s18e10: Sure, Fine, Crushed It; Smarts

0.0 Context Setting

Friday, 17 May in Portland, Oregon, where the sky is mostly blue, the temperature is pleasant, and we don’t have to stay inside because of dangerously bad wildfire smoke. A good day!

I am not going to the Code for America Summit, but I am going to be jealously guarding a table at the second floor bar in the Oakland Marriott at exactly the same time as the Code for America Summit is happening, on Thursday 30 May. Which is two weeks yesterday! What a coincidence! If you’re in the area, come and say hi.

I’m going to be a participant in Mike Monteiro’s Presenting with Confidence workshop next week and it’s probably full by now. That means you should go to the one after that, on Thursday June 6.

0.1 Events: Hallway Track, and Pulling the Cord

Hallway Track is still on hiatus.

Pulling the Cord, my plain-speaking guide to stopping traditional technology procurement is gearing up for its first non-test session, likely in May.

1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention

1.1 Sure, Fine, Crushed It

Sure, yes, the Apple iPad Pro hashtag-crushed-it ad and the subsequent apology1 caught my attention and like everyone else