coronavirus Featured Contact tracing diary For the last 10 days, I have been keeping a diary. Not for my memoirs or mental health, but for contact tracing. My contact tracing diary templateTL,DR; here's the PDF download [https://drive.google.com/file/d/167WUAZHRkI7Hfi4tkkAOlQfnA5d91Jnh/view?usp=sharing] . Why? First, I am due to
coronavirus Featured Paddy's Day Online Gigs There's been some great live sessions this week so far. Here's an attempt at rounding up some of the live music and entertainment you can catch from the comfort of your couch today! All times in GMT unless otherwise stated. Cheers to all the artists giving
new york So long, New York TLDR; I am no longer in New York City. I am back in Dublin, Ireland deciding what's next. This is the short version of events over the past few weeks to get everyone up to speed and save some confusion and surprises. If you want the longer version,
podcast Women in podcasts I've been a fan of podcasts for years. It's been great to see podcasts become more mainstream and as a result more in demand in the last year or so. A good chunk of my subscriptions have for a long time been those that talk about
musings Call to action On Friday last I accepted the offer of the position of Product Designer at MSK Data Products [http://careers.mskcc.org/strategy-and-innovation/]. There's still some bits and pieces to be sorted out to finalise my visa and such but it's safe to say I'll
musings Reflecting on 2015 I distinctly remember stating that I predicted 2015 to be a challenging year. Why? Because the person I said it to got angry at my negativity, which is funny as that's normally my job. I had to explain that I don't see challenges as negative things.
health Restructuring In September, my journey with Engine Yard came to an abrupt end as the company went through restructuring. I did not see it coming. I immediately made Rebase [http://www.rebase.ie] my full-time job as there was plenty to be done. About 36 hours after wandering home from the
musings The right kind of sleep It's been three weeks exactly since I started on this journey [http://blog.cloudsteph.com/restart/] (I'm allowed to be corny, it's my blawg) and tonight I had session number two with my trainer. Before I get into how that went, here's
musings Restart 2015 started off at quite a pace and has not relented much. About four weeks ago, I came down with a nasty cold. It knocked my socks off. It hung around for the best part of a fortnight and I spent three days in bed. I even resorted to visiting
musings 2015 We're just over three weeks into 2015 and so far, it's been somehow hectic. The annual tide of talk about resolutions has almost abated, the disruption that is Christmas is a distant memory and it feels like a new chapter is about to unfold. Areas of
design We're hiring for our UX team at Engine Yard It's exciting times at Engine Yard. Our design & engineering teams are full steam ahead rolling out our new cloud application platform complete with a brand new interface [http://ui.engineyard.com]. It's busy, challenging and a great opportunity to work on a product that has
food How to cook rice without a bag While buying rice for dinner earlier, I was struck again by a phenomenon that has bothered me for a while. That's 'boil in the bag' rice. It's the variety that is front and centre in my local supermarket and no doubt a box to
design July/August Design Events in Dublin There's a few nifty design-related events happening in Dublin over the next few weeks. One or two more are in the pipeline, will post when they're confimred ;) Refresh Dublin Wednesday July 23rd, Science Gallery Kathryn Parkes on Communicating your Design through Storytelling. Entry is free, just
musings Dollies So a bit of kerfuffle about the @ireland Twitter account appeared in my timeline this evening. Out of curiousity, I looked at the timeline and this caught my eye: My curiosity was stirred. So I asked Stephen about it: So female Ryanair cabin crew have roughly four times as much
food Yamamori's glorious sides I am a sushi fiend. I am quite sure I could happily live off good sushi for the rest of my days (if you can arrange this, let me know). Dublin thankfully has a handful of places offering good sushi. The Yamamori empire is one of those. Over the last
musings Thirty In about six months time I turn 30. I've never been hung up on age until this year. Say what you like, it's there and it's not going away. I might draw courage to write about why some day but for now, the fun
musings Blog v3 I have blogged/published thoughts on the web to varying degrees of regularity since around 2007. It has been enjoyable for multiple reasons. Above all it helped me process what I was thinking about and helped commit it to memory, something I have been getting worse at by the day.
