Sunday morning project: Figured out how to connect Workflow and Pythonista and rewrote the links section of the Weekly Thing in Python so I can structure it better.
Software Development
2017 in Meetings
Manager and maker schedules is a relatively popular topic. The basic thesis is that maker schedules need to consist of large blocks of dedicated time on a goal. You need time to connect with the work, hopefully, achieve some period of flow and realize an objective. Manager …
Keep reading · 5 minutes: 2017 in Meetings2017 in Links
For years I’ve been keeping all of my links on Pinboard and this year I decided to start publishing them at Link Thing. I also publish my links in common formats that can be downloaded. I thought it would be fun to look at all the links from 2017. In 2017 I saved 913 links. I …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: 2017 in LinksStatic site generators are great in so many ways, but the friction in publishing with them is horrible.
I want to be an energy efficient household but this monthly report from XcelEnergy does nothing to help me. Just makes me feel bad. Showing min/max/avg by day and hour would at least give some data to work with.
I 💙 this! #TeamSPS slide to highlight my disdain for pie charts. 😁 The exploded slices are a great touch! I’ll stick to pie you eat, thanks. 🥧
I just donated to Wikipedia. 😊🎓 Support free knowledge!
Removed Google Analytics
I’ve never desired to put a lot of tracking code on my websites, but I had left Google Analytics. I’ve decided to remove that too. In fact, I’ve removed all third party resources. You can check for yourself by using Ghostery and going to my sites. While I found the information on …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Removed Google AnalyticsAWS re:Invent 2017 Keynote Notes
My quick reaction to the notable announcements at AWS re:Invent 2017. Compute Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes - Happy to see AWS supporting Kubernetes natively! This is a first step that should result in a better solution for customers that are trying to navigate …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: AWS re:Invent 2017 Keynote NotesWatching the AWS re:Invent day 2 keynote and I keep noting that the they spend a lot of time talking and describing a problem, and then much less time talking about how the problem is solved. Should flip that around to focus on the solution.
AWS Cloud 9 IDE is a pretty interesting announcement. Pushes AWS into some of the space that Azure does well at.