Google developer documentation style guide now available!
The long-planned official blog post about the editorial style guide that I own/maintain at work has finally gone live, as...
Archive for Work
Workiversary
(Sumana pointed out recently that I've been remiss in updating this blog lately. I'll try and post a catchup entry...
Repeated questions in interviews
I recently remembered something that happened when I was being interviewed for my current job, back in 2004: I think...
On leave
My company doesn't have sabbaticals per se any more, but they do allow people to take extended unpaid leave, with...
Today
Woke up at 5 this morning, from an anxiety dream in which Arthur was chastising me for not having finished...
Attention to detail
Note to people applying for jobs: It's probably not a good idea to say, in your cover letter or resume,...
Birthday week so far
Pro: Am in Hawaiʻi. Con: My suitcase didn't arrive on my flight, and the airline person wasn't even a little...
State of the Jed
I meant to write a bunch of long-delayed blog entries while on vacation last week, but it somehow never happened,...
Tenth job anniversary
Ten years ago today, I started working at my current job. I had never stayed at one company for more...
Missing Sara and the fall leaves
Yesterday at work, I got half a dozen requests from an automated system to remove Sara's name from various permission...
Counseling
When Sara went out on leave a couple of months ago, I went to see a counselor. (In fact, she's...
Bad news
I'm very sorry to say that my closest colleague at work, Sara G, has died. I'm not mentioning her full...