Today was an early start with a mammoth hair wash due before I could even sit in front of my computer.
Coding for good was the topic of discussion with the Dream Team this morning. Pete was discussing how you can flip micro-transactions into something that could benefit a player. I love the idea of what you are developing has a beneficial end for society and is something I will be considering when applying for jobs!
This morning’s workshop was part of the EQ curriculum and was discussing the skill of empathy. It is something that using certain tools you can hone as a skill and improve your relationships in the process.
We were put into groups to discuss how we had found our time Makers so far and I was randomly paired with Rich and Anna. I went first and explained how along side learning, I have learnt a lot about myself in this process. I deduced, how I had had a lot of reflections and realisations, now I understand many more things about myself I had taken for granted and in turn the opportunity to act upon those reflections.
I was alone in these breakthroughs — which surprised me slightly but we realised the blog was the key ingredient in my enlightenment. So here is my thank you, for being such a good space to help me grow while tackling this huge challenge.
After lunch I was paired with Katy for our afternoon Battle challenge. I have decided I am renaming Wednesdays to Women’s Wednesdays as I only seem to be paired with women on this humpday!
Katy, as an American, was pretty excited that today the White House was having its trash removed, we chatted American politics for a bit before diving into the work. We bumbled our way through the work quite successfully, trying to use the resources and our notes over looking at best practice.
On Wednesday’s at 4.30pm there is an optional, all cohort, process workshop, as it says on the tin it encourages you to work on your coding processes, rather than learning anything particularly new. As Katy wanted to watch the inauguration, it was a perfect opportunity to go and test my processes.
You are paired off and have 25 mins each to complete an exercise while the other observes your processes and gives feedback before you flip and do the same. It is pretty weird someone sat watching you code and the pressure can definitely be felt.
I was paired with Dan — my first ever pair partner on the course (Day 2) and he had attended the previous week so I let him have the pleasure of going first! He did so well, with his only feedback being don’t try and roll so many steps into one.
I was up and I kept some casual chat going while I was coding to try and keep the pressure low and distract myself a little. I smashed through the code in record time and bar one small syntax error according to Dan “I smashed it!” Wooohooo!
Process workshops are going to be a regular in my weekly schedule, Dan and I have decided to be each others accountability partners to make sure this happens — as practice definitely will make me nearly perfect! Great day all round!
p.s. I was tucked up in bed by 11pm!! Winning!
Software and Soca
Today GBM Nutron’s big tune ‘Practice’ is on the cards. I actually know nothing about GBM Nutron but I do know one of his hit songs ‘Scene’ was featured in the awesome Netflix show “She’s gotta have it”. Enjoy!
