Who is Nick?

Asking all my life.

Author: Nick Kempinski

  • Weeknotes 2024-12-13

    Weeknotes 2024-12-13

    Rocky week. I’ve been suffering from Vertigo all week, for some strange reason. Sooo dizzy from it all! 🤢

    All my memories of the week have splashed out overboard from my brain so we’ve lost a few good souls on this weeks cruise.

    • I keep bugging work on Internal Communications. I feel like I’m screaming into the void at this moment.
    • Going to give the old Twenty Twenty Five theme a college try.
      • There’s a few things that don’t quite translate.
      • I’ve lost a bit of functionality and customizations. Where’s the custom css?
      • Do I really need to make a whole block plugin to prefix my name with a single character? That doesn’t seem right.
      • I feel like tinkering when I can.
    • Really thinking about ActivityPub, just no time…
      • Replacing Scrobble with something federated
      • Mixing MusicBrains with something federated
    • Trying to find tinker time, it’s just not top of the list… which is long… and now a bit rocky and flailing in the wind.

    Have a good week folks. I’m going to keep taking drugs and holding onto anything sturdy.

    Photo by ZENG YILI on Unsplash

  • Weeknotes 2024-12-06

    So long and that’s for all the follicles. That’s a wrap to Movember.

    This week I came across GitLab’s Handbook! How have I not seen this or read this before!? It’s amazing from an org comms perspective.

    I’m starting to see if I can make changes to the day job to veer this way. It’s gonna be tough, but I think worth it. Here’s some of the hurtles:

    • The team doesn’t default to share.
    • Git will probably not fly with most of the company – unlike at GitLab were if you don’t at least understand basic git, you have bigger problems.
      • Day job has SharePoint, but SharePoint? Can SharePoint work??? 🤷
        • Hint: I tinkered, and it might be possible.
        • We’ve got Microsoft 365 and I’m trying to champion the toolset. I’m a use-it-if-you-got-it, use-it-more-if-you’re-paying-for-it kinda guy.
    • We are all-remote, and prefer synchronous work
    • No one seems to write anything that comes across my desk at least.
    • Did I mention the team doesn’t default to share?

  • All gone – Thank you to everyone who donated!

  • Day 30 – Last day before it’s all gone. Thanks to everyone for your donations to this great cause.

  • Weeknotes 2024-11-29

    Movember is coming to an end. Thank you to everyone whose donated.

    Let’s see…. this week 🤔… this week 🤔…

    • I used my todo list
    • Get new phone. I’m feel like the only person who won’t go big, sticking with the iPhone SE ( now 3rd gen )
    • New cell provider. It’s time. The old one was way to much. And I’m Canadian, so that’s way way way way too much.
    • Keep reading. Agile Conversations
    • Keep designing my life. Still hung on Odyssey plan. More an issue with making time at this point I think? My therapist might disagree.