July 20, 2016
How to Organize your Life by Priority and not Urgency
A theory I have, that I’ve been working on putting into practice. Read some more on it here – How to Organize your Life by Priority and not Urgency.
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July 14, 2016
The Distraction Subtraction
I’ve taken to using those productivity timer tools of late, being a little weary of what they offer. And what they offer is great. The one I am big on these days is Strick Workflow because it is so simple. It’s a Chrome extension, so easily installed across my various profiles and it has one job (but does two); Block access to sites for x period of time. Give you a break for x period of time. #1 is what I searched for, #1 and #2 is what I found. When we have so many notifications coming our way on
July 4, 2016
Defining your Code Velocity
Some people, generally do some things faster than others and vice-versa. You can estimate all you want and task it out all you want, but at the end of the day, that’s what it comes down. Velocity, when defined, is the speed of something moving in a given direction. The faster someone goes is the easiest (and generally most obvious) way to measure velocity. But it’s not the only way… accuracy redundancy readability transition understanding reduced bug count These are all factors that can shape your velocity and show that what you are shipping is more than simply code before
June 14, 2016
Microsoft and LinkedIn and SlideShare – Oh My!
I don’t typically write about industry related news, although I have a couple in my Trello that are waiting to be written so there could be a few coming. However, yesterday’s announcement of Microsoft buying LinkedIn was something that I had to drop a line on as I heavily use LinkedIn on a daily basis and I practically live on Microsoft software. LinkedIn was the first social media network I ever joined and have never looked back at the usefulness that it provides. Money aside, there is an incredible amount of reach and power between both companies where they can now
May 30, 2016
The PD Day
I loved these as a kid – PD Days – the extra day that would pop up here or there on your calendar, sometimes at the last minute giving you a whole extra day to sleep in, play lego, goof off, whatever. For those in Education – they stand for Professional Development Days – from Google. PD days in the school calendar recognized that teachers needed time during the school year to hone their skills, improve practice, and stay current with changes related to teaching and learning. I don’t see this much in software, you hear about, sometimes it takes shape for