{"id":1831,"date":"2022-09-25T22:05:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T03:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2022-09-25T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T03:05:42","slug":"weeknote-for-9-25-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/25\/weeknote-for-9-25-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote for 9\/25\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life maintenance<\/h2>\n

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Looking into candidates to replace my retired primary doctor has been teaching me some more about research processes that work for me.<\/strong> I’m hoping this week I can settle on a few doctor options and make an appointment.<\/p>\n

Productivity<\/h2>\n

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Taking care of longer life maintenance tasks I’d been putting off has me thinking again about large-scale rhythms my schedule could adopt<\/strong> so I can make sure I keep everything important moving in a timely fashion. I’ll need to experiment to find satisfying patterns, but one likely idea is to take week-long break from my main project every month or two for a side project.<\/p>\n

People skills<\/h2>\n

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The Power of a Positive No<\/em> by William Ury came across the most earnest book of his negotiation trilogy<\/strong>, since so much of it was about finding and affirming the deeper values that are driving your “no.” As usual I appreciated all the detailed advice, but I was left feeling the series had some gaps when it came to the problem of social engineering, which will be a future topic in this project.<\/p>\n

What Great Storytellers Know<\/em> by Bernadette Jiwa gave me permission to take an organized and careful approach to collecting and crafting stories.<\/strong> It also got me to ponder what inspiration I have to offer my storytelling listeners.<\/p>\n

Programming<\/h2>\n

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Object Design<\/em><\/a> by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Alan McKean features extensive and valuable discussions of the design process.<\/strong> But it also reminds me I still haven’t done enough object-oriented design to comfortably understand all the metaphorical language of responsibilities and collaborations, and the complexity of the design decisions only strengthens my interest in Clojure’s perhaps simpler data-oriented paradigm.<\/p>\n

Nature<\/h2>\n

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I’ve been neglecting my nature walks lately, so I took a couple more so I wouldn’t regret missing the rest of summer.<\/strong> It reminded me nature is the show that never ends.<\/p>\n

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