Weeknotes 26 July, 2024

Woo! Friday again. Comes round quick, doesn’t it? Here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to.

Running feedback calls with users. We’re doing some Beta testing for new product releases. I’m partnering with a colleague and last week, we had a call with 2 people whom are kindly testing the release. This week we had a follow up to see how they’re getting on. It’s like gold getting this time with people using our software. It was also a great opportunity for me to practice my verbal research skills.

Running a Learn Something New session. I was going to put together my takeaways from talks I’ve been listening to. Instead, I thought it was better to let attendees draw their own takeaways. I played some of the talks and invited discussion afterwards.

Updating goals. We’re already a few weeks into H2. Madness. With that being the case, I’ve spent a bit of time reflecting on my goals and where I’m going next. I’m mostly going to continue the path I’m on. I’ve added a personal goal of reading 10 pages of a book a day. If I keep up with that it means I’ll read roughly 15 books a year. As of writing this, I’m halfway through Designing Connected Content.

A quiet Content Office Hours, but then some last min requests that I used the office hours space to do. The requestor was lucky – I had some time to do that so I did. Seize those opportunities!