@matigo Nope. This one has just plain old straight edges, so that shouldn't cause the issue. It's… just a shitty device.
// @phoneboy
@matigo Speaking of shitty Android devices, I find it frustrating that they have varying degree of quality. For example, the Scamsung phone I use at work has a very, very sensitive touch digitizer. Its palm rejection is, well, nonfunctional, so you need to hold the phone in a very delicate way to avoid accidental taps. I won't even start with the OS and software quality, that would result in very long rants.
// @phoneboy
@matigo This one… has the attention span of a fly. He simply doesn't listen at all.
@streakmachine Cool! My wife bought herself a pair of noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones not that long ago. She loves them. I've been eyeing some good headphones too, but haven't had time and enough interest to actually make the purchase.
@matigo The funny thing is that I gave a presentation last Wednesday where I listed the features of successful software projects. The Douche was there, so he should know those things now. But apparently he didn't remember them 5 days later…
@streakmachine I do hope that the rest of the week is much better. Also, I didn't open the bottle yet, I was able to tame the frustration.
So… Like I mentioned earlier, I am working remotely half days this week. I informed the customer about that well in advance and they were ok with it. Heck, they were ok with it even last week. But apparently it’s not ok as our sales contact got complaints about me not being physically at the office in the morning. I’m puzzled and not totally sure how to respond to that.
Also, it turned out this afternoon that there actually are design guidelines for the app. I implemented a list that has subheaders according to the design specification (that was apparently copied directly from the iOS design) and it doesn’t match the ”agreed” guidelines. Who agreed those guidelines? Most likely the PO and the designer, I was not aware of them at all. They must have discussed them at some point when I wasn’t even working on the project. Did they document them? Of course not, are you crazy! But apparently that is my fault then.
I think I will open the bottle of fine whisky I have been saving for a good moment.
The kids have a vacation this week1, I am working only half days remotely. That way I can take the kids out to enjoy the snow and sunshine in the afternoon. That has been a rare opportunity in the past few years, we haven't had snow left at this time due to warmer-than-usual winters.
In Finnish this vacation is called hiihtoloma, which literally means (cross country) skiing holiday. I prefer the Swedish name, sportlov (sports/-ing holiday), it doesn't restrict the activities to just skiing. ?