In the previous post, I covered the Getting Things Done (GTD) method in general terms and mentioned some systems that I use to help me focus on getting useful work accomplished rather than remembering what work I have to do. I…
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Professional Development – 2014 – Week 43
Dates covered: October 20-26, 2014 (week 43 of 52) Culture Your Community Door (via Jeff Atwood) What If We Could Weaponize Empathy? (via Jeff Atwood) The Evil “Tests” Job Interviewers Can Give (and How to Avoid Them) (via Lifehacker) Process, and Culture (via…
Productivity Process – Part 1
Everyone has some process, even if it’s not formalized or even consistent, for doing things. In this series of posts I’ll share some insights about my method of staying productive. Image credit: Rawich The Fundamentals The basis for my current process is the Getting…
Video Splitter Project – Part 1
A few months ago, I was contacted by a professor, Dr. Jeff Larsen from the psychology department at The University of Tennessee, about a simple automation project he had in mind. In this series of posts (and as the project progresses),…
Undoing Work in Mercurial
Some context The genesis of this post was a training session I had with a coworker who was new to distributed version control. Two things to keep in mind: Up until fairly recently, our dev shop was using TFS. We’re…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 42
Dates covered: October 13-19, 2014 (week 42 of 52) Communication Always Bet on Text (via Jeff Awtood) Culture The Humanized Expert Beginner (via Eric Dietrich) The Old Guard (via Michael Lopp) The Code Warriors (via Eric Dietrich) Getting Drunk off Our Own Kegerators…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 41
Dates covered: October 6-12, 2014 (week 41 of 52) Culture Why Nerd Culture Must Die (via Christine Jones) Trouble at the Koolaid Point (via Aly Fluckey, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Jen Myers, and Sean Mize) Successfully leading engineering teams (via Rich Rogers) Professionals…
RPM 64 Review
General Thoughts RPM 64 is the 2014 Q4 release. You may also want to check out my comments on just the music. Release The two biggest changes were in the Pace track (no climbs, no resistance changes) and the Mixed Terrain…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 40
Dates covered: September 29 – October 5, 2014 (week 40 of 52) Business IT as profit center versus cost center: State of the argument (via ZDNet) Career The Career Advice You Probably Didn’t Get (via TED) 5 Mistakes to Avoid in Your One-On-Ones With…
October 2014 BODYJAM Mix
My plan is to launch the Q4 release (BODYJAM 70) mid-October; until then I’ll be using last month’s mix. BODYJAM 70 – Straight Up Hip Hop, Straight Up House [table] Track,Title,Artist Warmup,#SELFIE,The Chainsmokers Isolations,Fancy,Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX Straight Up Salsa,Mujer…