Shelby Chartkoff
@schartkoff.bsky.social
Healthcare hopepunk. Gleeful nerd. Analytics strategy, data therapist, decision culture, facilitation, outcomes/impact. Qual-quant, human systems, research, #rstats, ML/AI. Also: cats, crafts, cemeteries, books, birds, equity, justice.
Regardless, your sense of color and rhythm that comes through in the piece is stunning!
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Regardless, your sense of color and rhythm that comes through in the piece is stunning!
Gorgeous! If you’re open to indulging my curiosity, I’d love to know more about how you achieved the circle motifs. The edges don’t look like appliqué (too soft?)
…so I’m wondering if you achieved it with a dye/print technique (reminds me a bit of sun prints!) or if the fabric had it already
…so I’m wondering if you achieved it with a dye/print technique (reminds me a bit of sun prints!) or if the fabric had it already
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Gorgeous! If you’re open to indulging my curiosity, I’d love to know more about how you achieved the circle motifs. The edges don’t look like appliqué (too soft?)
…so I’m wondering if you achieved it with a dye/print technique (reminds me a bit of sun prints!) or if the fabric had it already
…so I’m wondering if you achieved it with a dye/print technique (reminds me a bit of sun prints!) or if the fabric had it already
Honestly? That may be the ultimate superpower. Seriously badass.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Honestly? That may be the ultimate superpower. Seriously badass.
“Yeah, we're dragging people into the office and forcing some of them to again live in high COL areas, but is that *really* enough misery? I'm sure we could do more, but budgets are tight.”
“Ooh! Got it! What if we also made them see each other’s gnarly FEET on the daily?!”
“Ooh! Got it! What if we also made them see each other’s gnarly FEET on the daily?!”
September 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Yeah, we're dragging people into the office and forcing some of them to again live in high COL areas, but is that *really* enough misery? I'm sure we could do more, but budgets are tight.”
“Ooh! Got it! What if we also made them see each other’s gnarly FEET on the daily?!”
“Ooh! Got it! What if we also made them see each other’s gnarly FEET on the daily?!”
Of all the chotiners, this one made the cats jump when I LOLed
September 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Of all the chotiners, this one made the cats jump when I LOLed
Ahh I’m going to have to keep an eye out for a decent used one…
August 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ahh I’m going to have to keep an eye out for a decent used one…
Looks fantastic! I’ve been experimenting with flatbreads, and noodles might need to be next on my list. Do you need a pasta machine to get them thin enough?
August 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Looks fantastic! I’ve been experimenting with flatbreads, and noodles might need to be next on my list. Do you need a pasta machine to get them thin enough?
I ❤️ that I instantly got this reference
August 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I ❤️ that I instantly got this reference
…and most people are fighting fires.
So again, it’s a two-tiered threshold dynamic. (1) the threshold to automate/bulk *a* process, (2) the threshold to acquire & gain competence with a tool/system to make & maintain automations readily. Once 2, then yes 1 goes down, but needs lots of 1 first.
So again, it’s a two-tiered threshold dynamic. (1) the threshold to automate/bulk *a* process, (2) the threshold to acquire & gain competence with a tool/system to make & maintain automations readily. Once 2, then yes 1 goes down, but needs lots of 1 first.
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
…and most people are fighting fires.
So again, it’s a two-tiered threshold dynamic. (1) the threshold to automate/bulk *a* process, (2) the threshold to acquire & gain competence with a tool/system to make & maintain automations readily. Once 2, then yes 1 goes down, but needs lots of 1 first.
So again, it’s a two-tiered threshold dynamic. (1) the threshold to automate/bulk *a* process, (2) the threshold to acquire & gain competence with a tool/system to make & maintain automations readily. Once 2, then yes 1 goes down, but needs lots of 1 first.
In an org context, higher-ups punt that stuff down to someone else, and downline folks don’t have power to demand better (or need to spend clout & make a hard business case). And for individuals, it’s still about juice/squeeze and context. Sure I love fixing bulk ops! But not if I’m on a deadline…
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In an org context, higher-ups punt that stuff down to someone else, and downline folks don’t have power to demand better (or need to spend clout & make a hard business case). And for individuals, it’s still about juice/squeeze and context. Sure I love fixing bulk ops! But not if I’m on a deadline…
I suspect it’s easier to think about this if you take it to specific personas and situations. Who is the person experiencing what repetitive task at what level of aggravation? And how does that fit in with their other priorities and the people breathing down their neck?
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I suspect it’s easier to think about this if you take it to specific personas and situations. Who is the person experiencing what repetitive task at what level of aggravation? And how does that fit in with their other priorities and the people breathing down their neck?
I’m not referring to LLMs to write code. When I say “user” I really do mean your typical user, my typical biz client. No one’s coding, they’re just out there doing business
August 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m not referring to LLMs to write code. When I say “user” I really do mean your typical user, my typical biz client. No one’s coding, they’re just out there doing business
“Small” tasks are also misleading, because most often to be useful, small ≈ specific. And specificity is more fragile. That’s why a lot of users now just throw the task into a LLM chat and hope/try to pick out the right bits…bc it blunts some of the work without fighting for every detail & edge case
August 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Small” tasks are also misleading, because most often to be useful, small ≈ specific. And specificity is more fragile. That’s why a lot of users now just throw the task into a LLM chat and hope/try to pick out the right bits…bc it blunts some of the work without fighting for every detail & edge case
I’m not assuming intense interventions or state of the art solutions. My own lil systems include dozens of the tiniest macros and automations imaginable, as well as bigger ones. But even for me, that carries some overhead cost — if nothing else, cognitive load of remembering what they all are
August 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I’m not assuming intense interventions or state of the art solutions. My own lil systems include dozens of the tiniest macros and automations imaginable, as well as bigger ones. But even for me, that carries some overhead cost — if nothing else, cognitive load of remembering what they all are
I get you. But people spare half a sec thinking that and then just get on with things. It’s not worth emotional energy to a degree that becomes observable. If it’s in a tool they use a lot, are invested in, and has an active user community, maybe they’ll upvote a feature request. If not, why bother
August 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I get you. But people spare half a sec thinking that and then just get on with things. It’s not worth emotional energy to a degree that becomes observable. If it’s in a tool they use a lot, are invested in, and has an active user community, maybe they’ll upvote a feature request. If not, why bother
It’s far too easy with JTBD to forget that for most users, most of the time, the most salient word is not “job” it’s DONE
August 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It’s far too easy with JTBD to forget that for most users, most of the time, the most salient word is not “job” it’s DONE
I think that among other things, a lot of normies implicitly have a greater internalized sense of “is it worth it?” than tinkerers do. I say this with love, as a non-normie who needs to actively evaluate where and why I'm drawing dopamine. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/is_it...
August 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I think that among other things, a lot of normies implicitly have a greater internalized sense of “is it worth it?” than tinkerers do. I say this with love, as a non-normie who needs to actively evaluate where and why I'm drawing dopamine. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/is_it...
In the “a little dark but distant enough” and intriguing, I recently read & loved Alien Clay and Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (the latter is the first of a trilogy that IMO falters as a whole, but the first book stands on its own and is very fun)
August 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In the “a little dark but distant enough” and intriguing, I recently read & loved Alien Clay and Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (the latter is the first of a trilogy that IMO falters as a whole, but the first book stands on its own and is very fun)
In the former category: Legends & Lattes, and the prequel Bookshops & Bonedust. Both are charming and fun.
Less lighthearted but great escapist fantasy, impeccably executed: The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik, also her book Spinning Silver. All so tightly plotted, she’s changed how I see craft
Less lighthearted but great escapist fantasy, impeccably executed: The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik, also her book Spinning Silver. All so tightly plotted, she’s changed how I see craft
August 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In the former category: Legends & Lattes, and the prequel Bookshops & Bonedust. Both are charming and fun.
Less lighthearted but great escapist fantasy, impeccably executed: The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik, also her book Spinning Silver. All so tightly plotted, she’s changed how I see craft
Less lighthearted but great escapist fantasy, impeccably executed: The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik, also her book Spinning Silver. All so tightly plotted, she’s changed how I see craft
I totally get it! Ok so I’ve got a selection of SFF genre I can recommend, some on the lighter/I-need-to-feel-ok-about-the-world-again side (I see in the thread you’re already onto Becky Chambers) and some in the heavily-intriguing-take-you-out-of-current-concerns vein
August 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I totally get it! Ok so I’ve got a selection of SFF genre I can recommend, some on the lighter/I-need-to-feel-ok-about-the-world-again side (I see in the thread you’re already onto Becky Chambers) and some in the heavily-intriguing-take-you-out-of-current-concerns vein
This is amazing! I always want to go back and shore up gaps in my understanding, but I’m so focused on applied work, pure theory material tends to slip out of my brain 😵💫
August 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is amazing! I always want to go back and shore up gaps in my understanding, but I’m so focused on applied work, pure theory material tends to slip out of my brain 😵💫
Genre preferences? (in/out?)
Recently read _Of Monsters and Mainframes_ and was pleasantly surprised by how well it held together through the end. It’s fun in a loopy-campy-absurdist way, but never gets into sloppy, overly repetitive, or self-indulgent territory.
Recently read _Of Monsters and Mainframes_ and was pleasantly surprised by how well it held together through the end. It’s fun in a loopy-campy-absurdist way, but never gets into sloppy, overly repetitive, or self-indulgent territory.
August 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Genre preferences? (in/out?)
Recently read _Of Monsters and Mainframes_ and was pleasantly surprised by how well it held together through the end. It’s fun in a loopy-campy-absurdist way, but never gets into sloppy, overly repetitive, or self-indulgent territory.
Recently read _Of Monsters and Mainframes_ and was pleasantly surprised by how well it held together through the end. It’s fun in a loopy-campy-absurdist way, but never gets into sloppy, overly repetitive, or self-indulgent territory.
They normalize pretty quickly! That said: I recently broke down and got a “computer Rx” pair as well (just single-vision so way cheaper but optimized for that distance) and that has been a boon for longer working sessions. Something to think about if you notice eyestrain.
August 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
They normalize pretty quickly! That said: I recently broke down and got a “computer Rx” pair as well (just single-vision so way cheaper but optimized for that distance) and that has been a boon for longer working sessions. Something to think about if you notice eyestrain.