August 12 - 18 My “weeknotes” capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. [1] New "Seasons" model for Delivery Services projects As part of our Delivery Services "reboot" meetings this past week, we discussed how to bring some structure and predictability to our project work. This is vital … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 33 : A season for changes
August 5 - 11 My “weeknotes” capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. This is a much shorter update than usual this week. I got caught up working on 2025 budget stuff over the weekend and had much less time available to prep a weeknote post. Still, I … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 32 : Better late than never
July 29 - August 4 My “weeknotes” capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. I don't have a ton this week. Just one bigger piece and then some small updates. [1] Clippy 2.0: "It looks like you're trying to degrade society and the environment. Can I help?" I've … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 31 : Clippy’s Revenge
July 22 - 28 My “weeknotes” capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. [1] Will 2024 be the Zoom election? Okay, this is unrelated to work. Except it’s kinda related to what all of us have experienced since the COVID-19 pandemic kicked remote work into high gear… Veteran … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 30 : My kingdom for a consultant
July 15 - 21 My “weeknotes” capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. [1] We got CrowdStruck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v46plhmxXU4 Yep. It happened to us, just like it happened around the world. For me, Friday started at 2:30am as I discovered an incident in progress via Teams, and I confirmed … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 29 : Apparently ‘CrowdStrike’ is a verb
July 8 - 14 My “weeknotes” capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. [1] Developing an intake model I don't like the word "intake." It sounds backwards. Or mechanical. Or something. But it's the term of art for how work is taken in the front door before it's … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 28 : Taking it all in
