Life

Pretty low key this week, feeling really wrung out. Friend’s birthday, and tried to go to the theatre with another friend but discovered that I had booked the tickets for the following day, so just went for a wonder and some sushi instead.

Submitted a talk to a conference, so we’ll see how that goes.

Work

Exhausting. Feels a bit two steps forwards one step back at the moment… telling myself that is still progress. Wrote a lot of code this week, which is always nice. Hosted a work experience student for half a day.

Media

Watching latest episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory and Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Currently watching The New Adventures of The Old Christine, which I’m not sure I like now I’ve hit season 2. She seemed much nicer and smarter in season 1.

Reading The Inheritance, which I’m not really getting into so far.

Product links Amazon.

Published

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• The Care and Feeding of Interns
• ModevUX: Turning the Ship Overnight: A Responsive Retrofit at an Enterprise Scale

On The Internet

• “you don’t get points for accepting someone who wants to be just like you” – http://buff.ly/1iL24IL  /via @alexproaps
• I like this – algorhythm: Testing and Pseudo-productivity http://buff.ly/1lmIKfH  /via @corey_latislaw
• Totally disagree with some conclusions, but interesting stuff in this survey of 1000+ bloggers- http://buff.ly/1qVkNDZ  /via @terakristen
• “So what are you waiting for?Your eighty-year old self asks nothing of you but this.” http://buff.ly/1qVnt4k  /via @SamBehnam
• “seriously, impostor syndrome is bad enough without someone wrongly telling you that you are one” http://buff.ly/1wVcSXL  /by @beerops
• Don’t expect men to always support men, but women are faulted for not supporting other women. http://buff.ly/1q11Wpk  /via @RachelleGendron
• Oh look, my life as a comic. “The Ping-Pong Theory of Tech-World Sexism” by @arielschraghttps://medium.com/matter/the-ping-pong-theory-of-tech-world-sexism-c2053c10c06c?source=tw-889525e43e24-1404209205515 … /via @silliecyn@triketora
• @NatDudly: There’s no sexism in tech, remember? http://www.rezlaw.com/News-Events/06-30-14_Complaint_with_Exhibits-1.pdf …
• Good in general on why it is stupid to ask puzzler questions in interviews, with specific example – http://buff.ly/1jZfETG  /via @noahlz
• “The problem of big rewrites is that they are a technical solution to a cultural problem.” http://buff.ly/1q141l3  /via @geekbrit
• “Why is it some people can manage[..] a Fitbit, while others go off the rails and allow it to rule[..] their lives?” http://buff.ly/1qmnWg2 
• “Believing victims, and believing the marginalized, are feminist acts.” Great post @betsythemuffinhttp://buff.ly/1o0b6Of 
• This idea by @nkkl is amazing, a year of giving – http://nicoleblee.com/giving/ 
• This article by @zoesqwilliams on Rolf Harris, perception of perpetrators is really good – http://buff.ly/1qxAWzB 
• Tweeting this purely for the word “cockwomble” – What People Say In Their Twitter Bios, Vs. What They Mean http://buff.ly/1pKzfuC 
• I like this on side projects – Spotify’s Design Lead On Why Side Projects Should Be Stupid – http://buff.ly/1qoapoi  /via @dontgetcaught
• This is good – Breaking The Low Mood Cycle http://buff.ly/1qoVI4m 
• Amazing Famous Speech Friday: Penny Mordaunt’s Loyal Address in Parliament http://buff.ly/1q9XVPg  /by @dontgetcaught
• LOL – Man gets stuck in airport overnight, makes spectacular music video – http://buff.ly/1k7bole  /via @amygdala@starflyergold
• Great answer @gayle: What are the drawbacks to putting a female interviewer on every female candidate interview loop? http://buff.ly/1k7boBI 
• omg baby skunk <3 <3 <3 http://buff.ly/1z2Z5jZ  /via @lindseybieda
• Horrifying but also amazing – 4 Things I Learned from the Worst Online Dating Profile Ever (from Jan) http://buff.ly/1okYIve  /by @alliperson
• @ashedryden: Feigned Shock and Faux Enlightenment: what do they signal for the diversity in tech movement? My newest piece: http://bit.ly/1rYE05k 
• “Kleiner’s branching out to get more female founders. By telling them how to live their lives.” http://buff.ly/1iZDbcd 
• @TheAtlantic: In Texas, a new form of do-it-yourself abortion is on the rise http://theatln.tc/1mdFVCa 
• This is fascinating – Medicine, As Not Seen On TV http://buff.ly/1s3sRAf 
• Refactoring the Mirrortocracy – 2nd post by @Archivd on The Mirrortocracy – http://buff.ly/1qTMLxI  /via @EmmEmmTeee