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itsjoshbruce

@itsjoshbruce@phpc.social

Time Lord. Agile Coach, User Experience designer, and software developer. Designing the human experience all around. :)

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itsjoshbruce, to random
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Agile Open Northwest was loads of fun. Met some great people. Saw some familiar faces. And, finally met some folks I’ve followed for a while in person(h/t @qcoding).

Evening coding sessions were also interesting to participate in.

Good feedback on the session I did on The 5 Ps and the one Becca and I did together as The Irreverent Agilists: No Spikes in the Mosh Pit.

https://joshbruce.com/essays-and-editorials/the-5-ps/

https://the-irreverent-agilists.com



itsjoshbruce, (edited ) to accessibility
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Does anyone know of a tool or approach for having a printed book read to you (they, and I, don’t do well with reading print)?

Specifically, this book: Donald Featherstone’s Solo Wargaming

Was going to recommend screen reader + ebook; can’t locate ebook version.

Update: Their trying a Google app for Android called Lookout: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.reveal

#accessibility
#reading

itsjoshbruce,
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@SirSid: Definitely cool. Might be on the expensive side. :(

itsjoshbruce, to random
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Did a joint session with my Adventure Life Partner (TM), Becca yesterday at Agile Open Northwest.

The title?

“No Spikes in the Mosh Pit”

We had a great group and conversations about organized chaos, self-management, and misconceptions. Oh…and we talked about corporate play as well.

#AONW

itsjoshbruce, to random
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Humans have been creating (and complaining) about many things for a long time. We've also been incentivizing the "democratization of creation."

Chances are if you're about to say: There's no way to do X?

  1. A more likely sentiment is: I don't know of a way to do X.

  2. It's literally impossible with today's technology (and physics).

  3. You might have actually invented something unique for the state of the art.

More often than not, it's the first one. Followed closely by the second.

itsjoshbruce, to random
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Was out of town this weekend. Heading home now. Decided to publish and deploy the health and wellness update I didn’t do Friday or over the weekend: https://joshbruce.com/experiences/health-and-wellness/historical-summaries/202403/

saramg, to random
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No disrespect to dudes who chest bump each other. Ya ain't hurtin' nobody, let your freak flag fly.

But...

Like... I don't get it. It seems like a high five with extra effort, and even a high five is kinda... odd, it?

itsjoshbruce,
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@Crell @saramg: Chest bump, then bro hug, then full hug…that’s the bromance escalator.

grmpyprogrammer, to random
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Life of the Staff Software Engineer — 6 hours over two days of step-debugging a failed test, and going over ALL the tests, and checking my test factories, to discover deep in the code I was using a datetime library wrong.

itsjoshbruce, (edited )
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@sarah @grmpyprogrammer @derickr: Is this “just” an environmental joke, or legit commentary on the library itself? If the latter, would be interested in rationale.

CultureDesk, (edited ) to movies
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There are no categories for animals in the Academy Awards, though last month, the Academy announced on X, "The Oscar for bestest boi goes to Messi from Anatomy of a Fall." Esquire magazine recognized this grave injustice last year, when it gave Jenny the Donkey from "Banshees of Inisherin" the first annual Best Animal Actor award. Here's their breakdown of animal actors this year. We want to know, what was the most iconic animal performance of all time.

https://flip.it/sBD7SC

itsjoshbruce,
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@CultureDesk @ramsey: Mr. Ed

itsjoshbruce, (edited ) to accessibility
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Given I still have time on my hands, and I just had an interesting accessibility experience with a financial app:

  1. Would you be interested in articles that basically boil down to, “This probably could be better, and here’s what can be done to fix it”?

  2. Would you like me to come hang out with you at no cost?

Multiple choice poll. Boosts would be appreciated as I am small. :)










itsjoshbruce, to random
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The more configurable (and customized) a system becomes, the harder it is to maintain and support.

Welcome to Earth.

(Pretty sure this is why I can’t find a point in history wherein the majority of humans said, “This is awesome! Best of all possible worlds.” Instead, most of us seem like Candide (paraphrase), “No doubt, Pangloss. Now, back in your hole, we need to tend our fields so we can eat and keep even you alive.”)

Of course, toxic positivity is just as helpful as perpetual pessimism.

itsjoshbruce, to random
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Felt this one in my soul:

“We might not ever say it, or even think it, but when we cast some people as heroes, we relegate others to the role of the sidekick—even though their labor is no less important, and they do at least as much to push the work toward success.”

https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/devaluing-frontend

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    itsjoshbruce,
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    @fox @collinsworth @argyleink: I was just thinking this same thing about myself recently. #TimeLordProblems

    itsjoshbruce, to cooperatives
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    8fold's been getting more visitors (and followers) on LinkedIn than any other project.

    I should probably do something there. That said, I'm curious from the Fedi side of the house.

    Given these two online presences:

    1. https://www.linkedin.com/company/8fold-pro/

    2. https://opencollective.com/8fold

    What questions do you have, if any?

    (ps. I about died laughing when "Fedi" was autocorrected to "Jedi" - mainly because I thought, "Appropriate.")






    jensimmons, to random
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    Dear people who make websites,

    Do you ever block your users from being able to paste into a text field?

    Why?

    Do you need this ability for a good reason? What’s that reason?

    Or, as a user, would you like to see it go away? Perhaps you encounter sites that prevent you from pasting your super complex password from your password manager into a password field, and wonder why they can do so?

    What might be the downside of removing support of disallowing pasting from the web?

    itsjoshbruce,
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    @jensimmons: Disabling paste is pretty ridiculous in my opinion and frustrating as a user.

    As a creator, I’ve only seen one (what I consider) valid argument, which was duel-entry email address confirmation (that I haven’t done since 2005). However, as a user duel-entry email functionality is also frustrating, and seems unnecessary.

    As to the can’t copy…didn’t even know that was a possibility. Wonder if slipping into a reader view would also be a workaround.

    itsjoshbruce, to webdev
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    Hello fedi-folk!

    Stepped away from my employer in November of 2023. Privileged to have runway to leave room for everyone else who's been laid off to find a place to land, hopefully.

    Unfortunately, running short on runway.

    I mainly do Technical/Agile Coaching, and still spit out clean code and improve/fix forlorn websites.

    While I'd like to work under my own banner, would be open to all employment types.

    If you have questions (or leads), comments and DMs are open.

    #FediHire #Agile #WebDev

    itsjoshbruce,
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    ps. I'm still open to checking out any cool things you'd like to share. (I've only been able to hang out with the mob at Hunter Industries, and I would like to branch out a bit.)

    Schedule something with me here: https://calendly.com/itsjoshbruce/lets-talk

    No charge. Just me.

    itsjoshbruce, to random
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    Think I cleared out Twitter; at least as much as they’ll let me.

    Shows no:

    • posts,
    • replies/retweets, or
    • likes.

    And, I’m no longer following anyone.

    That last one was weird. Hadn’t thought about some of those folks in years. They hadn’t posted in years. Went to their sites and it was either a dead mall or they moved on to other topics.

    Some of those folks are here.

    I don’t believe in the good old days online, but nostalgia does strike occasionally.

    kev, to php
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    My knowledge of could be better (read: it’s atrocious) can anyone recommend any resources for learning PHP for absolute beginners? I’m not a developer, I know a little html/css, nothing about JS and enough PHP to be dangerous.

    Any recommendations welcome - happy to pay for them too. 👍

    itsjoshbruce,
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    @kev @phpc: my site is a public repository meant to illustrate bare bones concepts: https://github.com/8fold/site-joshbruce.com

    I also have a fair amount of free time at the moment. If you’d like to jump on a call at some point. I’m big on simplicity and no judgement: https://calendly.com/itsjoshbruce/lets-talk

    itsjoshbruce,
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    @kev @phpc: ps. Here’s another that’s even more bare bones (zero “intermediate” or “advanced” concepts at the moment): https://github.com/8fold/site-masteringthemundane.com

    See /site-root/public folder

    itsjoshbruce, to random
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    A lot of my current service providers and places I shop are starting to charge surcharges for using credit cards and, in some cases, debit cards.

    This includes my dentist, hair stylist, and some restaurants.

    It looks like cash is back on the menu, y'all!

    itsjoshbruce, to random
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    Part 9 of Time: Mastering the Mundane has been made available for purchase on Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/master-the-mundane

    Part 9 is about Collaboration, which often gets conflated with Delegation (Part 7).

    Contribute to this project on the Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/mastering-the-mundane/projects/book-mastering-the-mundane



    itsjoshbruce,
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    Part 11 of Time: Mastering the Mundane has been made available for purchase on Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/master-the-mundane

    Part 11 is about system maintenance (otherwise known as refinement).

    Contribute to this project on the Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/mastering-the-mundane/projects/book-mastering-the-mundane

    #TimeManagement
    #SelfManagement
    #MasteringTheMundane

    itsjoshbruce,
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    Part 12 of Time: Mastering the Mundane has been made available for purchase on Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/master-the-mundane

    Part 12 is about system optimization (otherwise known as, well, optimization).

    Contribute to this project on the Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/mastering-the-mundane/projects/book-mastering-the-mundane



    itsjoshbruce,
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    Part 13 of Time: Mastering the Mundane has been made available for purchase on Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/master-the-mundane

    Part 13 is about alternative views. Up to this point, we’ve been using a list for all the things. Now we’ll look at otherwise humans have come up with to visualize the same data.

    Contribute to this project on the Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/mastering-the-mundane/projects/book-mastering-the-mundane

    #TimeManagement
    #SelfManagement
    #MasteringTheMundane

    uint8_t, to random
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    girls only want one thing

    and it's walkable mixed use medium-density urbanism

    itsjoshbruce,
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    @uint8_t @DaanWilmer: …while wearing easy to find, affordable clothes with functional pockets.

    (It was there, and presented in the spirit of “yes, and” not “I fixed it.”)

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