Eyvonne Sharp

Eyvonne Sharp

@esharp.net

Reader of books. Thinker of thoughts. Google Cloud Geek. Co-host of The Cloud Gambit. ✌️❤️📚

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Eyvonne Sharp
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My mom has used Microsoft Publisher to make newsletters, brochures, and flyers for years. She asked about a replacement since it's being discontinued. What would you have recommended to a non-technical Windows user that's easily frustrated by change and technical challenges?

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My 14yr old prepared a Google Slides presentation outlining all of her requests for her 15th birthday. We told her we’ve already planned her gift. She gets to be 14 for another year. Negotiations are underway.

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The flood damage in Kentucky over the weekend was not as catastrophic as some previous climate disasters in the state. But the rains still brought widespread havoc, and painful reminders of trauma.

nytimes.com‘Here We Go Again’: Kentucky Residents Face More Destruction and Anxiety From StormsThe flood damage over the weekend was not as catastrophic as some previous climate disasters in the state. But the rains still brought widespread havoc, and painful reminders of trauma.
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Great use of Gemini for managers! Provide your team meeting and 1:1 notes and ask it to write a job description for your team. It'll get you about 90% of the way there. 💥

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Gary O
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As usual, @esharp.net with great insight, “there are times I wonder if our reliance on data has killed our instincts”. I will be thinking about this one for a while.

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💡A few simple thoughts on building great products. eyvonnesharp.substack.com/p/ditch-the-...

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The social contract is changing. I have so many thoughts here I need to organize. It’s happening culturally, politically, professionally. A lot of the assumptions people have made about how the world works won’t hold true in the future and it’s going to be a difficult adjustment.

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My kid is getting snow to make snow cream. I assured him I know how to make it. Still, he looked up a YouTube video to “be sure I know how.”

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I'm writing a thing. The important paragraph is right in the middle. It'll be interesting if what I think is the important paragraph is what resonates with readers.

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My app tells me I slept 7hr and 44mins last night. With a 7hr per night seep budget, I still have a sleep debt of 1.4%. It’s a constant struggle to get enough sleep.

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There’s so much here. The only note I have is that a financial win for one spouse is a financial win for the whole family. He should be proud of her and pleased for both of them! We have always shared equally in our successes and failures.

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Avoid the easy explanations. Asking “Why didn’t they just…?” in the midst of tragedy is the way people make themselves feel immune from the disaster they see on their screens. Life is fragile. Our planet can be unkind.

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Of course we need solutions. Of course we need to improve fire/flood/hurricane/tornado/earthquake/volcano/blizzard protections. We don’t do that by telling individuals they should have known better when their lives are in rubble.

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There’s nothing quite like the feeling in the middle of an ice storm. At once warm and cozy with nothing to do while watching ice accumulate millimeter by millimeter and hang like stalactites from the trees, power lines, and awnings. Will the power hold or won’t it?!?

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My husband just asked if I wanted to ride to a New Year’s Event with our neighbors. They’re amazing people but… it’s a nope from me!

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The things I’m most proud of this year are largely private. They’re interwoven in the stories of other people and are, in many ways, sacred.

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If the app takes notes for you in class doesn’t that defeat the purpose of taking notes? Note taking apps are great to keep a record. They’re not so great if they short circuit learning.

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When attempting to understand people, it’s good to step back and take in their beliefs, values, and goals. Most people operate out of a belief system even if it’s not formalized and even if it doesn’t align with anything that “makes sense” to us.

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If we’re going to continue to function as a pluralistic society we must go deeper than sound bites that allow us to ascribe others as evil because their actions don’t fit into our worldview rubric.

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I’d love to see more conversation about underlying beliefs and less about moment-by-moment decisions that seem irrational within a conflicting belief system.

Eyvonne Sharp
@esharp.net

When attempting to understand people, it’s good to step back and take in their beliefs, values, and goals. Most people operate out of a belief system even if it’s not formalized and even if it doesn’t align with anything that “makes sense” to us.

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Eyvonne Sharp
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When something shocking happens, it’s an opportunity take in new information iterate on our understanding. Some ascribe to a structured set of beliefs and actively operate out of those beliefs daily. There are others whose beliefs are driven by deep needs even they may not understand.

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Lots of people say they believe one set of structured beliefs but their behavior tells us otherwise. Regardless, beliefs are still there even if they’re unknown to their holder.

Eyvonne Sharp
@esharp.net

When attempting to understand people, it’s good to step back and take in their beliefs, values, and goals. Most people operate out of a belief system even if it’s not formalized and even if it doesn’t align with anything that “makes sense” to us.

Eyvonne Sharp
@esharp.net

Once we develop a framework for others’ beliefs, we can “step inside” their worldview and rationalize through their way of thinking. This exercise can remove the “shock” of unexpected behavior and can help navigate an unpredictable world.

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Where are y’all getting your info about government, politics, and current events? I’m looking to add a few more sources. It’s an information jungle out there and I’d love to avoid the drama but also not be clueless. Y’all talking about stuff these days that isn’t even on my radar.

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My mom gives the best gifts. My great-grandmother handmade this doily over 75 years ago. I remember them being in her house. My sister and I both received framed ones today.