Quietly restarted my #100DaysOfCode. On an 11-day github streak. Working on @learnwebcode @udemy course and @LambdaSchool JS MiniBootcamp
— Tonomoshia (@tonomoshia) March 17, 2017
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Quietly restarted my #100DaysOfCode. On an 11-day github streak. Working on @learnwebcode @udemy course and @LambdaSchool JS MiniBootcamp
— Tonomoshia (@tonomoshia) March 17, 2017
via Twitter https://twitter.com/tonomoshia
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“If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.” – John Carmack
— Programming Wisdom (@CodeWisdom) March 16, 2017
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I think this is what we all do. You have to fiddle around and see what works. The problem is sometimes you don’t remember what worked last time! Keeping a log of successes, a victory diary, a compendium of workarounds, would help.
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CSM training is in less than a month!!!!!!
I signed up for the January 17-18 Certified Scrum Master training. I am so excited to get training with the renowned Bob Hartman of Agile for All. After the first day of training there is a meetup with South Florida Agile Association about “Responsibility, Delegation and Empowerment” by Bob Hartman as well, This two days will be a total immersion in Agile and Scrum.
In the meantime, I have been reading two books:
One of the authors of this book, Dan Rawsthorne, gave a talk at IT Palooza this year about scaling agile. If you missed it, check out his slides to get a flavor of his well received talk.thescalingproblem_danrawsthorne
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I have been using these songs to drown out my background noise (kids, TV, etc.) and it is working great. I am getting so much done. Should have started using this earlier. And he gives it to us for free. You just download it. (See link below picture.) Thank you Moby!
Source: Long Ambients1: Calm. Sleep. — Moby
Previously I used Deep Focus on Spotify but it became a bit distracting TBH and I have gotten tired of fiddling with Spotify. (It would stop at random moments or not play at all from the start.)
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#TodayILearned
In my Coursera “HTML, CSS & Javascript” course I learned about void elements and 3 types of breaks (<br>, <hr>, <wbr>) as well as pseudo classes.
I also impulsively signed up for a Skillcrush bundle in Front End Development and WordPress Development. I’m such a sucker for good marketing and rah rah cheerleading. Plus, they offered a discount. I feel like I need a little push. Skillcrush gives me a schedule, so I feel more pressure to actually work (at least one hour) everyday, plus I have spent money on it and I hate wasting money.
Tonight was also the second meeting of Free Code Camp Fort Lauderdale, a Facebook group. It was a great meeting. We shared resources and commiserated about some of the harder things we have encountered. Played around on CodeWars, HackerRank and discovered a great YouTuber affiliated with Free Code Camp and his playlist of 50 javascript tutorials. Great group of dudes (yeah I’m the only chick).
Also tonight I was unable to fall asleep. Usually I mindlessly read my twitter and Facebook feeds, play BingoPop and read Lifehacker. I did a little bit of that, but then I realized the futility of those things and decided to go to my Coursera course instead. That’s one reason i started it–it’s easily accessible on mobile so I have no excuse for not learning something new everyday.
In other news, I have done absolutely nothing for my MBA Marketing class for the last two days. I guess Wednesday is my MBA day for this week.
Some great reads from earlier today:
One great find: W3C Validator
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Work Log 7/30/16
During my Coursera “HTML, CSS & Javascript” time at Saturday Coding Club, I learned about different things you can do with ordered lists, such as starting with a particular number, reversing the number count (ex: 100—>1), ordering your list with letters instead of numbers. I learned about lists before, but not these interesting and useful details.
Also learned about audio and video elements. Audio elements and video elements, which I probably will not use anytime soon as I find audio on webpages quite annoying, are quite easy to implement. I may try it out just for kicks.
I made some changes to my github page and added a private repository for my pet project, MilkMatch. Now all I have to do is learn how to make it. I am in the process of listing the requirements and nice-to-haves for the apps. I checked out OnlyTheBreast, which differs in that women there are offering to sell milk not share milk. They also offer breastmilk for individuals who are not babies. My app would be for peer-to-peer milksharing as advocated by Human Milk for Human Babies, not the selling of milk. Even so, I was not impressed with the set-up of this page. It is not user-friendly. I can’t filter for what I’m looking for or for what I have to offer.
About last night . . .
The Jurgen Appello meetup with South Florida Agile Association was in a word . . . awesome. He is very personable funny but also good at conveying concepts in a way that is easy-to-understand and remember. I was particularly impressed with his idea of peer-to-peer bonuses. I think something like that could really work and lift spirits. It kills the sense of entitlement while encouraging collaboration and teamwork.
A great visual sketchnote from someone who saw his Agile 2016 talk in Atlanta . . .
Managing for Happiness with Jurgen Appelo #Agile2016 #sketchnote @iamagile @jurgenappelo #keynote pic.twitter.com/R7STq8hhAs
— Steven Granese (@sgranese) July 26, 2016
After the talk I ordered his book, Managing for Happiness from Amazon. Can’t wait to get it this Thursday. Jurgen has very helpfully posted the slide decks from his recent talks so I can keep his ideas top of mind by reviewing them. He also gave a great TEDx talk about the ideas in his book.