I wish I could reach the correct audience to suggest to that, if you are going to work full time remote, especially for a mostly remote company for the first time, it is absolutely crucial that you learn how people communicate and actively participate in it. Not just how work information is disseminated. Join your “random” and hobby Teams or Slack channels. Meet people not on your direct team. Join a social group if your company sponsors one you find interesting. It indeed takes effort as an introvert - but while working remote you are not building relationships organically like in an office, at all. Those work relationships are important to getting stuff done in business, emotionally feeling part of a team and mission, and staying mentally healthy. We spend a big chunk of our lives working!
Over the last 5 years of working and managing a team FT remote, this social interactivity is one of the top indicators I’ve observed of whether someone will succeed and be balanced and happy, long term - or whether they will burn out and be left behind. The people who often vanish the fastest never chatted except when prompted to do so for business, never turned their camera on, nor set a profile image.
I’m not telling you to step way outside your comfort zone. I’m not saying there aren’t situations where it’s necessary to turn off the camera. I’m not saying you’ll automatically fail if you never socialize. I’m just giving you some advice based on hard life lessons of watching people thrive versus be unhappy.
The Knitking KK93 knitting machine is set up and I've done a few sample rows. Everything seems to work, so I think the next step is to pick a simple knitting machine project and make it. It will probably be awhile before I advance to programming it with its punch cards. #knitting #machineknitting
Apple has finally killed its ill-conceived plan to scan photos for CSAM. This is a direct result of work by experts and activists. Speaking up is important and sometimes we win.
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-photo-scanning-csam-communication-safety-messages/
I have finished all of the gifts I had planned to weave for this holiday season, which means the next project is completely up to me!
I think I'm actually going to try out the Brother knitting machine I got for free last month, but have been too busy weaving to set up. #knitting #machineknitting
New episode is out!
@dsearls and @katherined talk to @kyle about hardware supply chains, building the only USA-made mobile phone, trust, open standards, and much more. Full episode here: https://www.reality2cast.com/133
https://youtube.com/shorts/bCR-S0nWRZE
#opensource #security #trust #openstandards #vendorLockin #podcast #NewEpisode
I finished the scarf this weekend! I'm really pleased with how it turned out, to the point that I think I want to make another for myself (this one is a gift). #weaving
You can see the pattern emerge on this fabric very quickly. Here is the first few inches of the scarf. Instead of just repeating the pattern throughout the full width, I extended the pattern on each edge to give it a one inch border on each side to frame the central pattern. #weaving
We have a new homestead on the Fediverse. To borrow an analogy from @kyle, We're trying out our own tiny house. Let's see how this goes over here in our own space thanks to @mastohost #NewDigs
In the warp zone again. This time I'm making a black linen (warp) and black wool (weft) scarf. I'm using a standard "Ms and Ws" point draft twill pattern from Handweaver's Pattern Directory pg 90. #weaving
Police are showing up at the doors of protestors in China who have demonstrated against the lockdowns there. They tracked them down using their phones and their faces: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/business/china-protests-surveillance.html
The CFPs for #SCALE20X #DevOpsDay LA and #kubernetes community day are closing TOMORROW. Submit your talk and join your fellow lovers of #OpenSource #DevOps and #Kubernetes ! https://socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/cfp
My 3D printer has been busy making things small enough to fit in my son's advent calendar. For starters I went with tiny articulated snakes. #3dprinting
@kyle @socallinuxexpo What is the plan to ensure folks are paying attention in your talk for 2023? Gotta surpass this...
Technical author, FOSS advocate, public speaker, Linux security & infrastructure geek, author of The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist.