Now
A snapshot of what I’m building, reading, and thinking about right now. Not a bio, and not built to last – updated whenever things change.
The real-time version of what’s on my plate and on my mind right now. Less who I am, more what I’m actually up to. Current until it isn’t.
Last updated · from Vienna, Austria
In focus
At home, I’m thoroughly enjoying setting up this website in my spare time, with my portfolio next in line.
At work, I’m prepping a talk for Observability Poland and we’ve got a big stretch of work landing early next year that has me very preoccupied. I’m also getting more involved with career guidance for other women in the industry.
Lately
- Shipped onlygoodthings.guide. It’s still very new, so we’re experimenting with styles and content a lot. You can follow us on Instagram if that’s your channel of choice.
- Sat on an internal Dynatrace panel, sharing experiences on Growing Your Career with Confidence.
- Got nominated for a Women in Tech mentorship.
- Hit 8 years at Dynatrace (no, I can’t believe it’s been that long either).
- Watched Frank and Percy at Vienna’s English Theatre – unexpected, and endearing.
- Found this very dangerous shop in Vienna.
Resonating
This Golden Rule of AI from Shane Parrish’s weekly Brain Food email: “Don’t use AI to save yourself time by wasting someone else’s.” Which couples nicely with this short article by Niklas Gruhn that’s been circulated heavily.
Wondering
In enterprise software, why do we spend so much time building great features and solutions, just to spend equally as much time building ways to switch them off, or opt out?
In rotation
I don’t enjoy trashing things, so this is only what I’d genuinely pass on to friends and family.
- Reading: The Hunger Games trilogy, and both prequels
- Bingeing: a Game of Thrones rewatch, and Straight to Hell (a much better watch than the write-ups make it sound)
- Enjoying with popcorn: The Creator, Park Chan-wook’s Vengeance Trilogy, and The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
- Playing: with a new Tomb Raider rumoured, it was high time for a replay – starting with Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
- Listening: since my sister introduced me to the Ruen Brothers in January I’ve been listening to them on repeat. I suspect The Fear will top my favourites this year.
Current obsession
Since travelling to Hong Kong last year, I can’t get enough of the city, the food, and the culture. It’s been over a year and I’m still obsessed.
Bonus: this new sneaker collection The Hoff Brand just dropped.
What’s a now page? If you’ve got a site, you should make one too.