{"id":1851,"date":"2022-11-07T22:21:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T04:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2022-11-07T22:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T04:21:37","slug":"weeknote-for-11-6-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/07\/weeknote-for-11-6-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote for 11\/6\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas<\/h2>\n

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Thanks to some turbulence in my sleep schedule and some competing activities, I didn’t get anything done on putting together my Christmas list.<\/strong> But interference from life is part of the reason I\u2019ve started scheduling two weeks for projects like this one.<\/p>\n

Productivity<\/h2>\n

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As a suspiciously time-consuming \u201cside\u201d project, I’ve been exploring ways to string together Notion features to add sophistication to my system.<\/strong> I found out how to create tasks in context using +<\/code> mentions, I used a database item as a variable to filter multiple views at once, and I tried out a small experiment in automating Notion with Make<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Programming<\/h2>\n

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Fundamentals of Data Engineering<\/em> by Joe Reis and Matt Housley fills in another large gap in my programming knowledge<\/strong> with a comprehensive framework for understanding the data processing pipelines most of my programming projects involve. I appreciated that it introduces the field of data engineering from scratch and emphasizes concepts rather than specific tools.<\/p>\n

Foundations for Architecting Data Solutions<\/em> by Ted Malaska and Jonathan Seidman digs into key practical issues in designing and managing a data project.<\/strong> This short book does assume familiarity with the data engineering field, and its coverage of topics is more selective than Reis and Housley\u2019s, but my impression was that it\u2019s a good supplement that packs in a lot of advice.<\/p>\n

Nature<\/h2>\n

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My replacement binoculars arrived on Monday, and the secrets of the universe are being revealed to me, such as the moons of Jupiter.<\/strong> It is unbelievably awkward to take a photo through the binoculars with my phone camera, but I’ll see what I can do with my tripod or a phone adapter.<\/p>\n

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