Hello Reader! ✨How are you?! It's been ages!✨ I know, I know, where have I been right? If I'm honest, it's been SUPER hard to feel like my dorky little newsletter about systems and operations design matters at all given the state of the world right now. BUT, I'm trying to remember that we are all connected and that I am part of a larger ecosystem of resistance. AND when applied to the work of folks fighting the good fight, good operations and systems design CAN change the world!(... right?!)...
18 days ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader! ✨I'm so glad you're here!✨ First things first: Donnell Writes - The Great American Game. This is so good. Shop First Nations is an excellent site if you're looking for more things that are Made in Canada Fellow Canadians it's time to vote like your life depends on it! Because it does. It really, really does. Okaaaaay, let’s talk about something we all run into during digital transformation—especially in values-driven orgs: 👉 The urge to stick with a tech project just because...
11 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader! ✨I'm so glad you're here✨ Let's start things off with these tidbits: Over 200 THOUSAND Canadians have signed this petition to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship. If you are Canadian be sure to do your part and sign and share today! Let's be for real. It is bleak out there. And I don't know about you but, humour is the only way I know how to survive. So here's my current favourite funny thing. It is a full 20+ part series on TikTok and I think it might just be the reason you...
12 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader! ✨I'm so glad you're here✨ Let's start things off with these important tidbits: Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and her "Haka heard around the world" is giving me some much needed HOPE right now! Maybe it will for you as well. Boycott Divest Sanctions. Boycotts work. BDS is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity. Decolonize everything. It's clear more than...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader! ✨I've got a something special in here for you!✨ BUT FIRST, here are some things I think you should check out before we dive into the nerdly-nerd-time! Kinfolk by Mereba. Put this song on NOW! As always, this song, along with all the others I share (and some that I don't!) are in the Things Done Well playlist. If you are in BC please please please get out and vote on Oct 19. The BC Conservatives (which is just the BC Liberals re-branded) are moving up in the polls by making...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader! ✨I'm so glad you're here!✨ Here are some things I think you should check out before we dive into the nerd-party! Listen to this album by my new favourite artist. In fact, it would be the perfect soundtrack to this email in fact! You should put it on right now! SO GOOD! Macklemore is showing us again that he is, and always has been, a real one by releasing Hind's Hall 2 that features anees, Amer Zahr and Mc Abdul. And it is an absolute BANGER! Every download supports Palestinian...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader, ✨It's nerd-tastic party time!!✨ But, first things first: Keep talking about Gaza. Don't stop. If you are in the US here are some good ways to help. If you are in Canada this site has a bunch of ways to help. Listen to this song by French-Cameroonian artist Yamê.. It's so good. I know all the words even though I don't speak any French at all! Found this artist (and many others!) on The Colors Show. It's a great source for new and dope as hell international music if you are...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader, ✨Happy International Women's Month! (Yep. Month.)✨ First this: Oooh My. Ok. This newsletter has a prerequisite. You are required to take 4min and 12 seconds to watch this RIGHT NOW! I mean it. Goosebumps. It's also been added to the Things Done Well playlist if you can only listen. Trust me though... it's so good. Please consider Donating to the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre in honour of IWD. Or if you are not in the lower mainland of Vancouver I encourage you to find a local...
almost 2 years ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader, ✨It's time to get nerdy together!✨ But, first things first: Listen to this song! Enough by Amahla. Oooh yes. Her voice, the arrangement. So good. Put it on now. Then listen to the rest of the music in this playlist! Use your voice to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. This is a great tool from LeadNow for Canadians to use to call their MPs. They provide a script and will connect you by phone directly to your MP once you fill out the form in the link. Do it today, and then everyday...
almost 2 years ago • 3 min read