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…
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…