No. The answer is no. In case you missed it, I lost my phone while on vacation in Portugal. I had nine days of driving around the country planned, for which I needed my phone for navigation. And funny to think that on the first day of driving, during the morning when I still had … Continue reading So, Has My Relationship With My Phone Permanently Changed?
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Driving Like It’s 1999
With work officially over for 2023, it was time to get a rental car. And in Europe, that always means stick shift. It's good to practice every now and then I suppose, and it had been about 21 months since I was driving stick all around the foothills of the Andes in Argentina. Douro Valley … Continue reading Driving Like It’s 1999
Un Poquito de Todo (Ecuador)
Now that I've been in Argentina for a few weeks, it's time to wrap up the Ecuador posts with a few last thoughts and impressions. People People in Ecuador are so, so, so friendly. It's kind of impossible not to feel good in this country when everyone around you is so nice all the time. … Continue reading Un Poquito de Todo (Ecuador)
Saying Goodbye (and Hello!) in a Covid-19 World
Just under two years ago, the company I worked for was acquired by a private equity firm. And as so often happens in these cases, the chipping away began. But the little cuts weren't really the problem. I work in software; the benefits are really good, even with the cuts that were made. The problem … Continue reading Saying Goodbye (and Hello!) in a Covid-19 World
It’s a Record!
No, not a running record (but stay tuned for that post soon) - a work record! I'm about to break my full time job tenure record. As of this Thursday, I'll have been at LogRhythm for 3 years. I lasted 2 years and 11 months at the job before this one, although in theory I … Continue reading It’s a Record!
On the Second Day of China: A Break From My Life
A close friend of mine works for a multinational medical device company, and when her coworkers go to China, they bring special laptops with only what they need for that specific trip. Then those laptops get wiped when they come back. This is not a surprise given China's reputation for having a complete lack of … Continue reading On the Second Day of China: A Break From My Life
The Design of Everyday Things
I shamelessly poached the title of this post from a book I'm reading for professional development: The Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman. I don't include books I read for anything other than pleasure in my semi-annual book reports, but product and user experience design has been so much on my mind lately that … Continue reading The Design of Everyday Things
A Not-So-Little Pat on the Back
This post is a brag because this is my blog and I'll brag if I want to. Also, I post plenty of embarrassing or unflattering content about myself, so I don't think anyone can fault me for publicly praising my accomplishments. I am now a Senior Technical Writer at LogRhythm. I started less than two … Continue reading A Not-So-Little Pat on the Back
What Is It I Do Exactly?
I don't know about you, readers, but it's taken me years to really remember/know/understand what most of my friends do for a living. Some of them don't really know what I do either. And hell, I dated someone for many years and never quite understood what he did. Probably that's because he generally slept in … Continue reading What Is It I Do Exactly?
Jennifer A Swallow 