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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Sourdough Scones

I've been tweaking a recipe for sourdough scones, and it feels sufficiently different from the original to put it here. I found this recipe on Sourdough Surprises, who credits Sourdough Diva (no longer online) Ingredients: * 2 cups of sourdough starter (about 460g) * 1 1/2 cups of bread

Now, 2 July, 2017

Thinking aboutStill noodling on distraction and focus, also considering the system one and system two thinking that Arthur Doler laid out in a useful and informative Lunch and Learn at work. Picked up a copy of Cal Newport's book "Deep Work," it seems to tie in

QA skills besides testing

Figure out who you areThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test is useful. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? How do you handle stress? Are you a pattern-noticing person? Are you a visual, tactile, textual, or auditory person? Try a DiSC test. Figure out how you learnQA is a career

Now, 22 April 2017

Thinking aboutDistraction. I turned off all the notifications on my phone except texts, it feels like I have less pressure to poke at my phone at all times. Also thinking a lot about how you lead a team across multiple cities, especially ones you can't just drive to.

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St. Louis Techies Project

The St. Louis Techies Project aims to highlight people in tech in the St. Louis area. This year, for International Women's Day, the global Women Techmakers group has the theme of "telling our story." We want to tell your story! This is my story, also available

Where are the unknown unknowns?

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.

2016 in review

I drove a race car around a Nascar circuit in March for my 41st birthday, reaching 106mph! It was an awesome birthday gift from my husband. I was promoted to 1st degree black belt, on Friday 13th May, by Ben Pratt of Tracy's Karate West. Started this journey

Now, January 2017

Thinking aboutWhat habits do I want to install in my life? I'm learning the Elixir language with a tutorial and book from Big Machine, Taking Off With Elixir. It's the first functional programming tutorial that hasn't made me feel like I'm being

Better English Scone recipe

I've been tweaking my scone recipe to improve structural integrity, after at least three test batches and direction from Angie Ruiz, this is the new and improved recipe. Better English Scones Makes about 13 scones and one runty little test scone Ingredients: * 1 pound of flour (I used

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