You can look at the date for this entry and see what the current events are. These links may only be tangential to the impending new-old administration, but I still thought they were worth posting.
This was written in the aftermath of the CrowdStrike bug this past summer. The lessons learned are relevant in so many areas, and the article name-checks Deb Chachra and her book How Infrastructure Works, an amazing read.
I may not be a software engineer, but my job title these days is 100% glue, so this resonated with me. It’s a good article for anyone who feels like the above-and-beyond bits are creeping into their actual work, especially those of you who are a different gender from me.
Yes, I’m linking to the NSA’s website. Grace Hopper was a glorious force of nature and a role model for so many. This lecture from 1982, that was finally declassified earlier this year, is a must-watch for anyone that’s been paying attention to the tech world. She predicted some of the missteps we’ve made, but much of her advice can still be applied. Best time to plant a tree and all that.
An exhaustive list of resources for learning about all kinds of stuff. It’s definitely a site to bookmark. Let’s keep our minds sharp and diversify our skills.
“what worked for me coming out of school does not necessarily work for someone in school right now. The first line in my notes says, not giving advice, just telling what happened.”
“One thing I’m always struck by when it comes to performance review time is a feeling of ‘wait, what did I do in the last 6 months?’. This is a kind of demoralizing feeling and it’s usually not based in reality, more in ‘I forgot what cool stuff I actually did’.”
“…I think a lot of the destruction we see in the media community right now is no one built an audience. They try to get traffic and then they try to sell that traffic, and they assumed that traffic would last forever.”
I wanted to link three music videos together to show their connections. This is the first time I’m doing this but probably won’t be the last.
First up, these clowns:
Then, we reveal the mystery that isn’t really a mystery (it’s Louis Cole and Sam Gendel! shhhhh):
Louis Cole has a band with Genevieve Artadi, one of the people holding a camera in that last video. They call it KNOWER. Here’s something recent from said band, with Sam Gendel among the personnel.
(Such a group of talented musicians provides opportunities for more musical connections. The bass player, MonoNeon, for instance, could start us off on quite the long journey indeed. Perhaps another time.)
“Every four years, we have a worldwide holiday to celebrate this sort of leap. The leap of choice. Not to suddenly get from here to there, but to choose to go on the journey.”
“We are all trying our best to try to feel our way towards a more whole world: One that honors all of our inherent dignity. One that has enough for everyone, is safe for everyone, gives care to everyone. We are all doing our best.”
– Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, from October 13 of last year.
Yeah. I may hide behind other people’s words every once in a while, but it’s easily a step above staying silent. It’s all I’ve got for the moment.