Before I jump into the meat of this post, let me say that I hope you are all doing okay. Wherever you are, I know there is a lot happening.

I often compare the books I read now to the ones I enjoyed before, so I figured I would compile my favourite books here as a reference.

"Show, Don't Tell" is one of those really popular writing advice that I keep struggling with. Maybe I just haven't read enough guides on how to do it well, but it's probably safe to say that at this point, I'm not a fan of this advice. My biggest issue with it is that people who give this advice rarely illustrate how much to show.

At the beginning of last year, one of my new year's resolution was to make at least one coloured art piece a month. I totally failed that resolution. At first it was just because I didn't have time, but as the year progressed it was because of an increasing dissatisfaction with my artwork. Even at the sketching stage, I felt increasingly frustrated with my art that I just didn't bother to colour them in.

Last week someone at work brought to my attention the Google Manifesto shenanigan over the previous weekend. As a woman in tech, I hear about things like this all the time, but I'm too caught up with other activities to respond. I try to be a positive person, so instead of dwelling on all the lame comments that pepper social media, I'm just going to share the responses I found helpful.

Musings after reading DILA last night.