Notebooks

I work in a software company, but I couldn't do my work without paper notebooks. I'm running several at once: Five Year Diary A gift from Paul six years ago and again last Christmas, this book from Levenger gives me five lines a day, for five

Learning a sketching habit, day 14

I want to be someone that sketches on a regular basis. I have drawn something in my sketchbook every day for the last two weeks. Nothing is a masterpiece, but I've been experimenting with letter forms, faces that show emotions, lots of spirals, some cartoon roses and tulips,

Now - Friday 13th October 2015

Reading: (updates and archives) John Scalzi "Lock In" (murder mystery set in near future, with part of the population unable to communicate except online or via android stand-ins) Knitting/Craft:A small drawstring bag to carry my worry stones (things to carry and fiddle with), made from lime

Now - October 26th 2015

I used to do snapshot posts a while ago of what was on my mind and what I was working on. I read Shawn Blanc's Now page, which refers to Derek Sivers Now page, so I'll put mine up periodically. Link in the sidebar or these

What makes a good software QA person?

We have a few quirks, a hint of obsessive compulsive disorder, and we’re brutally honest. We never lie to our developers. We don’t sugar-coat, soft-shoe, back-peddle, exaggerate, or outright lie. We can’t. Our job requires us to be utterly truthful. We’ll tell it to you straight,

Muffin test kitchen

I've been testing out muffin recipes, especially Paleo and gluten-free ones. These are the successes, I've only had one really bad fail. The biggest lesson I've learned is that manually grating a carrot is a lot of work. Paleo Morning Glory muffins I used

Résumé do's and don'ts

(Written for a friend who was teaching a class of young people.) Do be selective. You don't have to list every job you've ever had. Highlight the relevant ones, and highlight specific things you learned or did at those jobs. The purpose of a résumé is

Nonfiction reading

Starting November 2013, I've been reading more books from the business, management, leadership, and creativity sections of the book store. By a wild coincidence, I took on more leadership-ish things at work around then. These are ones I've finished so far: Jurgen Appelo "Management 3.

Goodbye FitBit, Hello Garmin

I've had a FitBit tracker on my wrist for about two years, first the Flex, then the Charge, which was a Christmas gift from Husband last Christmas. Less than seven months ago I had a brand new Charge, what I currently have is a Charge where the adhesive

What's in a title?

Riffing off the sci-fi novel "Bowl of Heaven" with Husband, I was sad to find out the second book in the series was not "Spoon of Heaven," or "Weetabix of Heaven," because it would fit perfectly. We came up with some other novel titles