I’ve been asking around on email and on the social networks what makes a conference memorable, special, or amazing. This topic has my special...
1 replies - 1576 views - 05/22/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
Like most Americans, I lead a largely sedentary lifestyle. I’ve never been particularly athletic. The closest I’ve ever been was 5 years of forced...
0 replies - 2106 views - 05/20/13 by Joel Cochran in Articles
Imagine that the government decided an intake of 2.500 calories per day should be the maximum for each person, regardless of age, gender, health, metabolism,...
0 replies - 3494 views - 05/20/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
How to Argue About Code from Øredev Conference on Vimeo.
None of us would be very good developers if we never had arguments about The Best Way to Do...
0 replies - 1140 views - 05/19/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Leadership within the software development industry can be a tricky area. All teams require some level of leadership. Promoting members within a team or...
0 replies - 6006 views - 05/17/13 by Zac Gery in Articles
Stupid questions and n00bs - top ten intriguing things you need to do from Øredev Conference on Vimeo.
It really doesn’t matter how long you’ve been...
0 replies - 3077 views - 05/17/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
This book - Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War - is about a great person, about change, about one of the largest bureaucracies and...
0 replies - 6796 views - 05/13/13 by Jakub Holý in Articles
A few years ago I discussed some organizational challenges with my former CEO, and I noted the employees in our company rarely took time to enjoy their...
0 replies - 983 views - 05/05/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
The biggest waste in software is what we build and isn’t used. Since we can’t know in advance what will be a selling feature, we have to implement the...
0 replies - 3178 views - 05/01/13 by Gil Zilberfeld in Articles
The average lifespan for a software engineering job is 4 years. Okay, I've never actually seen proof (or contradiction), but that's the general feeling in the...
0 replies - 2860 views - 05/01/13 by Jay Fields in Articles
Are you a developer or startup entrepreneur? Have you ever been frustrated with some of the claims made by the sales team or lacked the patience or...
0 replies - 2428 views - 04/30/13 by Sean Hull in Articles
Yahoo’s decision to ban working from home can hardly have escaped anyone’s attention. Whatever the reasons might be, to me their decision sends out a...
0 replies - 6463 views - 04/28/13 by Oscar Berg in Articles
Some of you probably already get this… some of you might even disagree… but unless you are building software as a hobby… chances are, you building...
0 replies - 1422 views - 04/24/13 by Mike Cottmeyer in Articles
In some manner or another, I've served in roles frequently referred to as "boss" for over 20 years. In a few cases, I owned the company, in whole or in part....
0 replies - 2734 views - 04/23/13 by Michael Norton in Articles
Employers ask for elite performers, but they should be careful – they could get what they ask for… If they find an elite performer, do they have the elite...
0 replies - 7719 views - 04/23/13 by Anders Abel in Articles
