- The Problem with ‘Just’: Tech’s Most Dangerous Four-Letter Word | Leadership Garden - “Just” is harmful in technical discussions because it can oversimplify problems, amplify feelings of imposter syndrome, and discourage further exploration of other solutions
- “Just” | Brad Frost - Similar to the above but in the context of technical documentation. Given the vast amount of information available on the internet and how varied everyone’s experiences are we can’t assume that our readers will have the same fundamental knowledge. Write your documentation accordingly
- Just Simply | Stop saying how simple things are in our docs - Telling people how easy or simple something is gets in the way of our readers actually learning the thing. Remove these words from our docs to reduce clutter and make our message clearer
- Impostered | everything changes - Thinking someone has “imposter syndrome” focuses on that person and their experience with it. If we shift our thinking to how someone is “impostered” we can start to consider the structural, cultural or environmental issues that cause this feeling
- The Way You Describe Others Is the Way People See You | Psychology Today - “Spontaneous trait transference” is a phenomenon where the specific traits someone uses to describe other people are then attributed to them by the listener. This works both for praise and criticism
- Dear Evan Hansen Musical - A musical about a socially anxious boy who accidentally ends up in the spotlight after a lie gets out of hand. Now playing in Melbourne until February 16
- Emoji Kitchen browser - Browse possible emoji mashups from Google’s Emoji Kitchen