Alex

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they/he, il. Wikipedian and book reader, mostly. Localization and sociology enthusiast.

Imagine a conference without blood loss

Replied to What does my Menstruation has Against Conferences? by Sara Jakša (sarajaksa.eu)

This is a rant
I am currently on my first day of the PyCon Slovakia. And I had not be able to take the full advantage of this because of menstrual pain.
Usually on the first and last strong day of the menstruation, I get some pain. How big it is and how many hours it lasts depends on multiple factor…

I know, right??? Menstruation happens for about one week out of four. Ovulation is another couple of tough days somewhere in the middle. And yet everytime we have a conference or really cool event we’re on our periods and can’t make the most of them. It’s statistically impossible AND YET I believe there is a…

Week notes are good

Liked Doing weeknotes (doingweeknotes.com)

One weeknote is just one week’s worth of effort, summarised. Useful! But an archive of dozens or hundreds of weeknotes, stretching back through time – months, perhaps years – is a fabulous repository of thoughts, ideas and decisions. It’s a time machine that helps the team themselves, or their bosses or stakeholders, look back over recent history to work out why and how things are as they are. Much, much more useful!

I’ve been doing weeknotes at work for over 5 years now and they really help me − in good times, I can brag. In worse times, I can look at my weekly recap and realize that it’s not empty, that my work still has values even on bad weeks. It has always helped. (It’s especially…