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title: AV EcoSystem Review Distracted By The Real Thing
author: <NAME>
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![distraction](../images/distraction.jpg)

Ironically after getting more sleep last night I feel groggier this morning.  Sunday night I couldn't sleep re-hashing my 9-year old twins lost football (soccer) match (I'm the coach).  Don't want to be strung out thinking about it, but I am every pretty much every time they lose; although it's particularly bad when I think the opposing coach is not setting a good example.  Despite the lack of sleep on Sunday, yesterday was a solid day.  I slept properly last night, but is this a cold coming on?  Urgh.  Been distracted this morning, but maybe by the right stuff?  I've done a quick Slack/Email review and edited the [AV Premium F2F offer page](https://www.agileventures.org/premium-f2f-offer) to include connecting to me on LinkedIn.  I keep wondering what to do with the random folks connecting to me there - might as well be offering them a free hour of pairing on a charity project.

And now I want to just quickly follow through with Will's advice on changes to the Premium Sponsorship form, and get the revised version out to a few folks:

> Okay. This is only a side note, but I read this interesting article about names: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ TLDR: have a single "name" field

> Each question should have a reason. I want to know why you need to know what country I live in, for a premium membership.

> The resume could be a lot of work. Shouldn't the questions ask everything you want to know?

> "If you're working remotely, where is the company based? *" shouldn't have an asterisk.

> Edited-down mob programming videos might get more folks applying.

> "Please upload a cover letter indicating how you think you would benefit from the Premium membership you are applying for" could become just "How do you think you would benefit from the Premium membership you are applying for?"
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title: AV EcoSystem Review Distracted By The Real Thing
author: <NAME>
---

![distraction](../images/distraction.jpg)

Ironically after getting more sleep last night I feel groggier this morning.  Sunday night I couldn't sleep re-hashing my 9-year old twins lost football (soccer) match (I'm the coach).  Don't want to be strung out thinking about it, but I am every pretty much every time they lose; although it's particularly bad when I think the opposing coach is not setting a good example.  Despite the lack of sleep on Sunday, yesterday was a solid day.  I slept properly last night, but is this a cold coming on?  Urgh.  Been distracted this morning, but maybe by the right stuff?  I've done a quick Slack/Email review and edited the [AV Premium F2F offer page](https://www.agileventures.org/premium-f2f-offer) to include connecting to me on LinkedIn.  I keep wondering what to do with the random folks connecting to me there - might as well be offering them a free hour of pairing on a charity project.

And now I want to just quickly follow through with Will's advice on changes to the Premium Sponsorship form, and get the revised version out to a few folks:

> Okay. This is only a side note, but I read this interesting article about names: [http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/](http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/) TLDR: have a single "name" field

> Each question should have a reason. I want to know why you need to know what country I live in, for a premium membership.

> The resume could be a lot of work. Shouldn't the questions ask everything you want to know?

> "If you're working remotely, where is the company based? *" shouldn't have an asterisk.

> Edited-down mob programming videos might get more folks applying.

> "Please upload a cover letter indicating how you think you would benefit from the Premium membership you are applying for" could become just "How do you think you would benefit from the Premium membership you are applying for?"

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