Stacey on Software: Trans

  • [DRAFT] Update to My Ongoing Battle with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP)

    In 2009, I wrote about my experience with PMP. Since then, I get posts every month or two from others who are going through their own…

  • Changes

    I’m writing today with some important personal news. Over the past several years, I have made a number of very positive changes in my life…

  • Retrospective on 2015

    The past year has been exhausting. I've never felt so much like a hamster on a wheel. This year will mark 8 years into my transition,…

  • 2016 Big Steps Forward

    Lots of folks have been complaining lately about 2016. Certainly, as one friend of mine pointed out, as movies and celebrities have become…

  • In Memory of Nancy Diamond

    When I was growing up, I didn't have a lot of friends. I had a small circle of friends in high school, and through this small circle of…

  • [DRAFT] Holding Hands

    Oh the tears. When holding hands with my love went from a simple thing we thought nothing of, to an act of defiance, playing hide and seek…

  • Coaching for “likability”

    Lately, I’ve been exposed to some commercial coaching practices that push the idea of “likability”, they seem to imply that if you develop…

  • Oppression in Machine Learning

    Popular media loves to talk about "artificial intelligence" these days. It is a hot topic, one riddled with misunderstanding. Artificial…

  • Who are you?

    What’s your job title? What does it say about you? What doesn’t it say about you? We are human beings, doing what we can with the tools we…

  • Diversity is Critical

    Diversity is critical. Look around you, your management, your board, your government, your colleagues. If all you see are white men in…

  • Agile Enough

    When I look back at my career, I’ve been gathering ideas about agile from others since the manifesto. Testing versus checking. Last…