Pinboard
The notes on the pinboard, each a way into a post on the blog, as plain text.
Wrong feedback is still feedback
My mentor Dave: It doesn't matter if the complaint is wrong. Something made her pick up the phone. So before I defend myself: what would have to be true for someone to feel this way?
Not every bug is a fire
Two questions before I pull anyone off their work. How urgent is the actual fix? How often does this actually happen? Two questions. Five minutes. Zero disruption to the team.
1:1s with myself
Most Friday afternoons, in Obsidian: my three goals, what I did that week for each of them, and a small dump of what's on my mind.
from: Introspectives: Having 1:1s with yourself · See it on the pinboard
Protect the team's focus
Protecting your team's focus isn't a nice-to-have. It's part of the job.
A word for the year
From a team member, in a 1:1. 2025: Intention. 2026: Grow.
from: Intention · See it on the pinboard
The whispering competitor
The spreadsheet, the notebook, the workaround. Have we understood what we're actually asking them to give up?
Writing is thinking
If you're mostly reading and nodding, you're probably rubber-stamping something plausible rather than arriving at something true.
Also on the board
CED AT2b, a peculiar university assignment: an Inform 7 piece in which you play my assessor.