This is the 7th PETALS Snapshot.

CHAPTERS

00:44 Leaving ASOS 03:13 Toolkits, toolkits, toolkits 05:46 Measuring team health with OKRs 07:00 Time-ranged responses in the app 10:47 Devops Notts confirmed 12:32 Final thoughts

SHOW NOTES

New Toolkits page https://petals.team/toolkits

Inside Bramble - Day 100: Website Shenanigans https://open.spotify.com/episode/4n7O2Zkg0PNIpp2whrF5lb

DevOps Notts: How you can grow your team culture with PETALS https://www.meetup.com/devops-notts/events/296379931/

Book your PETALS chat https://cal.com/jobling/petals

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This is PETALS Snapshot 6 when Si talks about the new Microsoft Form, new Snapshots page, some more fixes and some automation concepts with Slack.

00:45 Scores 01:50 DKIM Fail 02:41 New Snapshots page 03:27 Microsoft Toolkit in progress 05:33 IFTTT to Slack 07:01 Another public talk 08:11 Chipping away

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This is PETALS Snapshot 5 as we get back into the rhythm of it all.

RUNNING ORDER

00:43 Scores are up 01:04 Low serenity with bugs 03:40 Cookie banner now in place 04:32 App requirements with Brian 06:09 Wireframing in Freeform iOS 07:02 Mailing list themes 08:51 EOY reflections 10:34 First talk & memorable URLs

SHOW NOTES

https://petals.team/google-toolkit should now work https://petals.team/youtube for the Youtube channel https://petals.team/spotify for the Spotify channel https://osano.com/ for cookie banner https://www.meetup.com/DevOps-Notts/ in November

CONNECT

https://managingengineers.net/@si https://twitter.com/@si

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This is PETALS Snapshot 4, the one after a Summer break.

00:55 Scores 01:14 Low productivity 02:13 Privacy content updates 02:37 Stickers 03:33 Email automation with Zapier 04:50 Myles @ Doxy 07:56 More content & cookies 08:58 Summer is over

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Episode Notes

The one when Si talks about launching the new Google Toolkit to the mailing list and how to bring joy to your work.

00:45 Scores 01:07 Where is your happy place? 02:27 Google Toolkit Launch 04:00 Brand tone in email 06:10 PETALS for distributed teams 08:20 Going global 09:31 Youtube thumbnails 10:16 Podcast feed 10:34 Taking a summer break

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Show Notes

This is the 2nd PETALS Snapshot, looking back since launching the website, working through some of the feedback and fitting in a chat with Brian Suda about how to use the data in different contexts.

00:13 What is PETALS? 00:32 Ratings 00:59 Since Launch 02:44 Emoji Encoding Fail 03:24 Google Suite Toolkit 04:42 Personalised Scores 06:05 Coffee with Brian 07:48 New Podcast Feed 08:59 Other Side Distractions 10:11 Credits

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Si introduces a new website and framework for improving team health and culture, using it to regularly reflect on the project as a podcast and video diary.

This week, he focuses on some of the early feedback on fonts, Netlify Deploy Previews and the amazing community providing useful suggestions.

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Team meetings IRL, accountability on side project goals, RØDE NT-USB and Simon Dunmore

ADMIN

• First Monthly newsletter on Buttondown
• Descript templates & content style guides in progress with Canva

WORK

• Engineering team meetings IRL: stand ups, huddles, retros - good times with Sharpies and Post-It's… and PETALS works with (new) mobile friendly tools.

SIDES

• PETALS.team content first before wireframes and brand kit
• Lock in accountability with side projects goals by sharing them with people @ https://ontheside.network

TECH

• Røde NT-USB mini mic compared to original Samson Q2U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91WsIYTrW0s

ENTERTAINMENT

• 🎧 Simon Dunmore's final DJ set on Glitterbox https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/defected-radio/id120107389?i=1000610754010 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGy7MSmRuz4

CREDITS

• Made with Descript
• Music by NEFFEX

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ADMIN

• Best day for newsletters - end of month, start of month or middle? Which week day? (Poll available in Spotify)

WORK

• Structuring PDPs in Confluence using custom templates, breaking down goals to objectives with action plans, resources, potential blockers, realistic goal dates & evidence

SIDES

• PETALS.team plan now in Trello with MLP (not MVP), plus POC design on Canva

TECH

• Custom domains email hosted on iCloud+ (https://www.icloud.com/icloudplus/)

ENTERTAINMENT 🎭

• 📕 The Other Place (The Glass Book One) by Nathan Hystad - 3-stars https://ramblingreaders.org/user/si/review/47554/s/gripping-intro-to-the-glass#anchor-47554

CREDITS

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Inner source projects, the end of Make Life Work, Notion app and Brian Cox on Mars.

This is Weekly 2023.13, recorded on Friday 14th April 2023.

00:18 Admin

• More visuals in the videos - yay or nay?

01:48 Work

• How to contribute towards inner source projects with maintainers, pipelines, GitHub conventions: https://innersourcecommons.org

04:28 Sides

• Blog about end of Make Life Work (as we know it): https://sijobling.com/blog/make-life-work/

07:02 Tech

• Notion app great for docs but not so much plans

09:01 Entertainment

• 📺 Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars ★★★ https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0018cd1/brian-cox-seven-days-on-mars

10:55 Wrap Up

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