Better late than never. However there may be a reason why that is.

• Twice this past week I heard the term “COVID slump” and I can relate to it. In each case it was described similarly: we all started this sheltering-at-home period with a lot of energy and positivity that we would get through this. And for most of us it has gone okay, but over time that overexertion of energy has drained us. Where in the beginning we were all about Zooming, now whenever we see another invite to one we cringe and crave for in-person meetings! It has taken me a couple of starts to simply write-out these learnings from the week, where in past weeks they flowed much better. Even my last post – another “lost” one I wrote back in 2017 – took more time than I had hoped to finally type up, edit and post.
• Over the last week there has been an increasing amount of releases from companies and organizations about the senseless murder of George Floyd. Where most of them I take at face-value, one in particular I took with much deeper meaning. YouthBuild Boston is an organization that provides underserved kids building trade skills, along with education and support to thrive. I have been following them for close to 2 decades, and am proud to have supported them with their Web site and technology over the years. They sent out a message to “Our Students and All Who Care About Them” and you can read it here. Though the message did not have a link to donate to YouthBuild Boston, click here and know your donation will go to an amazing organization.
• If you ever Google yourself – something I do all the time and recommend you do as well – you may see your name appear on Web sites that look like they are simply aggregating personal information on you. This from on the LibertyID blog tells of how you can remove yourself from some of those “services.”. This blog is also a good source of information about identify theft.
• I had never heard about Progressive Web Apps until I read about them in the morning in this article by Matt Wilber. Shortly after that a colleague asked me about them – talk about timing.
• Where we hear about COVID-19 from doctors and medical scientists with a lot of numbers, I hadn’t heard anything directly from people who work exclusively with numbers. That is until I heard this podcast interview with Maurice de Hond, a Dutch data scientist, by Adam Curry. It’s a great interview and tied together for me some disporate information I have been hearing.
• You know those backdrop banners you see at awards shows or events that have company and brand logos repeating? The concept is called “Step and Repeat,” and thanks to Mark Boeder for educating me on this.
• This past week my kids got to swim with one of their friends from the swim team. Open lap swim started a week ago, but it has just my kids swimming. Yes, they all kept in their lanes, which were close to six feet apart, but it was nice for them to have some semblance of swim team practice which they haven’t had in months.

Yo Vinnie!

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

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