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Tuesday 27th August, 2024

Had a chat with Lucy from Square Peg, was nice to catch up after what has been an eternity since we caught up.  I felt like I was able to really help her with her thinking on partners and Integrations. 

Monday 26th August, 2026

Met with Jasneet to clear up the breakdown work for Hannah - she was OK with it. Got out ideas for how to accelerate the solve by the end of the day. 

Sunday 25th August, 2024

Prags and Tabs came over for lunch - I made Vietnamese rice paper rolls followed by a spring roll noodle bowl. The sun kept on following tabs around the table. 

Saturday 24th August, 2024

Busy day moving the trampoline over from Allanah's, followed by picking up the lawn mower. Went out with the guys for the first bro night - met Javi for the first time, he talked about Gazelles and we fizzled out in west end after a few drinks. 

Friday 23rd August, 2024

Went to the pizzeria above the friendly grocer at the lights on waterworks road - it seemed busy. We finished three pizzas - but Kai was insisting on only eating the meat lovers.

Thursday 22nd August, 2024

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Skipped out to pickleball for the first time with the office - had a bunch of fun, but got very sweaty. Jon kept pointing out all the rules I was breaking. 

Wednesday 21st August, 2024

Did a pixel art challenge with Content Features of Jung's daughter wearing a school bag. It was hard to draw the lines of the intricate tiles. 

Tuesday 20th August, 2024

Drove Kai to day care quickly as Julie was taking AJ on an excursion - then rushed to the office to meet and sort out the status page with Ricardo, Silou and Farhan. 

Monday 19th August, 2024

Met with Soleene and Alex to plan th. Decommissioning of the broken LOs from the accidental deletion - in Carrie and Morgan's stead, as they were both on holiday. 

Sunday 18th August, 2024

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Breakfast at the Cafe down the elaborate steps from the resort - waited forever as they were maxed out and didn't have table numbers anymore.  Relaxed at the lagoon on deck chairs while the kids played in the sand

Saturday 17th August, 2024

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Wedding day - spent the day chasing around the bridal party to help. I would throw up Jasmine's veil then duck behind the bush.

Friday 16th August, 2024

Drove down the coast for Jasmine's wedding weekend - Julie checked in while we did the ceremony rehearsal at the chapel. Dinner in Georges, sitting at two long tables full of people near the tanks of lobsters 

Thursday 15th August, 2024

Day smashing out the updated design for the Content status table front end combined with escalations on accelerating the tracking. 

Wednesday 14th August, 2024

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Coffee with the boys next to the huge antique shop at Paddington - the boys devoured their first iced chocolate. 

Tuesday 13th August, 2024

Caught up with Adi now that she's temporarily moved to Brisbane. Met her husband, and we shared a coffee over the dr evil chairs. 

Monday 12th August, 2024

Met with the team to align on a renewal strategy for Auth0 - to renew flat and push harder on migration. 

Sunday 11th August, 2024

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Looked after the boys after Julie went out for groceries. Things were quiet - so I went to check on Kai and found him sleeping.

Saturday 10th August, 2024

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Took AJ to the AFL with Dad and Tiz. He enjoyed the train, but got bored and wanted to play roblox after dad piled junk into him. We bumped into Nina, Al, Chris, and Caroline on the field after. 

Friday 9th August, 2024

Went to The Beat for Tim's birthday. Mum brought a cake but they wouldn't allow it in. We danced and had fun together with Jas.

Thursday 8th August, 2024

Session with ADP on search, was frustrated to see that all the work I did to prepare was irrelevant for them.

Wednesday 7th August, 2024

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Electrician came to fix the 3 day light switches - managed to punch a hole in the wall in the process. Kai was home sick resting on his seat. 

Tuesday 6th August, 2024

Met the Braze (CRM) team from Blinkist - saw Adam again, who I hadn't seen since I met him in Berlin with the Data team. 

Monday 5th August, 2024

Released the Beta 2 of the SCORM Engine with the team - looked all good at stand up. 

Sunday 4th August, 2024

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Helped Nath move with the van - thought we lost the cat. Took the boys to Hilder Rd school for the first time - taking Kai's bike without training wheels. He picked it up straight away - I was shocked.

Saturday 3rd August, 2024

Took AJ swimming - the observer told me he's close to going up to sharks. Took him to La Dolce Vita to get an Italian hot chocolate - but it didn't seem open. Went to the Ashgrove Italian bakery instead.  Went to mums Warner place and moved couches around with Lisa and Simon. 

Friday 2nd August, 2024

Took Mark to pickup his partner Sarah, who we took to the Normandy for Tim's farewell. Had to take a work call to Carrie and Morgan in between - for the incident. 

Thursday 1st August, 2024

Long session with Mark and Matt to talk AAA and 1user, felt we got somewhere by the end - but it wandered around between team, problem, and structure 

Wednesday 31st July, 2024

Matt F came up to the office - I picked him up on the way in. Ran the 1user POC retro in person with the team. 

Tuesday 30th July, 2024

Caught up with the AAA team on site, as they'd all flown in. Coffee with Mark, and later Nikk walked me through his own growth plan. 

Monday 29th July, 2024

Came back to work to find out we deleted some mp4 files - had to scramble folks to sort it out.

Sunday 28th July, 2024

Coffee with Den and Nath at The Brickhouse - Den didn't seem in a good way after a fight with Carolina. Took Kai to DFO after to find a belt - walked around with him on my shoulders. 

Saturday 27th July, 2024

Cancelled on the Broncos game because I was too sick. Saw Jas and Laughy - took the kids to the Hamilton Park and asked her Qs about the wedding.

Friday 26th July, 2024

Day off sick with my cough - managed to finish 'The Acolyte' that turned out to be pretty good. 

Thursday 25th July, 2024

Topic taxonomy discovery with Ann and Phu - found a good middle ground to get it moving with a second fragment. 

Wednesday 24th July, 2024

Caught up with Kevin to wish him farewell as he leaves to Amazon. Glad to see him find somewhere that values him properly