@kgjenkins (Kind of easy for me to forget that they're not a household name yet... because they are super well known in my Minnesota Government circles. Which makes sense when you know they were founded in St. Paul.)

@kgjenkins yes, they are legit - a private company that found a niche helping government agencies do communications (basically email blasts) better. But of course with success, they decided to expand and rebrand - which is why if you type that URL into your browser, you get Granicus.

(Not to be […]

@mloxton same goes for nonprofit orgs, and for government agencies.

Different scenes, of course, but I find myself saying the same kinds of things to those audiences.

People have a natural tendency to want to build more than maintain. It takes a lot of work to convince them otherwise.

@mackuba.eu good to know - and I think that's the proper way for the bridge to work!

Now I'm setting up tasks and PRs for the developers of apps that I don't control. For such a seemingly simple change, it's amazing how complicated it can get in some apps. But integrations are important! And they justify the "care and feeding" of the data, infrastructure, and configurations of […]

I've migrated four apps already today. (It's a simple code change and automagic deploy.) Sent four emails announcing. Got one reply thanking me.

In other words, only 25% of customers care. 😉

@kgjenkins IKR? And people wonder why "Address coordinator" is a job. 🤦‍♂️

Tonight's the night! (It's gonna be all riiiiiiiiiiight 🎶)

We're officially on the bill finally! Who's coming out to see us in 2 weeks?

How many of my fellow #Tech workers are doing the same? Do you fear becoming obsolete? Or are you thinking like me, "If this crap *actually* succeeds in replacing me, I don't want to work in tech anymore anyway."

Like... feels like we'll be plenty busy just trying to stay alive in that […]

Happy that I was proven wrong last night. Can't help but be jaded every time the media mentions how he surrendered "peacefully". Because, well...if he wasn't white, would that have been the case? Not so sure.

And now, as if the job isn't soul-crushing enough, they have taken away our GIFs in Teams. One of the few ways one could make virtual meetings fun, gone. Without any notice.

I need a GIF to express my displeasure at the lack of GIFs!

Well, I lasted about 6 hours. Barely. Too many soul-crushing mental and physical challenges to list. But here was my *epic* view of downtown Mpls from my lunch spot! (Actually not epic, but depressing AF.)