Category: Business
Maximize Team Productivity
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Really interesting article about making a team more productive. I would have totally thought the first assumption would produce a more productive team since each member can work on what they enjoy the most. Turns out I was wrong (which of course is the first time and don’t tell the wife). But our research has…
Focussing on Experience When Hiring is the Wrong Place to Start
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I think employers get way to hung up on a [specific set of skills][exp]. Yes when looking for a programmer make sure that the person can actually program. Outside of that you should be looking at attitude not that they have skill X. Given a bit of time and training any decent programmer can learn…
Launching a Product
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Something I need to start looking at is [getting interest drummed][launch] up for a product I’m working on. > As anyone who’s ever launched a start-up knows: It’s really, really hard to get new users. I’ll be doing number 3 and already have a bunch of people that I’d like to invite to try the…
Living Life Outside of What is Considered Normal
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While I typically think profanity shows a lack of vocabulary this is a nice article about forgetting what society thinks you should be doing and just doing what works for you. What if you dropped out of school and walked across the country? What if you decided grades were sort of silly, and instead read…
Let’s Make Sure That we Enhance the Good Name of Web Developers
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If you’ve spent more than a few days building sites or software you’ve had an email or call where the client mentions: > It’s pretty simple, it won’t take long. Really I could do it but I just don’t have the time. It certainly gets my hackles up to hear that since it’s typically a…
Don’t Call Yourself a Programmer or a Freelancer Even
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Great article on why you should not call yourself a programmer. A few highlights below. Software solves business problems. Software often solves business problems despite being soul-crushingly boring and of minimal technical complexity. and: Engineers are hired to create business value, not to program things. Same goes for most sites, clients need to establish a…
Contemplating Amalgamation
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Currently I have 4 blogs that I run and write for as the sole contributor. You can read about me and cycling, Apps and Productivity, and WordPress. This has me spread thin on actual posting on the sites and spreads traffic to my content to many spots. Lately I’ve been contemplating pulling 2 of the…
Telus Canada and a Crappy Site
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Rant warning. Just trying to get my bill from Telus (my local ISP) and what do I find, but a site that won’t load my eBills in Chrome. It works in Firefox and [according to Telus](https://twitter.com/telussupport/status/153956173152927744) it works in IE9 but only if you use compatibility mode. Telus Canada get your head out of your…
Leave a Message
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Yes another rant post. After probably the fourth call from a number I dont know went to voicemail I questioned on Twitter to see if others treat their phones like me. ###Phone Etiquette I don’t answer my phone unless I know who it is (caller ID) and it is the proper time for me to…
Using Omnifocus Appropriately
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For a long time I’ve been an OmniFocus user that drank the coolaid and put everything in to Omnifocus, no matter how small the idea was. Inspired by a Mac Power Users episode with Merlin Mann I’ve recently spent a bunch of time pulling information back out of OmniFocus though because it was just a…