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  • Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Twenty

    [No News For You!] OMG OMG OMG SQUEEE

  • Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Nineteen

    [Why Did The Farmer Receive An Award?] Because they were out standing in their field.

  • Dutch Lock Down Day Ninety Four

    [But When Do We Stretch?] If you’re here for the dancing, prepare to be disappointed. Agile is not about stretching muscles. Sadly.

  • FYI – A Is The Oldest Child

    There are always ‘puzzles’ and looming #ToDos on the horizon wearing us down and sticking in the back of the brain and it all boils down to not prioritizing it.

  • Call For Outreachy Mentors

    Outreachy is looking for open source communities to provide mentors for their internship program. Community members should sign up to participate by February 18.

  • Figuring This Shit Out

    One of the things I’m Working On Right Now ™ is this whole blogging thing and social media and becoming an influencer and thought leadership and how many more buzz words can I fit into one boring sentence. #CanIGetAnAMEN And part of figuring out some of those things is blogging regularly again, so here we…

  • My Notes From Adam DuVander’s Developer Content Marketing Workshop At DevRelCon London

    I know what you’re thinking right now. “It’s been umpteen weeks since you’ve written on this blog and THIS is what you’re going to write about?!?” Yes, I totally used quotes because THAT is EXACTLY what you’re thinking. Yeah, that’s right, THIS is what I’m writing about – so sit back, buck up, and get…

  • Are You Digital Or Analog?

    On the one hand, yes, of course I CODE, therefore, I must be all digital all the time, right? But, no, I love my moleskine everything – okay, just an agenda and a notebook. But, still. Totally analog. I love the feel of WRITING notes with a pen and paper and then referring to those…

  • What We’ve Learned So Far

    As I’ve been rebuilding this site. In case you hadn’t noticed. I have. Cause of the hack. And this is what I’ve learned so far… Backups Aren’t Necessary UNTIL THEY ARE If I had been maintaining regular backups (which the hosting company is totally happy to do for just a few euros more per month),…

  • Ready to Talk?!? The Science of Presenting Your Research

    Five weeks ago I did a talk for a research group at the local hospital and had an absolute blast. I’m starting to think I might be good at this speaking thing. And this training thing. And other things.

  • What Scares You?

    Tonight at Toastmasters Groningen I talked about how a fear of heights led me to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Twice. And one of the points of my kickass speech evaluator was that I needed to incorporate more facts. Which is true. I am *really* good at telling a story. At leveraging emotions. At entertaining. And…

  • I Would Buy It

    I have thought about some books I’d ACTUALLY like to write, as opposed to, say, NOT. In no particular order: – project do: goal achievement because SCIENCE social psychology research for goal achievement; applying it to a goal achievement method. invent or better define a method.