Weeknotes

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.

• overview the good and the bad of all-remote work
• odd pieces of personality
• other companies inspired by GitLab
• Head of Remote or Future of Work, is a pretty cool job title to aspire for.
• So much more goodies in there.

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?

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.

I’ll admit – I’m struggling a bit. Which is expected with the B-Day coming up. I spin into a well every year questioning everything, wondering where I’ve been and where I’m going.

Was I the navigator I hoped for?
Nope

Will I be next week?
Probably not

Am I ok with that?
Meh 🤷

Can I do anything about it?
These weeknotes, listen to good music, love my kids, keep working on Designing my Life, movembering, general fun, playing with various fediverse sites

Here’s an interesting idea
Replace Scrobbling with something connected to ActivityPub. It can ingest Scrobble and then let you do more.

I was not the captain this week. I was a deckhand being ordered about from bow to stern, trying to stay standing as the ship rocked heavily on the ocean.

I dreamt for the next dock. The sound of the waves and wind are beautiful, but after too long is tinnitus that requires a long, long silent sit on dry and solid land to get reprieve.

Maybe next week I can at least be the navigator I think to myself.

• Movember is going strong.
  • Though I’m not sure if I have enough facial heir left for 22 more days. 🙀
• Been going through Designing your life and I’m a bit stuck on the alternative lives exercise. Envisioning 5 years out is a tough one for me; always has been. When I break it down I don’t really think I even have 1 plan, let along 3.
• 🐘 Lastly… oof. Glad I live somewhere else.
  • Here in Canada, it’s hard to culturally fight what’s happening. It spills over the border.
  • Though a friend said they were kinda glad that FB turned the news spigot off for us.
  • I’m working on a theory on how it ties back to Orality. I’m leaning towards a characteristic called “Situational over abstract”. You’ll find out more later.