Lifenotes #14: October & November 2021

✨ Highlights

• DDD East Midlands was such good fun! And a great foray into IRL conferences again 🎉
• Went into the Monzo office for the first time 🚀
• Started attending BSL classes again, after a forced covid hiatus.
• Went to React Advanced with my new workmates, it was great ✨
• Family came to visit for a few days 💛
• State of the browser was awesome. Got to meet some web twitter friends IRL and hang out ☺️
• I succumbed to the hype (and the despondency over my 2018 MBP keyboard) and got a new mac! I ended up going for the 16" M1 Max, and this thing is so silent and fast 🤩
• Caught up with a friend after a long time 💛
• Went to a Brownies STEM event and it was so much fun! 🎉
• First Homebrew back in person! 💛👩🏼‍💻

🎮 Played/Read/Watched

• Locus by Ethan Marcotte
• Why flow matters more than passion by Sarah Drasner
• What is a Staff (or Staff-Plus or Principal) Engineer by Mike McQuaid
• Who is the bad art friend? by Robert Kolker
• Have Single-Page Apps Ruined the Web? | Transitional Apps by Rich Harris
• What the heck, z-index?? by Josh Comeau
• Foundation: started watching it, it's okay
• Ted Lasso: watched the end of series 2, can't wait for series 3!
• Neurodivergent burnout: the cost of closing the gap by Abi Moorcock
• Everything You Need to Know About GraphQL in 3 Components by Eve Porcello
• Dave Chappelle's Betrayal by Saeed Jones
• What you discover when you really listen, by Hrishikesh Hirway
• We need to talk about money by Otegha Uwagba
• GBBO! 🧁
• Oceans eight: an entertaining watch
• Dune: it was our first trip to the cinema in like, 2 years, and the film was great
• O homem do futuro: watched with my mum and sis when they were over, quite a silly romcom, but I like the actors
• Being the DRI of your career by Cate
• Writing In Public, Inside Your Company by Brie at KoolAid Factory
• How organizations are like slime molds by Alex Komoroske
• Time is a Social Construct by Daniel Cousineau
• How to take criticism by The School of Life
• Crouching tiger, hidden dragon I hadn't seen this before, and it was really good, plus Michelle Yeoh is awesome
• Derry Girls Series 2: I love this show so much, and it's so funny too
• Is my ADHD real? - Factually! podcast
• How We Built a Team with a High Net Promoter Score by Jamie Tanna

📸 Pics

October

November