I don’t know how many FfFs I’ve posted now, but it’s been a fun habit. Every week, I hear of at least one person who finds something interesting in what I find in corners of the internet. Here’s to hoping that this week has the same results. In an article highly related to a lot…
Someone told me this week they read my blog. That’s cool, and I hope they find it valuable, but this is less of a blog, and more of a place for me to dump some things that I think are interesting or worth reading. Whatever the reason you’re here, thanks for dropping by. Here’s the…
We’ve burned through a month of 2022 already. Here’s some stuff to look at going into month 2. I came across this article on balancing work on engineering teams that aligns a lot with my thinking I probably mentioned this before, but I just re-read Julie Zhuo’s The Making of a Manager, which I probably…
Friday again – with Monday off, I had a week’s worth of meetings shoved into 4 days – but now it’s time to rest for a few days and finally watch the latest season of Cobra Kai on Netflix. But first – here are a few interesting links I found. First – if you haven’t…
Happy Friday! Here are a few interesting things I found this week. If you have somehow missed it, the word game wordle is fun, quick, and popular. I’ve played it about 20 times so far, and have managed to guess the word every time. If you enjoy wordle, and like mucking with stuff at the…
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…
This is the last FfF for 2021 – I’m going to take a few weeks with as little computer time as possible. I’ll be playing Halo Infinite and Fallout 4, reading some of my kindle backlog, and keeping up with new episodes of Hawkeye, The Expanse, and Wheel of Time. In the meantime – here…
We made it to the end of another week – and almost to the end of another year. Here are a few things I found interesting this week. Love this article on No More Quality Assurance @ Manomano I also really enjoyed this article on Milestones, not Projects This article is equally interesting – Faster…
Happy Friday – if you didn’t know, today is the birthday of rockstars like Ozzy Osborne and Nicole Forsgren. Here’s some other stuff you probably didn’t know. It’s Advent of Code time! I enjoyed this short article on Demystifying DevOps from Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory I love the thinking that Anne-Marie Charrett is putting…
It’s Thanksgiving in the US – well, yesterday was. Instead of links this week, I’d like to share 5 things I’m thankful for. I’m thankful for Brent Jensen for dealing with my crap on the AB Testing podcast. Those bi-weekly discussions have helped me work through a lot of questions over the years, and I’m…
Well this is weird. Due to some other appointments, I am writing this from a Unity Office. It’s been just under two years since I’ve worked from an office, and…I’m just not sure what to make of it. Anyway – here’s some stuff to read while I ponder this strange setting. Cool article from the…
Another week that was just a bit too busy for me. Here’s some stuff I found – once again – worth giving a read. I’m super-excited to have Weta join Unity An interesting look, although unsurprising, at the former presidents’s view of the January 6 insurrection. This is a fascinating article on how Slack changed…
How in the hell is it November already – again? It’s time for your weekly peak into my open tabs. Angela Riggs wrote a nice article on how to write better goals Jeli wrote about a case study they did with us at Unity. Along those lines, I found out this week that Verica collate…
Hi again everyone – here are a few links I found this week that I like. I’m reading Unleashed, by Francis Frei and Anne Morriss and enjoying it a lot as it has some good advice on leadership This is a great article on best practices on post-mortems and incident review. Speaking of incidents –…
My day job is busier than normal these days, so this week flew by. A few interesting articles dropped into my view – maybe you’ll find them interesting as well. Self plug time – Unity Gaming Services are now available – a lot of folks on my team were an integral part of making this…
Hey everyone – it’s me again with some stuff I liked from the Internet this week This is an interesting article on pay cuts for fully remote work I’m disappointed we haven’t seen a whole lot more follow up from the January 6 insurrection, but at least there’s something Ever wonder what writing looks like…
Back for another week full of random links from everyone’s second favorite mad rodent. It’s no secret that I think no-code solutions for UI automation is the only viable path. Autify is one of my favorite companies in this space – and now they can afford to do even more. My newfound love of Ted…
We made it through another week. Sort of. Between this, that, and some really gnarly other stuff, here are a few links I found that you may find interesting as well. In teams I lead, I do as much as I can to ensure a culture of transparency, accountability, and psychological safety. As such, I’m…
Back for another week of random links and interesting articles from the internet. For the ‘murican readers here, the US Vaccine Tracker is a nice look at vaccine rates across a variety of demographics. A great article on metrics that don’t suck from Greg Paciga Just this week, I was in a conversation about automating…
Because more than ever, all I do is what my calendar and Todoist tell me to do, it’s time for me to spit out. a few things I liked this week from the internet. ICYMI, I wrote an article about me kicking the tires with PractiTest A colleague at work shared this article on Hiring…