I met Jothy Rosenberg back in the ’90s when I did some consulting work at one of his high tech startups. At the time, I thought “This guy is not only technically brilliant, he really understands how to manage software and the software process.” One day, I’d stayed late to talk to him about something […]
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This is why I never use a lectern. Look carefully. Inside the hole cut out for the Caesar’s is my face. I am standing up! I was setting my computer up for my talk at the Better Software conference, when Rachelle took this picture. I moved to the left of the lectern to present. I
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I’m at PSL this week, with Jerry and Esther. I’m having a wonderful time. So is the class. Jerry is using a walker to manage his vertigo. He has a different form of vertigo than I do, but vertigo is vertigo. I have to say, I have walker envy. You should see him zoom down
One of the problems with vertigo is that there is no safe place for me, except for sitting down. I flew to and from Denver last week. I don’t mind flying–flying is easy. It’s the getting on the plane that’s difficult. Walking down the jetway is difficult. Declines are difficult—I don’t know where down is.
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No matter what, Mark and I are moving into a smaller house. That part is clear. So we need to clear out some of what I fondly refer to as our Stuff. When I was traveling last week, Mark told me sternly that we needed to declutter. I agreed. “My name is Johanna and I
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Mark and I went house shopping this past weekend. We are looking for a new-to-us home. We were looking for a 3 bedroom condo with an attached garage, so we can have everything on one floor. I’m willing to have the extra bedroom on another floor (up or down) as long as I never have
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There’s a sad story making the rounds today. Samantha Brick wrote an article in the Daily Mail called ‘There are downsides to looking this pretty’: Why women hate me for being beautiful. In it, she claims perks from men such as flowers and free drinks, and discrimination from female bosses. She also says: So now
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I realize that some of you have been waiting for this post for a while. Sorry. Was busy. Siebert says most people can live with just parts 1 and 2 quite nicely. That is, until they have a traumatic event. It’s time to get to know your inner selves and build them. Those of us
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I had a rough February. First came the vertigo attack on Feb 1. Then I fell on Feb 8 in the gym with Erik and broke my “indestructible” glasses. (Oh yeah? I’ll give you indestructible.) I wrenched my problematic knee on Feb 24, and I had such pain I was not able to dance in
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I’m back from Belgium Testing Days. I had a blast. When I was in Belgium, I had a chance to visit with Yves Hanoulle and his delightful family. Lisa Crispin and her husband Bob and I took the train out to see Yves. I’d asked in email how large the gap between the train and
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