(hindsight) anytime you’re assigned a new manager you should schedule a mock interview with them so you can demonstrate what you’re good at doing, especially if your current job requirements have changed to be something different.
first abject failure in our international treats box. sorry dutch friends, if you love these i could mail you the rest. otherwise i’m going to bury them in the yard.
the best i can offer dads is: if you’re present, and you’re trying, then you’re doing a good job. none of this is easy.
in my own life, by the time i was my kids age, my father was gone, lost to cancer. and my mom working constantly. i possess no real memories of my dad.
tomorrow is father’s day and i wanted to send a shout out to all the other dads with depression who constantly question whether they’re doing a good job and routinely doubt that they’re a positive influence on their kids lives and future.
torn between: - traveling to attend my high school reunion* - being so sick of the hateful nonsense i’ve seen some of my old classmates post on facebook for the last four years, i’m just glad i moved far away as soon as i could
the interesting thing about this is that the ipad detects that the native resolution of the monitor is 3440x1440 and centers its mirrored display in it. in the lower pic i have the screen split on two inputs to 1770x1440 each, but the ipad remains at the native res
every time i set up a new machine i think “okay i’ll let this app send me notifications there might be something useful” and usually within a few days i get spammed repeatedly for the same sale notification or useless nonsense and i turn off notifications again.
my wish for ipadOS is to let this hardware be a real computer. got my M1 ipad pro. hook it up to a keyboard, mouse, trackpad? yes. hook it up to an external display? sure. just …buy a monitor in the right aspect ratio. maddening. (also don’t creep my messy desk)
“oh it’s 11, i could get to bed early for a change”
clean up cups and dishes get coffee pot ready take the dog out turn off lights check the dryer floss and brush pick out clothes for tomorrow get in bed
i’m starting to think that big companies make monoliths because the regulatory overhead of ISO certification and other compliance efforts is too great to perform for many, or even several, smaller applications.
remember at the beginning of quarantine, all the kindness and accommodation we offered each other about working at home distractions and competing priorities and obligations?
