Reflections on #NaBloPoMo 2022 ✨

TL;DR: it went well, and was easier than I expected. I intend to participate again next year ✍🏻

https://link.medium.com/dWyx7UQqpvb

#NaBloPoMo Once again thanks to @Edent for his encouragment to getting folks to blog post for NaBloPoMo. Today is the last day of November and here is my last post:

https://blackphoebe.com/msjen/2022/11/nablopomo-2022-the-last-night/

In the end, #NaBloPoMo was a blast, and I’m going to miss it.

“What could go wrong?” I asked in my introductory post. Thirty posts later, and I can safely say that I loved every minute I blogged in November, and *goddammit*, I’m going to keep blogging, aren’t I?

https://mariovillalobos.com/2022/11/30/2000/

The 12th and final part of my #NaBloPoMo challenge for 2022, and we’re ending on a positive note ✨

https://crmzchan.medium.com/everyone-should-have-a-you-got-this-folder-ba9d281fd4ee

My reflections on the challenge itself will follow soon, but needless to say I’ve enjoyed it and written at least 3x as much as I’ve ever written in a single month! I’m keen to do it again next year, who else is in? 🚀

#WritingChallenge #Blogging

1 month
22 blog posts
A very tired writer

Here’s to another successful #NaBloPoMo 🥂

Please reply with lots of nice comments for me to wake up to after I sleep for 48 hours straight.

https://bit.ly/3XNeBAU

🆕 blog! “Other pixel-level meta data you could put in an image format”

Image files are a grid of pixels - each pixel contains colour information1. But they don't just have to contain colour information. Here are some thoughts on other things that a future image format might contain. What exists already? A typical bitmap image looks like this under the hoo…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/other-pixel-level-meta-data-you-could-put-in-an-image-format/
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#images #NaBloPoMo

🆕 blog! “Other pixel-level meta data you could put in an image format”

Image files are a grid of pixels - each pixel contains colour information1. But they don't just have to contain colour information. Here are some thoughts on other things that a future image format might contain. What exists already? A typical bitmap image looks like this under the hoo…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/other-pixel-level-meta-data-you-could-put-in-an-image-format/
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#images #NaBloPoMo

“In another lifetime, I used to be an EMT,” I told the 8th grade student on our way to the gym. She giggled and continued walking. “Back when I was a firefighter. Me and the principal used to be EMTs, actually. Once upon a time.”

“Wait, for real? I thought you were joking.”

“What? I never joke,” I deadpanned.

#NaBloPoMo

https://mariovillalobos.com/2022/11/29/2025/

We’re facing a new challenge when it comes to pitching #DesignSystems work to budget holders. Why?

“Because the only thing more dangerous to a design system’s funding case than a lack of understanding of what it is, is a false understanding of what it is. Particularly when that false understanding is often built on a collection of common myths that have elbowed their way, without nuance, into the psyche of our organisations’ leaders.”

#NaBloPoMo

https://bit.ly/3EPC6AP

🆕 blog! “WebMentions, Privacy, and DDoS - Oh My!”

Mastodon - the distributed social network - has two interesting challenges when it comes to how users share links. I'd like to discuss those issues and suggest a possible way forward. When you click on a link on my website which takes you to another website, your browser sends a Referer1. This says to …

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/webmentions-privacy-and-ddos-oh-my/
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#mastodon #MastodonAPI #metadata #NaBloPoMo #ogp

🆕 blog! “WebMentions, Privacy, and DDoS - Oh My!”

Mastodon - the distributed social network - has two interesting challenges when it comes to how users share links. I'd like to discuss those issues and suggest a possible way forward. When you click on a link on my website which takes you to another website, your browser sends a Referer1. This says to …

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/webmentions-privacy-and-ddos-oh-my/
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#mastodon #MastodonAPI #metadata #NaBloPoMo #ogp

#NaBloPoMo part 11 is an update of my ‘Manual of Me’ aka how I like to work 🛠️

https://crmzchan.medium.com/manual-of-me-92e74c858e44

#WaysOfWorking #LearningStyles #WritingChallenge #Blog

🆕 blog! “Illegal Hashes”

To understand this blog post, you need to know two things. There exists a class of numbers which are illegal in some jurisdictions. For example, a number may be copyrighted content, a decryption key, or other text considered illegal. There exists a class of algorithms which will take any arbitrary data and produce a fixed […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/illegal-hashes/
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#cryptography #hashing #NaBloPoMo

🆕 blog! “Illegal Hashes”

To understand this blog post, you need to know two things. There exists a class of numbers which are illegal in some jurisdictions. For example, a number may be copyrighted content, a decryption key, or other text considered illegal. There exists a class of algorithms which will take any arbitrary data and produce a fixed […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/illegal-hashes/
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#cryptography #hashing #NaBloPoMo

“Design systems seek to increase efficiency via common solutions that can be maintained centrally and reused in multiple places. So why don’t we apply this thinking to our documentation?”

#NaBloPoMo #WriteTheDocs #DesignSystems

https://bit.ly/3gDzFJE

🆕 blog! “A small bug in Canada's eTA emails”

There's no way that I could find to report this to the Canadian Government - and I didn't fancy trying to raise a bug report with the first Mountie I met - so here's a blog post. As part of Canada's Electronic Travel Authorisation system, prospective visitors to the country get sent emails. The email […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/a-small-bug-in-canadas-eta-emails/
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#canada #NaBloPoMo #security

🆕 blog! “A small bug in Canada's eTA emails”

There's no way that I could find to report this to the Canadian Government - and I didn't fancy trying to raise a bug report with the first Mountie I met - so here's a blog post. As part of Canada's Electronic Travel Authorisation system, prospective visitors to the country get sent emails. The email […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/a-small-bug-in-canadas-eta-emails/
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#canada #NaBloPoMo #security

Can product management tackle wicked problems?

https://rogerswannell.com/blog/can-product-management-tackle-wicked-problems/

#NaBloPoMo 26

🆕 blog! “Starting Up Vs Staying On”

A few years ago, I had a chance to work with an exciting tech startup. They had just become 5 years old. The day I went for an interview, about a dozen of the founding members announced they were quitting. Including the CEO. Was this a good sign or a bad sign? Over beers, my […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/starting-up-vs-staying-on/
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#career #NaBloPoMo

🆕 blog! “Starting Up Vs Staying On”

A few years ago, I had a chance to work with an exciting tech startup. They had just become 5 years old. The day I went for an interview, about a dozen of the founding members announced they were quitting. Including the CEO. Was this a good sign or a bad sign? Over beers, my […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/starting-up-vs-staying-on/
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#career #NaBloPoMo