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Projects and Updates, 2022Q2

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Projects and Updates, 2022Q2

I have a dehydrator. It's wonderful.

Projects and Updates, 2022Q1

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Projects and Updates, 2022Q1

Recent accomplishments: Falling in love with HBR, tending to my plants, buying some analog clocks and watches

My Christmas Movie Bender - A List

My Christmas Movie Bender - A List

Due to either a burst of holiday spirit or an end-of-year deterioration of my mental state, I've watched 9 Hulu Christmas Movies over the last 8 days, plus Kelly Clarkson's Christmas special and 2 movies I refused to finish. Here are some recommendations from my Christmas

Projects and Updates, 2021Q4

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Projects and Updates, 2021Q4

HR Tech Stack Considerations

Designing A Better Workplace

HR Tech Stack Considerations

I was doing some research, recently, and couldn't find useful examples of HR Tech Stacks. Besides companies pitching how their own products might fit into a hypothetical HR Stack, I didn't see much out there. So if anyone finds it helpful, (including me in the future,

A Pandemic Communications Wish List

Designing A Better Society

A Pandemic Communications Wish List

"This seems harder than it should be." If you took my entire pandemic vibe and distilled it to a single sentence, I think that would be the sentence. For all of the COVID-19 pandemic, I've had this feeling that I'm more confused than I

Projects and Updates, 2021Q3

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Projects and Updates, 2021Q3

I fixed my cupcakes.

Designing A Better Workplace

A Good Manager Wants To Manage People

A constituent part of being a good manager is considering if you actually want to manage people. After 15+ years of observation and HR experience, my sense is this: "I want to manage people" isn't the reason most people become managers. Some people want more money,

Projects and Updates, 2021Q2

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Projects and Updates, 2021Q2

So I've been baking recently...

Projects and Updates, 2021Q1

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Projects and Updates, 2021Q1

Update: 21 plants + 6 plant cuttings ¯\\(ツ)/¯

Projects and Updates, 2020Q4

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Projects and Updates, 2020Q4

Playlist of music in this post: Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XZxMMkJdOKvL2k3ZNC2AV] [1] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task Queueing with Microsoft Planner and To Do I wrote about task queueing and how I decide what to do next. [https://www.ckdsn.com/task-queueing-with-microsoft-planner-and-to-do/] Check it out here: Task Queueing with Microsoft Planner

Task Queueing with Microsoft Planner and To Do

Task Queueing with Microsoft Planner and To Do

Previously on C. Kennedy Design, I described staying productive and included some detail on how I use Microsoft Planner and Microsoft To Do. I've continued to contemplate how I plan projects and move them to completion and I couldn't help but wonder... Is perfect planning/tasking

Projects and Updates, 2020-10-01

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Projects and Updates, 2020-10-01

Blank dice are a new favorite thing.

Projects and Updates, 2020-07-01

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Projects and Updates, 2020-07-01

It's been a weird three months.

Projects and Updates, 2020-04-01

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Projects and Updates, 2020-04-01

I was considering writing a section on the Google Home app and how it isn't fully functional on the Google Pixelbook or Google Pixel Slate. Instead, here is a one sentence review: If you sell stuff that supposedly all works together, you should make it all work together.

Projects and Updates, 2020-01-01

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Projects and Updates, 2020-01-01

Dear Amazon- In fairness, it was sort of fun in the beginning! See you in a few years, once you own all the other companies in the world. xoxo Me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Playlist of music in this post: Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4mslov5lgoSfhGmgr29bzs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support your community* *(but only

Projects and Updates, 2019-10-01

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Projects and Updates, 2019-10-01

A quick party hack: I've been adding Post-It Notes to my door to let guests know they've found the right place. (The crowd favorite is a note that simply reads: "It's this one.") We've all experienced being unsure you'

Projects and Updates, 2019-07-01

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Projects and Updates, 2019-07-01

For the last 3 months, I've definitely spent more time playing tennis than designing or coding. It's been great. Playlist of music in this post: Spotify App Updates I've been using my Invitation Managing/Event Planning app more than I've been designing

Projects and Updates, 2019-04-01

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Projects and Updates, 2019-04-01

People of Minnesota: eat the last cookie. Please. Don't leave it, don't cut it in half. You crushed the first 49, finish the job. That's apropos to nothing in this post, it just needed to be said. Playlist of music in this post: Spotify

Using Python and Python-Docx to build Word Docs

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Using Python and Python-Docx to build Word Docs

As someone who loves automating things, I've learned to... well... not. It's often not worth it. I'll look to automate if I think it will improve the accuracy of a process that needs to be particularly accurate (e.g. calculating commissions)[1]. I'

Consolidated and Non Sequitur Thoughts on So-Called Social Media

Consolidated and Non Sequitur Thoughts on So-Called Social Media

Here are some thoughts that, somehow, all fit together in my head. Throwing Rocks At The Google Bus I read a book called Throwing Rocks At The Google Bus and it was very good. One of my takeaways from the book was how the constant need for growth within companies

Projects and Updates, 2019-01-01

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Projects and Updates, 2019-01-01

I moved! And it consumed as much time and energy as you would expect. The new view is great and I'm excited to drink ALL THE BUBBLES on my new balcony, once it stops being cold outside. Playlist of music in this post: Spotify I moved! All things

Projects and Updates, 2018-10-01

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Projects and Updates, 2018-10-01

Event and Invitation Managing Software My phone now runs a beta alpha whatever-comes-before-alpha version of my event planning/invitation managing software. I've been using the software for about 6 weeks and the results have been decent: it's replaced Google Keep as my invitation managing tool, and

Projects and Updates, 2018-07-01

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Projects and Updates, 2018-07-01

Here's the thing with testing voice interfaces... you sound like you're losing your mind while you're doing it: "Computer, where's my train? Computer, where's MYYyyyy train? Computer, where's mahtrain? Computer, WHERE'Smahtrain? Computer..." Voice interfaces

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Creating an Alexa Skill Sometime in January, I decided I wanted a better way to time my morning commute to work. A few obsessive weeks later, I have an Alexa skill that uses real-time train data to tell me when my train is arriving at the station. A post shared