Aaron Genest
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Aaron Genest
@smartbottom.bsky.social
Taking the systems view. Tech labour, good communities, science and education. Also posts about my kids because they will be better than I.
I get lots of SHA drama here too. :)

And my niche video game follows.
November 14, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Hey. William Gibson is here, too.
November 14, 2023 at 3:15 PM
We have the double board of the new Axis and Allies and it’s amazing.
November 12, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Just rewatchws it with my boys. Such a great film.
November 12, 2023 at 2:47 AM
Damn few.
November 7, 2023 at 3:39 AM
I hear that. Remarkably, I was just discussing a counter-example in my own company today where a worker was empowered all the way up a reporting chain to do the right thing for another, unrelated employee.

And the details are confidential so it’s not a publicity play. Just the right thing.
November 7, 2023 at 2:10 AM
Sounds like good-intentioned folks were doing good work inside the company and the company wasn’t listening and ignored that input.

“Human drivers are worse,” is a terrible mantra.
November 7, 2023 at 12:03 AM
He kind of grew on me.

Although I still found some of his “dislikes” pretty random.
November 6, 2023 at 2:58 AM
High on the list for sure.
October 29, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Receipts.
October 28, 2023 at 2:44 AM
Our offices.
October 20, 2023 at 11:12 AM
I love Kim. She leased our house for a year while we were in sabbatical and she was visiting Saskatoon.

She’s relentless and principled.
October 18, 2023 at 3:31 PM
My wife complains when _any_ detectable software update occurs on anything she uses.
October 18, 2023 at 5:53 AM
All the time.
October 17, 2023 at 6:06 PM
Imagine not understanding that every single tech invention you’re investing in comes from interdisciplinary work at universities, colleges, publicly funded labs, and primary industry R&D centres and without one of those pieces, it all falls apart.
October 16, 2023 at 9:39 PM
I’d love to see scholastic step up offering legal defense to teachers, staff, and administrators instead of enabling the banning of books.
October 16, 2023 at 1:45 PM