Reading Time: 7 minutesI’m giving a talk soon and I’ve been trying to find a good way to provide an accessible alternative format for the slides. This post explains various things I’ve explored. Context I’ve been asked to speak at Agile Manchester. It’s a talk about inclusion that I’ve given before at SDinGOV,… Read More »Alternative format for slides
Reading Time: 6 minutesOver the years, I’ve switched tools and services when I felt they were run in a way I could not support anymore. It’s not always easy. But these days, it feels important to re-assess our choices and switch to more ethical options where possible. Messaging: moving from WhatsApp to Signal… Read More »Switching tech tools and services
Reading Time: 5 minutesI had a diabetes diagnosis last November. There are a few recipes I use a lot now, part of my new diet: low calories, low carbs. Cottage cheese with garlic and mint Very simple to do if you have a good mixer. It’s a nice dip and good substitute for… Read More »Bunch of recipes
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve had to deal with a lot of unexpected things in the past few months. I had time to reflect about what enables me to make changes and how this has evolved over the years. My last contract terminated earlier than planned. Like many people, I should have resumed work… Read More »Recognising what enables me to make changes
Reading Time: 9 minutesFor a long time I thought I knew about accessibility and inclusion. But like for many subjects, once you start learning, you realised there is a lot more to it. We still often stay at the surface on these subjects. This blog post will try to show other layers so… Read More »Different levels of inclusion awareness
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen I resigned from my last permanent job, I felt like contracting was my best option. At the time, I said I’d share about it but I didn’t do it much, so I’m catching up here. What I liked The first thing should really be that, I’ve been in that… Read More »Reflecting on a year of contracting
Reading Time: 3 minutesMay be it should be called “Why didn’t I write for while?” It’s been about 4 months since the last post. Short answer: I have less to say, don’t feel the need to write it down or to share publicly. Much less to say about work That’s probably reason number… Read More »Why do I write?
Reading Time: 5 minutesWarning: there is a bit more venting in this post than usual. This is about how some people self-promote and show themselves to others in their social media bubble. Weeknotes everywhere If you are not familiar with the concept, you can learn more in this article: Weeknotes: what they are,… Read More »Dissonance and social media bubbles
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis week, I presented a talk about inclusion at SDinGOV. One of the questions at the end was about the one thing I would like people to work on, and the first thing that came to mind was about being more inclusive in the workplace. I don’t think we are… Read More »Inclusion in the workplace
Reading Time: 5 minutesLast time I wrote about the blog itself was in August 2021. For anyone curious, here is a peek behind the scenes. As explained before in “How this blog is doing“, I have Jetpack, a plugin on WordPress which provides me with some stats for free. Some are useful, some… Read More »Looking at this blog in 2023