personal Improving Feature Candidate Meetings ProposalCovid19 is a definite hardship, but collaboration, planning, and execution of planning iteration goals have gone swimmingly for the affected planning iterations having resounding success in converting a largely in person office activities transitioning to seamless distributed work. Reults have been in the upper
personal What the Covid19 pandemic has proved After one year of Covid19 the following is shown to be true for people What we needAccess to free quality healthcareGuarantee for all a basic level of housingAgency for every worker in their workplaceDecriminilazition of sex workLegalization of drugsWhat we do not needPolicePrisonsBillionaires
personal Election Predictions Prediction: There will be blood. Rules are good for those that believe they have value. Trump and his supporters do not think rules apply to them and hence their behavior and actions. Joe Biden is a terrible candidate. We are in a global pandemic
personal Surgery Recovery Update Seven weeks after shoulder surgery and the stiffness and soreness is beginning to go down. I had arthroscopy bone spur removal and some stitching of the rotator cuff. Yesterday I was able to go running again and didn't have any aching pain afterwards. The
personal Black Lives Matter That's the entire post and my support for this. Asking to not be killed by the government (specifically police) is a human right and this is not a controversial idea or value to hold.
personal Shoulder surgery Had surgery on my left shoulder in the 21st to remove bone spurs, repair my ac joint and do additional cleanup. This was after 2.5 years of consistent pain, several cortisone shots, and physical therapy. Not my first choice, but the improvement had
personal COVID19 + Preppers As we are in a global crisis now with rapid spread of COVID19 across the globe it would seem to be the ideal time for preppers to take charge or at least provide guidance over how we can deal with the situation and get
personal In solidarity with the Zapatista Movement Standing up for the right to be treated as a human being is a universal movement we should all embrace and strive for. The world we want to transform has already been worked on by history and is largely hollow. We must nevertheless be
personal Fictional abstractions as social contracts: Part 2 Second fictional abstraction used by humans on a daily basis that are completely fabricated abstractions of any physical traits or requirements i.e. they were created by humans as a representations of implicit social contracts for cohesion and cooperation that then became explicit and
personal Fictional abstractions as social contracts: Part 1 Thinking of two items that are used or experienced for most humans on a daily basis that are completely fabricated abstractions of any physical traits or requirements i.e. they were created by humans as a representations of implicit social contracts for cohesion and
personal Hire me in 2019 I love to turn ideas into reality through software and want to make a difference in the world and your organization. I have been working remotely with a team based in Australia making SaaS solar energy available to everyone for the past 15 months
personal GitLab Activity Overview GitLab activity - As GitLab doesn't have the same option as GitHub to anonymize contributions my GitLab profile looks empty, but here is my overview contribution chart that is not publicly viewable.
personal Stress Fractures I am taking off from running for 12 weeks because the stress fractures in my right foot which I have been experiencing for the past couple of years in my right foot are not getting better. Every time before I would rest a few
personal Letter - Promote Tester To Software Engineer I wrote this as an email to the owner arguing for a talented underappreciated person to be promoted from software test to software engineer (Joanna) because it was the right thing to do rather than hire a new person. Names have been changed to
personal TurfJS Presentation Gave this presentation to Seattle MapTime - Introduction to TurfJS on 6/14/2017 TurfJS - Simple, fast, modular geospatial library written in JavaScript.
personal No estimates Estimation is so ingrained in software development that it is just assumed that you will provide estimates for everything you do. First point estimates are never treated as they should be i.e. guesses when provided. They are instead treated as promises and many
personal Challenge and Succeed Inertia and fear of change are how businesses and organizations age and die. To be a learning knowledge based organization these are great points.
personal Writing Software in an Agile Manner I joke, but some days it feels like this. Today being one of them.
personal Reacting instead of Planning Currently protestors are making their voices heard over the situation of immigrants defined entry to the USA. Fortress USA has started coming together and most likely will continue to degrade even if political actions are taken the environment of global warming will continue and