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…
October 2014 RPM Mix
Here are my RPM track lists for October 2014. I’ll be teaching the longer mix on Sundays. See also: RPM 64 Music Review RPM 64 Review Normal RPM Length [table] Track,Title,Artist,Time Pack Ride,Just Say Yes,Snow Patrol,5:44 Pace,Take Me Home,Cash Cash feat. Bebe…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 39
Dates covered: September 22-28, 2014 (week 39 of 52) Culture The Narrative Fallacy: Why You Shouldn’t Copy Steve Jobs (via Lifehacker) Developers are calling it quits on polyglot programming (via Brian Friesen) Five Questions I Wish I’d Asked Before Quitting My Job…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 38
Dates covered: September 15-21, 2014 (week 38 of 52) Note: This week is a bit light because I was on vacation at Folly Beach, SC. Culture The Tipping Point (via Phillip Andreason) Outsiders by Design (via Freakonomics Radio) Corporations Aren’t Recruiting…
Why are Vacations Stressful?
I spend so much of my waking (and resting) life fine-tuning this thinking machine atop my shoulders. Yet I’ve some how decided the “idle mode” switch was taking up too much cerebral space that could be used for some other…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 37
Dates covered: September 8-14, 2014 (week 37 of 52) Culture Representing Programmers as if They Were Celebrities (via Greg Jorgensen) The Lost Art of Candor in the Workplace (via Lifehacker) The Secret Sauce (via Lifehacker) The Operating Model That Is Eating The World…
Deciding to Wait on AIM1 for BODYJAM
Now that I’ve been teaching group fitness for a year, I’ve been on the lookout for an AIM (Advanced Instructor Module). An AIM gives instructors the tools needed to take their teaching to the next level, usually through coaching exercises,…