This is how to stay sane for the next 15+ days: 1. Exercise every day. 2. Try "social closening" -- Pick up the phone and call someone. 3. Meditate. 4. Do something small for someone else. (via Amanda Ripley) washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

How we defeat COVID-19: 1. Social distancing. 2. Cash relief to Americans. 3. More tests and data. 4. More personal protective equipment. 5. Practical, community-developed standards for businesses to operate. 6. Less red tape so more people can help and innovate. 7. Humility.

SoftwareGR is dedicated to building and supporting the software design and development community in West Michigan for ALL. Black lives matter.

In the interest of the health and safety of our attendees, speakers and volunteers, #GLSEC2020 will be postponed until spring 2021. We'll see you in 2021!

"As long as work is happening on the software, the conceptual model is changing. Mediating between users' mental models and the system's conceptual model is important #UXdesign work, and it shouldn't happen as an isolated activity." #UserExperience bit.ly/2Cxw1wc

The world is presenting a tremendous opportunity to grow and change, and leaders have the opportunity to highlight this to their teams. How we measure success as individuals and companies needs to be different. #leadership bit.ly/3gy1ZYA

Wed. Aug. 19, 6 - 7 PM. Join us for #GLSECatHOME! Hear Chris Steiner, VP of Solutions Development at Dematic, present "Making Remote Work...Work." Find out how Dematic enjoyed high productivity & improved quality & on-time delivery while 100% remote. ow.ly/qfHR50AWzLZ

Two Tallahassee students fell in love with coding at a #GirlsWhoCode camp, and just won the second annual Congressional App Challenge for their app. Congrats ladies! ow.ly/5xgB50D6Fhm

By empowering girls and non-binary kids to learn software development skills, Change the Code promotes greater gender diversity for the future of tech. We hope to see you soon at one of our camps! change-the-code.org

Feb 17 from 6 - 7 PM Save the date! #GLSEC@HOME welcomes Jon Krueger of GFS. Stay tuned for more details.

What Makes a Good Job? Feeling Invested in the Company’s Success (by Matt Soto) bit.ly/34dfXxE

Helpful perspective (about Ukraine/Russia generally, not just about nukes) politico.com/news/magazine/…

In part 25 of this #designthinking Toolkit series, an empathy map activity will have you walking, talking, and thinking like your research subjects. bit.ly/3x8C6ct

In researching my book, I have been learning a lot about how authoritarians use disinformation. This post uses many basic old tricks. First, it states an outright lie, but suggests the claim has corroboration (“the revelation.”)

State Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-OK) has penned several bills loosening gun restrictions, including the nation’s first anti-red flag law. He thinks these bills protect the Second Amendment – and that they make us safer. We think it's probably one or the other. Watch it on @AppleTVPlus.

Get your tickets for our MERGE conference on April 17th! This year’s MERGE conference (formally GLSEC) will bring technology leaders together to share how they’ve built their software practices and tools. #technology #techevent #software #networking loom.ly/8Q5YILk

Get your tickets for our MERGE conference on April 17th! This year’s MERGE conference (formally GLSEC) will bring technology leaders together to share how they’ve built their software practices and tools. #technology #techevent #software #networking loom.ly/8Q5YILk

We are thrilled to announce Atomic Games 2023! This innovative educational AI game programming competition promises to challenge all college students who dare to code. bit.ly/3PGKVDL

People who think that there's some advantage in scattering team members all over the planet (or even locally) need to look very closely at this chart (From Scott W. Ambler is.gd/TSRXB7).