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Prototyping is not always coding

• May 10, 2023

Part of my current role is prototyping new features and algorithms to determine if and how they will work. It’s nice to do some hands on coding still.

Expectations and comparisons

• May 9, 2023

Some times expectations are met, or exceeded, and sometimes they fail to be met.

Which bird are you?

• May 8, 2023

I am a lark.

In the book Time Wise by Amantha Imber she discusses the three main types of people and their alertness through various times of the day. It impacts when they are most productive for certain types of tasks. This has been written about in numerous other places but she summarises it really well:

Alarms lost in the noise

• May 7, 2023

Adding an alert or alarm for a situation you need to monitor should be a good thing but sometimes, depending on how it is done, it can actually make things worse or at a minimum not work as expected.

Learning without action

• May 6, 2023

Should all learning require an action?

I love to learn - I guess you might have worked that out from this blog. I spend a lot of my spare time reading books, listening to podcasts or watching videos.

What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

• May 5, 2023

I have a fear of failure … to an extent. I guess I am a little risk averse.

Story bank

• May 4, 2023

Life is made up of stories.

Emmy Sobieski mentions this in her interview for Stanford’s eCorner podcast:

There is more to it

• May 3, 2023

Growing up I was a big fan of Jean-Michel Jarre.

Giving second chances

• May 2, 2023

Sometimes people need a second chance.

In the Simon Sinek interview with Leland Melvin they talk about giving a second chance to an employee and how they can sometimes turn out to be the best employee.

Don't tell your friends

• May 1, 2023

Andy Weir is one of my favourite writers. I have read most of his books. However he claims he doesn’t like the writing process.