2025 Weeknote 44 : Resignations and reverberations

October 27 - November 2 My weeknotes capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, often focused on work, but with personal stuff, too. Learn more about weeknotes. Professional weeknotes There were 3 resignations this week, with 2 of them on my teams, including a team manager. Both of my resignations were career-trajectory-related, … Continue reading 2025 Weeknote 44 : Resignations and reverberations

Stunning direct insight into the destruction of USDS from one of her own

This is the podcast I've been waiting for. The new-ish podcast WatchCats got an extended interview with former USDS infosec pro Jonathan Kamens, who joined USDS in summer 2023 and was unceremoniously dumped in the DOGE purge in February. Kamens shares his week-by-week direct experience of the drama in the months following the November election … Continue reading Stunning direct insight into the destruction of USDS from one of her own

2024 Weeknote 43 : Smothered, covered, chunked, and capped

October 21 - 27 My โ€œweeknotesโ€ capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. Learn more about the weeknotes concept here. One Thought: A standard of care EXPERIMENTAL: You can listen to my commentary by clicking below. This is not AI-generated! I recorded this myself. If you like this … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 43 : Smothered, covered, chunked, and capped

2024 Weeknote 36 : Here at the end of summer, AI can’t see AI

September 2 - 8 My โ€œweeknotesโ€ capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. [1] Your ever-so-slightly-different writing style probably looks like you faked it with an AI tool (when scanned with AI tools) We're clearly on the back side of the AI hype cycle, rapidly sliding down that … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 36 : Here at the end of summer, AI can’t see AI

2024 Weeknote 27 : Independence Day… for the UK

July 1 - 7 My โ€œweeknotesโ€ capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. This week's post will be a little shorter because (1) the holiday messed up the week, and (2) I need these to be shorter for everyone involved, especially me! [1] Weeknotes vs. Leadership Posts Heard … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 27 : Independence Day… for the UK