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Friday Five on Monday
May. 8th, 2023 09:56 am- 1. What is your work/school commute like?
- Summer: by bike in my work clothes — Strava on, maybe do an errand on the way.
Winter: by express bus after dropping the kids at school. Sometimes with an ambition to read a book but often just noodling around on phone news, Wordle and e-mail. - 2. What did you want to be when you grew up? Has it changed?
- I had astronaut, engineer, architect, web designer, propagandist and science journalist in my sights over my career. Now I design algorithms and explain statistical processes and methods to people (including statistical laypeople). So different, but not shockingly so, aside from how far it is from astronaut.
- 3. What is your weirdest work/school/project related story?
- Might be the time I flew up to the Lower North Shore to teach Web basics? Or went to a transgenic goat farm to take pictures for a website? I had to wear clinic booties over my shoes, touch nothing and wash my hands obsessively on the way in and out.
- 4. What is something you're closely familiar with that media always gets wrong?
- The media's understanding of contract expiry dates and real pay has been perhaps deliberately wrong in many cases, but really, even friendly sources often flub details.
- 5. Describe the stuff on your desk/workspace.
- Foreground: cables, coffee cup, phone, two laptops, bullet journal, pen. Background: union stuff storage, binders, basement laundry hanging area.
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