Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make good art. - Neil Gaiman (youtube.com/watch?v=plWexC…)

I'm not one to hate on Microsoft, but I can't tell you how many times I've been hunting down a bizarre config / permissions issue and come across a comment thread like this:

"Stanley and his parents didn't believe in curses, of course, but whenever anything went wrong, it felt good to be able to blame someone."

Where I talk about the ways in which hiring managers should evaluate their applicants, how they largely aren't doing so, and what an applicant can do to overcome these challenges...

It seems more and more like Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg's lifetime project to escape reality, and that's pretty sad when you think about it.

This thread 😢...

I'm excited to share that I'm one of the newest members of the @18F team! I'm looking forward to playing a small part in helping improve people's lives and in reshaping the narrative of what amazing user experiences around government services can look like.

Me: Oh look, we have the whole playground to ourselves! My 4 children:

My kids have been home from school for 3 weeks straight due to holidays, snowstorms, and Covid cases. #Encanto has been the soundtrack to my family’s life during this time, and we couldn’t have asked for a better one. Thank you, Disney Disney's Encanto!

The age-old question: what does a product manager do? nighttrain.co/product-manage…

The beauty of non-traditional background folks entering tech is the creativity and new perspectives it brings to an industry that so desperately needs more variety. If you don't think you belong in tech: trust me: we need you. ❤️

“Big lion has a fever forever because he ate a million bees and they won’t stop stinging him” - my 5yr old daughter Move over, Dante.

I wrote a blog post turning my pain of being woken up often by my children into “art”. Enjoy :) nighttrain.co/what-is-the-ch…

Me: mom and I are going to listen to a podcast. Son: let me guess; it’s on the history of boring things. Me: 😶

The process of building digital products often feels like being stuck in traffic. Here’s a post with a simple idea / diagram / crappy drawing for exploring that metaphor. nighttrain.co/installing-ram…

I was fortunate enough to be part of an extremely impactful product launch in the online grocery space. Here's what happened and how we did it. nighttrain.co/how-product-ma…

Many organizations claim to be “data-driven”; most of them suck at it. I wrote a blog post sharing lessons learned and artifacts that I’ve used in my data consulting practice that I hope you find helpful. nighttrain.co/stop-boiling-t…

Are you a middle manager looking to prove your worth? Here’s a new metaphor you can use to give gravitas to your role. 🙂 nighttrain.co/manager-as-an-…

Looking to improve the way in which your company plans and ships valuable stuff? Here’s a diagram and scorecard I put together as a key part of my consulting practice. nighttrain.co/a-guide-to-set…

I’m a big fan of agile practices, but some organizations start taking their first “we’re becoming agile” steps without the clarity of where they’re heading, and end up expending a lot of unnecessary energy as a result. nighttrain.co/beware-the-fal…