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Read Speed up in the long term by slowing down in the short term

Speed up in the long term by slowing down in the short term

On most projects there is a tendency for someone involved to become the “expert” in one or more areas. As they become comfortable and more knowledgeable in an area they will naturally …

Read A remote family breakfast

A remote family breakfast

Someone I work with mentioned that each week he takes time to have coffee with his mum. This might sound quite normal but there are two parts that stand out for me.

Read Watch an octopus dreaming

Watch an octopus dreaming

Obviously we have no idea whether the interpretation in the video is correct however I love they way the octopus changes colour and shape as it “dreams”.

Read Goggles give back sight

Goggles give back sight

This short clip is pretty remarkable. A young woman lost most of her sight due to a brain tumour. All she has left is a small blurry circle in her right eye. With the use of some AR goggles and some …

Read Sleep is your superpower

Sleep is your superpower

This is one of the scariest videos I think I have ever seen. It is not a horror movie or a thriller - it is a talk about the impact sleep has on the body and in particular the impact a lack of sleep …

Read Tackle the difficult problems first with #MonkeyFirst

Tackle the difficult problems first with #MonkeyFirst

I was listening to the audiobook for “Questions Are the Answer” by Hal Gregerson and it mentioned an approach used by the X lab at Alphabet nicknamed “MonkeyFirst”.

Read Consensus 2019 - Conference Notes

Consensus 2019 - Conference Notes

These are my notes from attending the Consensus 2019 conference in New York - there is a good chance that some of the notes I made are incorrect.

Read Lazy programmers can be the most productive

Lazy programmers can be the most productive

There is often a work culture that you should be busy all the time - if you are a programmer you should always be typing and producing code. Programming is a mental process and so requires thinking. …

Read A clear desk helps avoid being the bottleneck

A clear desk helps avoid being the bottleneck

I really like Seth Godin’s blog - I could easily link to his posts every day - however occasionally a post really stands out for me. A recent post called Bottlenecks had an interesting …

Read Technical debt is like Tetris

Technical debt is like Tetris

This article uses a really neat analogy with Tetris for illustrating the impact of technical debt. Leaving gaps is akin to leaving technical debt in the code base and makes subsequent changes more …