Coding Horror
APRIL 29, 2016
Since I started working on Discourse, I spend a lot of time thinking about how software can encourage and nudge people to be more empathetic online. That's why it's troubling to read articles like this one : My brother’s 32nd birthday is today. It’s an especially emotional day for his family because he’s not alive for it. He died of a heroin overdose last February.
Erik Bernhardsson
APRIL 3, 2016
Apparently MTA (the company running the NYC subway) has a real-time API. My fascination for the subway takes autistic proportions and so obviously I had to analyze some of the data. The documentation is somewhat terrible, but here’s some relevant code for how to use the API: from google.transit import gtfs_realtime_pb2. import urllib. for feed_id in [ 1 , 2 , 11 ]: feed = gtfs_realtime_pb2.
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Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 18, 2016
“It’s amazing how many times people are working…HARD.,, and when you ask them what they’re really trying to accomplish, they’re really not sure.” -Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak, reflections on Winning Well. While out on our Winning Well Tour, David and I had an opportunity to visit with Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak, to hear his perspective on what it means to win well.
General Leadership
APRIL 27, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.”. Peter Marshall. Avoiding stress in professional life is like achieving work-life balance or eliminating risk: it’s not possible.
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Terry Starbucker
APRIL 3, 2016
In 2007, while SVP of Operations for Bresnan Communications, a cable TV company with 300,000 customers in 4 Rocky Mountain states, I was searching for a solution to a problem that had been eluding me for many years – a simple way to connect the 1,100 employees I was responsible for around a higher cause that went beyond profit. Fortunately, late that year a dedicated field technician in Grand Junction, Colorado and my faulty memory during a morning shower in Billings, Montana were the catalysts
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Coding Horror
APRIL 15, 2016
You know what's universally regarded as un-fun by most programmers? Writing assembly language code. As Steve McConnell said back in 1994 : Programmers working with high-level languages achieve better productivity and quality than those working with lower-level languages. Languages such as C++, Java, Smalltalk, and Visual Basic have been credited with improving productivity, reliability, simplicity, and comprehensibility by factors of 5 to 15 over low-level languages such as assembly and C.
Erik Bernhardsson
APRIL 25, 2016
(I accidentally published an unfinished draft of this post a few days ago – sorry about that). There’s a lot of sources preaching the benefits of dollar cost averaging , or the practice of investing a fixed amount of money regularly. The alleged benefit is that when the price goes up, well, then your stake is worth more, but if the price goes down, then you get more shares for the same amount of money.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 15, 2016
My guess is that right about now, you could use some encouragement. Not meaningless cheer-leading, but some well considered, well-timed, well-meaning “you’ve got this and here’s how I know…” In fact, I’d be willing to bet that the next five people you encounter could use some meaningful encouragement too. No matter how confident people appear on the outside, chances are they could use some encouragement to bolster their insides.
General Leadership
APRIL 20, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”. Mark Twain. I find it most interesting what inspires me to write my leadership posts. Recently on Facebook, my attention was captured by a posted short video of our President of the United States (POTUS) entering the official helicopter, Marine One, on
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Change Starts Here
APRIL 27, 2016
About 14 years ago, there was a pivotal moment that started my journey to being a change practitioner. And I could have easily missed it. At the time, I was the industrial engineering manager for a manufacturing company. No stranger to implementing change, especially process improvements, I was in the middle of a part-time MBA program in Leadership and Change Management.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 24, 2016
It’s not the “ doing ” that really makes the difference. And it’s even not how fast , or how well. Nope, it’s none of these. The key to lifetime of productivity is simply this: Making the best selection of WHAT to do at any given moment. (Although it certainly doesn’t hurt to do things fast and well – as long as they’re the RIGHT things). In any day there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of actions you can take.
Toptal
APRIL 29, 2016
Concurrency allows programs to deal with a lot of tasks at once. But writing concurrent programs isn't a particularly easy feat. Dealing with constructs such as threads and locks and avoiding issues like race conditions and deadlocks can be quite cumbersome, making concurrent programs difficult to write. In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Marko Dve?
Erik Bernhardsson
APRIL 25, 2016
(I accidentally published an unfinished draft of this post a few days ago – sorry about that). There’s a lot of sources preaching the benefits of dollar cost averaging , or the practice of investing a fixed amount of money regularly. The alleged benefit is that when the price goes up, well, then your stake is worth more, but if the price goes down, then you get more shares for the same amount of money.
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Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 27, 2016
Are you working too hard? Does everything fall apart when you’re not around? Do you find yourself bailing out your boss, your peers, and your team? If you can answer YES to any of these questions, it’s likely you’re being held back by the “Best Damn Doer” syndrome. Be careful. I know. I’ve felt the guilt of being promoted over people working longer and harder than me.
General Leadership
APRIL 29, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “It is the men behind who make the man ahead.”. Merle Crowell. Leadership is a continual journey through actions and growth, not merely a journey’s end for a resume. Search your favorite online bookstore for ‘leadership’ and you will find in excess of 22,000 books.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 6, 2016
Positive reinforcement, in the form of praise and recognition, is a powerful way to influence change. We all like to be acknowledged for our efforts. Receiving praise boosts our confidence. It makes us feel accepted by others. It confirms we’re moving in the right direction and removes the ambiguity that so often accompanies change. As change agents, unfortunately it’s easy to forget when it’s our turn to dole out praise.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 17, 2016
The concept of execution in the business world is a multifaceted exercise, especially from the perspective of the leader. I call it “checking all the boxes” – moving the machine hour by hour, day by day, and year by year, towards its ultimate goal. Because it’s obviously important to do this, it often can overwhelm our brains and put us in a position where we operate as if our “job” is: Get Stuff Done.
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Toptal
APRIL 25, 2016
When building smaller websites, the way developers structure their CSS code is usually not a big issue. However, when it comes to larger, more complex projects, code organization becomes crucial. In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Tomislav Matijevi? introduces us to BEM methodology and explains how this CSS practice can massively improve code maintainability, speed up the development process, and streamline the teamwork of developers by arranging CSS classes into independent mod
Erik Bernhardsson
APRIL 17, 2016
One of my favorite business hobbies is to reduce some nasty decision down to its absolute core objective, decide the most basic strategy, and then add more and more modifications as you have to confront the complexity of reality (yes I have very lame hobbies thanks I know). Software engineers want to deliver features quickly without adding too much tech debt.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 12, 2016
Is life a little crazy for you right now? It sure is here! Winning Well is full-speed ahead and we’re so excited! Even in the midst of craziness though, it’s wise to take a break and we have just the thing for you. Here’s our Winning Well coloring page! Have you caught the coloring trend over these last few months? We’d love to see your work, so much so that we’ve created a contest.
General Leadership
APRIL 22, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” Mahatma Gandhi. Today as I write this my brother-in-law is in a hospital ICU fighting the fight of his life; leukemia. Now, one could say that he is fighting against cancer, but I say he is fighting for life.
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CTOvision
APRIL 16, 2016
Bob Gourley. Mark Zuckerberg walked through Facebook's 10 year plan during the keynote of the F8 conference on 12 April 2016. This roadmap is grounded in reality but very exciting. And it starts with a great articulation of Facebook's mission. Facebook is focused clearly on connecting all people and allowing anyone to share anything with anyone. If you are a decision-maker in business or government I recommend you watch the entire presentation for many reasons (businesses especially need to see
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 10, 2016
Six years ago I published a little free ebook, “ Leadership From a Glass Half-Full: The 5 Lessons You Need To Learn Before You Jump Into The Pool” It was a way for me, as I wrote at the time, to “share my hard-earned lessons with leaders of all stripes, but particularly new and emerging ones – ones looking for the kind of guidance that I didn’t get” 14, 338 downloads later (thank you!
Toptal
APRIL 20, 2016
The possibility of embedding a custom font in an HTML website revolutionized the potential of web development. Learn how to create a custom icon font that has many benefits for the user experience.
Erik Bernhardsson
APRIL 17, 2016
One of my favorite business hobbies is to reduce some nasty decision down to its absolute core objective, decide the most basic strategy, and then add more and more modifications as you have to confront the complexity of reality (yes I have very lame hobbies thanks I know). Software engineers want to deliver features quickly without adding too much tech debt.
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Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 4, 2016
As we’ve been traveling for our book tour and media interviews, David and I consistently get asked questions we imagine may be on your mind as well. So as we begin our official launch of Winning Well, we share with you why we believe this message is so vital for you and your organization. If you haven’t picked up a copy, you can get it on Amazon, in hardback or audio version.
General Leadership
APRIL 1, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow. John C. Maxwell. Credibility is arguably one of the more important soft skills a leader must possess. It encompasses so many of the harder skills that if you make your credibility a priority as a leader – both up and down – you will be the most effective leader for your team.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 20, 2016
In this episode, Glory Enyinnaya joins the show from Nigeria, where she is the Manager of the Centre for Research in Leadership and Ethics at the Lagos Business School. Listen in as she shares her research and experience about implementing change in Sub-Saharan Africa. We’ll explore the challenges of implementing change in a developing country, and how regional culture affects leadership and change management.
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