“The most important requirement for running a retro is believing that everyone did the best they could with the information they had.” – Amos King I’ve spent the last several months learning how to facilitate team retrospectives. For anyone unfamiliar with the...
“Americans have discovered suffering. It is springing up all around us.” John Heers, Director of the First Things Foundation* observed back in March. 2020 has been a rough one, and it’s okay to be not ok right now. Acknowledging how you feel is important;...
“Don’t wish me happiness. I don’t expect to be happy all the time…it’s gotten beyond that somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor. I will need them all.” ― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, A Gift from the Sea Everyone wants to be...
This year, Binary Noggin was sponsoring Gig City Elixir, an Elixir Conference based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The organizers initially planned to host the conference virtually due to Covid-19. However, they decided in June to cancel the conference altogether after...
Coding is about telling stories and solving problems, and last fall, my life story was generally chaotic. I was trying to solve a lot of problems, but my internal systems were barely functioning. As a stressed out person, I needed a better information storage system...
