samvara

• Volunteer burnout (conscious molding of organisational culture so important, clearly defined roles, balanced task design, being a culture that allows people to say no)
• Imposter syndrome (techniques for managing, importance of support networks and being open about it both as a management technique and as awareness raising)
• Pathways into open source for women (as many pathways as there are women in tech it seems)
• Open everything - Source, Culture, Technology, Government, Data etc. (similarities, philosophies)
• Role/task hierarchy in open source - this was interesting because I'm used to woman-majority open source and I experience a tendency to value some tasks over other tasks eg, coders over documenters in terms of status. I was unsurprised to hear people confirming that these are also gendered divisions.
• and two other sessions that I can't remember right now because it has all blurred in my brain

• House [1] building inspection reports have come back, I need to
  • Get an electrician to put in two junction boxes to cover exposed wires in the ceiling (booked for this morning)
  • Get a plumber to fix the hot water tap in the laundry (booked for "Tuesday between 2&4") Sad, sad note is that it took me and maharetr 4.5 years to have a conversation about washing clothes in hot water. It has never occurred to me to do so and thus never occurred to me to get the laundry hot tap fixed whereas there are things maharetr would cheerfully have washed in hot water.
  • Get a <not quite sure what yet> to treat white ant infestation in post on front porch (quote on work incoming from specialist)
• House [2] We're moving in this weekend \o/
  • We will be packing 'stuff' on Saturday if anyone wants to come and a) pack stuff or b) provide moral support
  • I say 'we', I will be painting my bedroom in the morning and then packing 'stuff' as carpenter has recommended this. If you feel like coming and entertaining me please feel free to do so
  • Movers are booked for Sunday to carry heavy stuff we can't face moving
• New Years Eve was fantastic, I think we fit about 45 people in the house without feeling in any way cramped and it was a lovely party.
  • We (being me, maharetr, chaosmanor and cupidsbow ) ceremonially signed our PodProperty Agreement in the company of many of our dearest friends and thank you all for making it a special night.
  • I got trounced by fred_mouse's spawn in a balloon fight and ended up having a surprisingly serious conversation with the two youngest about HIV in Australia in the 80's after 2nd youngest found my stuffed Nemo and youngest also wanted a stuffed toy to cuddle. All I could find was my giant plush HIV microbe. *facepalm*
• Life is kinda awesome right now, it has random dragonflys

• Texts From Cephalopods It is a well-established fact in marine biology that the octopus is the drunk texter of the cephalopod family.

• House [1] building inspection and pest inspection plus bank valuation booked, I am so working from home this afternoon
• House [2] monster Feminist Housing Collective Meeting (we need a shorter name for this but let it be known that having it in a restaurant over dinner and taking minutes via iPad worked well for me) covering utilities, internet provider, insurance, renovations, moving schedule and budget. Phew. Let's do that infrequently. My poor brain is fried; when I'm less tired I am going to reflect on the difference in the way we process numbers / images etc. and how that informs how we behave
• letterboxd account! this may not get a lot of use given my pathetic movie watching habits but it looks like it could be a lot of fun
• have joined the International Institute of Business Analysis and have a series of workshops lined up for 2012 - work has paid for workshops which is very nice

• Back from one week Bali trip – was great. Ate lovely food, swam a lot, saw beautiful things and places
• House [1]: Accepted v. low offer, financially heart breaking (seriously hoping this one doesn’t fall through)
• House [2]: Settlement has happened! Have keys, can start massive list of things to do including renovations, buying white goods, connecting utilities and gradually moving over assorted ‘stuff'
• Applied for Adacamp Melb 2012 on account of it looking ridiculously cool, plus excuse to go to Melb and see people

Company emails are a waste of time, outdated, inefficient and ruining employees lives, says the director of a giant tech company who has banned them in the workplace.

Interesting! I've seen increasing feedback suggesting email is a less and less effective form of communication - information overload certainly affects what feeds I'm willing to skim or subscribe to and I cower in the presence of wall'o'text emails.