vacationing in Australia – trip report coming). I spent a chunk of time after the Xbox One ship figuring out what the next step in my software career was going to be. In the days up to the Xbox One launch, I hinted…