Carorolyn
@carorolyn.bsky.social
Also @carorolyn@mastodon.nz and @carorolyn on the old bird site.
Likes cats and chocolate. Does project management stuff. Lives in Tāmaki Makaurau, ngai Aotearoa ahau. Born at about 330ppm. She/her.
Likes cats and chocolate. Does project management stuff. Lives in Tāmaki Makaurau, ngai Aotearoa ahau. Born at about 330ppm. She/her.
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The vast majority of Enterprise-level technology (including AI) is sold on a promise that it will fix problems caused by bad business proceseses.
Magic Beans for Senior Management.
Rarely works. Because technology can't solve business process problems. At BEST it can mitigate the impact a bit.
Magic Beans for Senior Management.
Rarely works. Because technology can't solve business process problems. At BEST it can mitigate the impact a bit.
I find a lot of discussions about technology these days come down to two questions: what do we actually know?, and, what is it possible for us to know?
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The vast majority of Enterprise-level technology (including AI) is sold on a promise that it will fix problems caused by bad business proceseses.
Magic Beans for Senior Management.
Rarely works. Because technology can't solve business process problems. At BEST it can mitigate the impact a bit.
Magic Beans for Senior Management.
Rarely works. Because technology can't solve business process problems. At BEST it can mitigate the impact a bit.
Of course.
📢 Commuters can expect more rail network closures ahead of the highly anticipated opening of the City Rail Link in the second half of 2026.
Auckland's trains to shut down for almost a month next year
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Of course.
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Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head:
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head:
Check your emergency kits folks, our current government doesn’t believe in national emergency management and is cutting the teams, we’re on our own.
The Alpine fault has a 75% chance (3 in 4 chance) of going off in the next 50yrs and Hikurangi subduction zone fault lines have a 25% (1 in 4) chance.
youtu.be/qGdjAyD67cs?...
www.gns.cri.nz/research-pro...
youtu.be/qGdjAyD67cs?...
www.gns.cri.nz/research-pro...
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Check your emergency kits folks, our current government doesn’t believe in national emergency management and is cutting the teams, we’re on our own.
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Week in Review:
Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.
Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.
Govt warned new methane target aligned with 'catastrophic' warming
newsroom.co.nz
December 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Week in Review:
Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.
Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.
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Not many people would describe a 400MM lens + 1.4x extender as the ideal portrait setup but that very much depends on your subject.
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Not many people would describe a 400MM lens + 1.4x extender as the ideal portrait setup but that very much depends on your subject.
Dear #SecretSantaAoNZ elves, worry not, I have all the bits for my giftee, I just couldn't get to the post shop today (gah, work things). I'll post it first thing tomorrow, I promise. (Sorry to my giftee who must be worrying).
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Dear #SecretSantaAoNZ elves, worry not, I have all the bits for my giftee, I just couldn't get to the post shop today (gah, work things). I'll post it first thing tomorrow, I promise. (Sorry to my giftee who must be worrying).
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I am once again asking folks not to repost every single post in a long thread, and especially not to do it in the order they're reading. A whole screen full of an extended argument that I've already read is bad enough. All that plus backwards makes me want to mute either the poster or the reposter.
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I am once again asking folks not to repost every single post in a long thread, and especially not to do it in the order they're reading. A whole screen full of an extended argument that I've already read is bad enough. All that plus backwards makes me want to mute either the poster or the reposter.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Maybe I need to talk more about myself, not my kids? See, I did it again....
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "kids" (37×)
2. "done" (20×)
3. "week" (15×)
4. "find" (13×)
5. "school" (12×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "kids" (37×)
2. "done" (20×)
3. "week" (15×)
4. "find" (13×)
5. "school" (12×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Maybe I need to talk more about myself, not my kids? See, I did it again....
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "kids" (37×)
2. "done" (20×)
3. "week" (15×)
4. "find" (13×)
5. "school" (12×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "kids" (37×)
2. "done" (20×)
3. "week" (15×)
4. "find" (13×)
5. "school" (12×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
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‘Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia’
December 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
‘Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia’
I WFH so I get through a lot of caffeinated beverages at home. Black tea, preferably earl grey or flavoured. Coffee, likewise flavoured (espresso machine grind), I do drink alcohol but it's hard to post that! no soft drink except tonic with my gin. #SecretSantaAoNZ
Some people have already covered this in other posts, but for the Santas that need to know specifically.
What are your go-to-drinks? Your tasty beverages FOR MORALE?
#SecretSantaAoNZ
What are your go-to-drinks? Your tasty beverages FOR MORALE?
#SecretSantaAoNZ
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I WFH so I get through a lot of caffeinated beverages at home. Black tea, preferably earl grey or flavoured. Coffee, likewise flavoured (espresso machine grind), I do drink alcohol but it's hard to post that! no soft drink except tonic with my gin. #SecretSantaAoNZ
Each of us only has about 4 hours of braining in us per day. Honest.
What's hilarious is that competent programmers, as well as people studying programming for the very first time, know that all code you write after about 4 hours is garbage. Totally useless, none of it worth salvaging.
Actual programmers hear "I coded for 36 hours" and hear "I gooned for 36 hours"
Actual programmers hear "I coded for 36 hours" and hear "I gooned for 36 hours"
Working 36 hours straight on Thanksgiving so Grok says Elon is in better shape than LeBron
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Each of us only has about 4 hours of braining in us per day. Honest.
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
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Curses can’t be lifted, only spread
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Curses can’t be lifted, only spread
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In the era of AI it’s more crucial than ever that social media sites add a serif to the lower case L
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In the era of AI it’s more crucial than ever that social media sites add a serif to the lower case L
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Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
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"The changes were included at the bottom of a press release put out at 8pm on a Government website but not emailed to all political journalists, as ministerial press releases generally are."
Utterly Gutted by the Utterly Gutless.
#nzpol
Utterly Gutted by the Utterly Gutless.
#nzpol
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"The changes were included at the bottom of a press release put out at 8pm on a Government website but not emailed to all political journalists, as ministerial press releases generally are."
Utterly Gutted by the Utterly Gutless.
#nzpol
Utterly Gutted by the Utterly Gutless.
#nzpol
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Sometimes you do find historically accurate info about Japan online. This ancient art of Dutch-catching is called dejima-jutsu and it has applications in business, health, personal relationships, and politics.
![Painting of the artificial island of Dejima off Nagasaki, the only official port where foreigners, but only the Dutch, could trade with Japan during the country's isolationist period known as Sakoku that lasted from the early 17th century to the mid 19th century.
The joke caption above says: "The japanese [sic] built an artificial island, knowing these are the natural habitat of the dutch [sic]. Soon afterwards, a flock of dutch [sic] merchants settled there, allowing the japanese [sic] to easily harvest western goods."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3a2vqx5jnnywl7jeap5d6xab/bafkreiansivpallmscizksaxalcivlmuarwgvp4ia7aftdwdiqflven7du@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Sometimes you do find historically accurate info about Japan online. This ancient art of Dutch-catching is called dejima-jutsu and it has applications in business, health, personal relationships, and politics.
This is a really good point by Jaide. I was probably not helpful to my Santa by saying "oh get me anything"..... So, here are some other things that bring me joy: native birds (helping real ones, stuff with pictures of them on it), plants and flowers, watercolour painting, chocolate.
Kia ora #SecretSantaAoNZ
A reminder that we have many different types of people playing the game. Some love the sleuth, some love the hunt for the perfect gift, some need the validation of knowing they're on the right track.
This is one reason I do the questions to help people get to know you -
A reminder that we have many different types of people playing the game. Some love the sleuth, some love the hunt for the perfect gift, some need the validation of knowing they're on the right track.
This is one reason I do the questions to help people get to know you -
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is a really good point by Jaide. I was probably not helpful to my Santa by saying "oh get me anything"..... So, here are some other things that bring me joy: native birds (helping real ones, stuff with pictures of them on it), plants and flowers, watercolour painting, chocolate.
(I thought I'd done some! but without the hashtag, my bad). Honestly I'll be happy with anything, I just like being involved. But, here goes: I have no allergies. I like scented things that don't go on my body (so, candles etc). I WFH and like desk trinkets and tea. I have two cats who like toys.
Not to come across as pushy, @carorolyn.bsky.social. Secret Santa would like you to do a Tweet with some likes, dislikes, allergies, interests. Please use #SecretSantaAoNZ so that they can find it! Oh, and what is your favourite colour? [Sent by 🤖]
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
(I thought I'd done some! but without the hashtag, my bad). Honestly I'll be happy with anything, I just like being involved. But, here goes: I have no allergies. I like scented things that don't go on my body (so, candles etc). I WFH and like desk trinkets and tea. I have two cats who like toys.
I post my Connections & Chrono Quest results irregularly in our family games WhatsApp. I looove board games (but already have lots and they're not cheap) and card games. I am saving for a proper mahjong set. We are a PlayStation family.
Another day, another chance to learn more about you #SecretSantaAoNZ
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I post my Connections & Chrono Quest results irregularly in our family games WhatsApp. I looove board games (but already have lots and they're not cheap) and card games. I am saving for a proper mahjong set. We are a PlayStation family.