Two books that came off my holds list at the library in the last few months are making me think…
Author: Pam Selle
Labor and Leisure
Is there a good computer job?
But I don’t know that any computing makes the world better, or even neutral. These days the planet is in…
You should quit
You came to me asking if you should quit. But you know the only reason you came to ask me…
Congratulations on your fake promotion!
FROM: MANAGEMENT TO: YOUR INBOX SUBJECT: Congratulations on your fake promotion to Lead! Cherished employee, We’re so excited to offer…

Pruning
Anxiety is not a clean burning fuel
I’m exploring how using anxiety as general purpose fuel for action is not a sustainable strategy. Anxiety is a feeling…
Raise the money, then give it away: Reflections on a Giving Project
For six months in 2020-2021, I worked with a group of 20 people to raise over $180,000 and give it…
2021 Year in Review
There were good times and a lot of bad times and really weird times. Sometimes, the bad times led to…
Fetch the bolt cutters
CW: Mention of suicide My body, rather than my mind, made me stop working in the tech industry, and that…
Testing a command inside a docker container (or getting an interactive session)
I’ve used Docker but know very few commands (my favorite command being “docker prune”, to clean up images on a…