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
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Personal
A collection of 518 issues
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
Travel lessons
Airplane travel
Some day, you and your checked luggage will be parted. Maybe for a day, maybe forever. Have enough in carry-on that you can survive a day while you get replacements for the essentials.
Medications go in carry-on bags.
If you fly more than twice a year,
First speaking event complete
Last night I spoke at LaunchCoderGirl, an all-women group learning how to code. I spoke about what QA does in an Agile software development environment. People laughed at most of the places I wanted them to laugh, and when I was done there were several questions, then people wanted
Two reasons I'm not buying a Tesla Model S
Got this in an email from Tesla about the Model S:
At this time, the Model S does not have the ability to lock and unlock individual doors. That said, we give owners the option to disable the keyless entry function of the car.
Not sure how you'd
Tesla Model S mini review
We test-drove the Tesla Model S P85D (bigger battery, dual motors, all-wheel drive) on Saturday. It's a gorgeous car, with breathtaking acceleration, and amazing amounts of cargo space in both front and back.
The red is a deep, rich, lipstick colour. We were told it'
2015 resolutions
There are three resolutions I want to stick to for 2015:
1. I will not stab anyone in 2015 (for another year...)
2. Get my first degree brown belt in karate.
3. Write daily in my new Five Year Diary (my second five years of daily journalling)
I'm
2014 round up
My 2014 resolutions were:
1. I will not stab anyone in 2014 (just one more year...)
2. Get my second degree brown belt and make a run at 1st degree.
3. Finish book #2 and write book #3 for NaNoWriMo
I have not stabbed anyone this year, fulfilling my annual
"You're an introvert? Are you sure?"
I get that a lot. My usual response is that I can play extrovert really well, but it's draining. With one person, or two, I'm just fine. With people I'm familiar with and comfortable with, like my knit group, I'm OK. With
Favourite writing tools
My TWSBI 580 fountain pen is one of my favourites. It's not the most expensive fountain pen, but it always starts well, writes smoothly, and the piston-fill ink reservoir holds a LOT of ink. It's currently filled with the original formulation of Noodler's