A Nod to Nothing: Reading November 2019

11/30/2019: Apache Druid: Technology - https://druid.apache.org/technology
11/29/2019: The Anomaly, Michael Rutger
11/28/2019: The Anomaly, Michael Rutger
11/27/2019: The Anomaly, Michael Rutger
11/26/2019: The Anomaly, Michael Rutger
11/25/2019: The Anomaly, Michael Rutger
11/24/2019: The Anomaly, Michael Rutger
11/23/2019: The Anomaly, Michael Rutger
11/22/2019: Walkme (Druid) Implementation by Yotam Spencer [37:00] - https://imply.io/videos/interactive-exploratory-analytics-with-druid
11/21/2019: Apache Druid (at Imply)

Druid and Kafka [7:28], Druid Native Batch [4:54], Druid SQL [9:51], Imply Pivot Analytics [5:45], Conclusion [2:18]

Course 0 [2:38], What is Apache Druid [5:58], How Does Apache Druid Work [ 17:26]

11/17/2019: Theory of Bastards, Audrey Schulman
11/16/2019: Theory of Bastards, Audrey Schulman
11/15/2019: Theory of Bastards, Audrey Schulman
11/14/2019: Theory of Bastards, Audrey Schulman
11/13/2019: 5 Tips on How to Manage Former Peers - corporate manager training
11/13/2019: What Do You Expect? Four Areas of Expectations Required for Great Results - corporate manager training

11/13/2019: Managing Remote Employees [5:02] - 2013 - corporate manager training video

the right tech
measure by deliverables, not activities - map it to goals
focus on communication and inclusion (this is difficult >> e.g. playing games/informal activities)
healthy work life balance (how to monitor time, dedicated space, etc)
"dispersion": geographic, temporal, inequality in configuration, cultural diversity

11/13/2019: 21 Essential Rules for Managing a Remote Team - Liam Martin of Time Doctor [21:07]

Video >> audio >> chat >> email
He recommends Jing (basically Screencast)
Consistency (in remote, meetings, expectations)
He hires two people at part time to make them compete - awful. But he does say to pay well once you hire them.
Goal is to address expectations (for all those items above) - e.g.

Expect you to value the diversity and individuals on a team even if you don't always like them. Learn to assume positive intent and learn to trust or communicate issues around trust so they can be resolved.
Be honest.
Expect you to build what's being asked for and ask for clarification if that's not clear.
Expect you to communicate risk and options and blockers.
Expect you to surface new work early and share.
Expect you to show up, although not necessarily in office, but be part of the team culture.
Expect you to be curious. Ask why, ask how, continuously learn...
Expect you to do a dig on what you get w/in a time bucket and pass things along with more information than you probably got them (and make sure there's a communication loop for follow up, even if it's not your issue).
Expect to have some employees where you can't agree on expectations.

11/12/2019: The Danger of AI is Weirder Than you Think - Janelle Shane, TED2019 [10:21]
- https://www.ted.com/talks/janelle_shane_the_danger_of_ai_is_weirder_than_you_think
11/11/2019: Reading Management Books as an Individual Contributor - Tamara Atanasoska - https://www.atanasoska.com/blog/reading-management-books-as-an-individual-contributor
11/10/2019: How Couples Can Sustain a Strong Sexual Connection for a Lifetime by Emily Nagoski (TED - [9:46])

11/8/2019: Secret chats involving Republican lawmaker reveal fresh evidence of plots and paranoia - the Guardian

Wow....that's a wild level of paranoia and hate. Reminds me of Niewert's books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Neiwert

11/7/2019: Dive Into Speculative Fiction With the Winners of the 2019 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards

Already reading Bastards because of a Jeff Vandermeer recommendation. Ordered M and reached out to Mendoza for a copy of the play (that is a hard play to identify in performance lists because of the "Machine Learning" title).

11/6/2019: The Greek Myth of Talos, the First Robot - Adrienne Mayor - (TED [3:44])
11/5/2019: Queens of Infamy: Zenobia - https://longreads.com/2018/12/11/queens-of-infamy-zenobia/

Zenobia and her husband wanted a capital as great as — if not greater than — Rome, which, to be fair, shouldn’t have been that hard because Rome at that point was a masturbatory cesspool. I mean that mostly figuratively (if there was one thing Roman orators loved doing, it was verbally wanking off about their city), but it applies literally too, presumably.
ROME: S! P! Q! R! THAT’S! WHO! WE! ARE! THE SENATE! THE PEOPLE! WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED! GOOOOOOO ROME!