It seems like I was just finishing up my Thanksgiving dinner grace that the first Christmas card came in the mail. Where I can’t control what others do, I am enjoying the holiday weekend as much as possible, along with hanging up that first card.

ICYMIY – In case you missed my post that appeared to most on Thanksgiving, here’s a link to it. It was either people were too busy celebrating the holiday or perhaps they just didn’t care to read my takeaways from yet another Patriots book?

262 – Congrats to my smokin’ hot wife for running her 10th marathon last week. I’ve long believed running a marathon is more mental than physical, and just thinking about it is making me tired. It’s quite an achievement to run one 26.2 mile event, but 10 is certainly a feat of feet.

WhatOps? – For those more technically inclined reading this, you may be familiar with the term DevOps, which is all the rage for how developers are working with delivering more in an orderly fashion. But have you heard of DesignOps? If not, this is a link to several articles to get you thinking more about DesignOps. I’m still going thru it myself, but it’s good to see everyone wants in on a more sane way of creating great things.

Back with a Bash – Last week a great tech in-person networking event was held in the shadows of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin called Tech Bash. Several tech firms and meetup groups presented and were in attendance to connect with the community. It was also an opportunity to learn about Livex a New York City-based firm that is a global leader in livestreaming who also has operations in the area. They also have a livestream platform called Rivet that I am exploring more for how it could work with swim meet livestreaming. It was a great event and even greater to shake hands with people I hadn’t seen in in real life in a long time, not to mention seeing first-hand the thriving tech scene in the area.

Back to the Email – I posted a survey on LinkedIn asking how people tackle their email inbox after being away from work for a while and there’s still time to chime in on it. That is if you are on LinkedIn. And if you are and you’re reading this, let’s connect.

Arizona Election News You Likely Haven’t Heard Of – There has been a lot of news about 2020 elections in Arizona and its recount done by the Cyber Ninjas. However there has not been much coverage about an alternative approach to recounting the ballots, by a diverse team no less. This group calls themselves The Audit Guys and has been involved with this recount as well as other analysis on the last US Presidential election. In past What I Learned posts I have included links to info from Larry Moore, one of The Audit Guys and someone I had the good fortune to work for in the past. The Audit Guys’ latest article is their review of the Cyber Ninjas recount. I recommend checking back on this site for more analysis you won’t find elsewhere but should.

A Focus on Reducing and Reusing – The 3 R’s of the environment were taught to me as Reduce, Reuse, then Recycle. However it seems the emphasis over the years has been on the last one, where I would have thought it would have been on the first two. This is a good, detailed article on problems with recycling and a program called Loop that is working on reusable product packaging. It is led by major corporations, and it will be interesting to see how they do and how it cascades through all aspects of the economy.

Another Reason for Another Cup – If others can pick and choose their medical studies, so can I! Here’s one on how coffee can lower the risk for stroke and dementia.

Go Ahead, Be “Unsafe” on the Web – One of my biggest pet peeves with Big Tech firms is when they decided a Web site would rank lower if it didn’t have an SSL certificate (a.k.a. the S in https) even if the Web site wasn’t processing sensitive information, such as a blog. Then these firms decided their Web browsers would give a warning and try to block you from seeing the Web site without SSL. But leave it to the developers of the browsers to build-in a workaround, as was new to me in this article about the phrase “thisisunsafe.” Granted this isn’t easy for the non-technical user, but for those of us who make their living on the Web, this will make life much easier.

Seeing the Forest for the Fallen Tree – When on a trek through my friend’s hunting land last week, I was keeping an eye on the ground as I walking on something that was far from a groomed trail. I came across the above-pictured log, covered in moss and though barely visible was new-fallen snow on it too. Just after taking this photo and noticed the sight of the forest and sky around me. Often I take for granted the beauty of my surroundings. This time I took in and took photos of all around me.

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This is from The Hot Iron, a journal on business and technology by Mike Maddaloni.

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