jer_ @jer_@wandering.shop

A curated set of RSS feeds from reputable news sources in an aggregator is where I get the bulk of my news...don't let algorithms decide what you should see.

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I'd be willing to wager a substantial amount of money that I have not gone more than 3 months without listening to each of the following albums since 1993:
Kiss me kiss me kiss me
Ten
Blind Melon
Waiting for Columbus
Mother Love Bone

I'm not proud. I'm not NOT proud either.

Current mood: top-down careening through the sunshine blaring Rilo Kiley, singing myself hoarse, and working on my sunburn.

So, pretty great! #PotionsForFoxes

Just finished Amber Tamblyn's "Any Man"...holy shit! It's a great read, but it's a rough read. I finished the first 2/3 last night and had the first book-induced nightmares I've had in decades.

Guys especially, read this; borrow my copy if you need, but read it.

It's been a weird month. Personal life is great, work is great, but both are tarnished slightly by shitty elements--not enough to sour them, but enough that I have to consciously be grateful.

Oh, and the trash fire that is my country is really becoming quite the roaring blaze.

I'd like to apologize in advance to all of the teammates today that will have to deal with my snot-faucet impression...fun will be had by all...

When I stand in a line for a half hour and my watch congratulates me on hitting my activity goal for the day...that's when the full scope of my laziness really, really sets in...what a low bar I've set...

I'm currently in the back of a Lexus being driven through the streets of NYC drinking a cup of coffee and saying snarky things. My Harvey Specter factor is a suit and a better haircut away from 10/10!

There are some authors whose writing makes me wish I were a writer... Jennifer Egan's prose is so gorgeous and precise and evocative...I wish there was anything in the world I could do as well as she can paint a scene.

Related, I am loving Manhattan Beach!

New York City is a lot like me: better looking from afar but not so bad up close, bearing a certain odor but not an unreasonably offensive one, very sweary...and just like myself, I've an unreasonable fondness for it that is probably greater than it deserves!

xoxo NYC!

Observation: if you are making handouts for a conference, make them fit easily inside the large size moleskin (8x5) and way more people will hold on to them. I keep seeing trashcans full of single-sheets, but notebooks full of half-sheets.

"I've never asked my team to work extra hours or weekends. I just communicate the deadlines we gave our customers and how bad it would be to miss them. They took it on themselves!"

😧

"That's a nice paycheck you have there, shame if something happened to it..."

#DevWeekNYC

Conference speakers: in a 50 minute talk, you have about 2-3 minutes in the beginning to introduce you and your company. Beyond that, it's self congratulatory wankery...is the moment of promotion worth having to win the audience back over? #DevWeekNYC

"Foosball tables, snacks, and the easier methodology might have been cool selling points 15 years ago, but now they're boring. Be different..." --Pete Martin #DevWeekNYC

While waiting for the next speaker, told a pair of fairly ribald stories. After the second, my table-mate reminded me that the speaker is recording from our table.

Sorry speaker! #DevWeekNYC

I don't know how I didn't notice this before...but this was definitely not on purpose...

"I only have two jobs as CEO, help you find what you're passionate about and get out of your way" --Debbie Madden #DevWeekNYC

So far, #DevWeekNYC is pretty bipolar. 50% of the sessions have been advertalks, but most of the other 50% have been fantastic.

The swag level, though, is *chef kissing the tips of her fingers*

"The real reason your team may not be performing will is that they don't trust you to keep them safe." --Jason Herndon #DevWeekNYC
🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🔥

"We think about culture and project management as if they are 2 different things" --Jason Herndon #DevWeekNYC

*mind blown gif*