What’s going on inside my computer?
We all ask this question now and then, particularly when the computer or its application software is not working as […]
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Miscellaneous
The life of a hero – Doug Engelbart 1930 – 2013
MENLO PARK, Calif.—July 3, 2013—Computing visionary Douglas C. Engelbart, Ph.D, passed away peacefully at his home in Atherton, California on
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LEADING GEEK-STYLE: When Being a Genius Isn’t Enough
When a colleague recently asked me what it was like to work with an IT giant client of ours on
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Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 1
Early December. Andy woke to bright sunshine and a light snowfall… inside his tent. The sun had been up already
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How can a career vision help me with my career
Steve Wynkoop and I were talking a lot about designing and managing our professional careers on a weekly interview on SSWUG.org. This episode was about what steps to change your position in the your current company.
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How to do things that scare us.
There are things in our professional careers that naturally scare us, but are required for advancement and continued growth. We are normally afraid of places we haven’t been before, things we haven’t tried before or subject matter that we know nothing about. If fear is a sign that we are pushing our envelop, then conquering that fear is a sign of real personal and professional growth.
So, how do we gather enough courage to take that next step?
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Asking the right question takes skill
By Laura Lee Rose, author of TimePeace: Making peace with time I had a vivid dream last night. In this
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Do one scary thing a day.
This week we will take a short-cut into slapping ourselves back on the path. We won’t spend time investigating why and what took us off our course. Instead, we will jump into action with the idea of “doing one scary thing a day” to help keep up moving forward at a faster pace.
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Keep Your Culture Positive!
Which is more effective to improve team performance: positive feedback or constructive criticism? a positive culture or a negative one?
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Colleges: Teach the “How”!
We’re at an inflection point. Agile practices transitioned over the last couple years from “emerging” to “predominant”. Companies are sampling
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Remote Pair Programming
I’ve been enamored of remote pair programming since briefly leading development at Socialtext, where no three developers were in the
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