Your Personal Archiving Project: Where Do You Start?
"Simplify, simplify." - Henry David Thoreau, Walden. Most of us comb through a lifelong collection of personal papers and photos either when we have plenty of free time (typically in retirement) or when we have to deal with the belongings of a deceased lo...Martin Fowler on Microservices
"Microservices" - yet another new term on the crowded streets of software architecture. Although our natural inclination is to pass such things by with a contemptuous glance, this bit of terminology describes a style of software systems that we are findin...How do you stay productive during a lot of work?
I'm curious how you approach a big pile of work. I personally try to split it up into smaller chunks and then just try to do one after the other.Do more - Plan less.
I used to be really into to-do lists. That's a weird interest to have, but it's true. I read Getting Things Done in 2005, and it became my gospel. I gave a talk on productivity at SXSW in 2009. I even designed and built a custom to-do app with my friend T...Do you practice Agile development ?
Please share your experiences with Agile! http://agilemanifesto.org/ What do you think about it?An essay on performance culture - Make performance essential to your project
In this essay, I'll talk about "performance culture." Performance is one of the key pillars of software engineering, and is something that's hard to do right, and sometimes even difficult to recognize. As a famous judge once said, "I know it when I see it...A talk on Agile and how not to do Scrum by Robert C. "Uncle Bob" Martin
Scrum is the most popular of all the Agile methods. Tens of thousands of people have been certified as Scrum Masters. Thousands of projects have use Scrum to get great work done. But there's a problem. Some of those projects fail, and fail badly. The reas...Martin Fowler talks Software Development
I really enjoyed watching this - especially the part on writing good tests which are reliant on 3rd party services. Also, he talks about indeterministic test behaviour and how to keep your regression tests reliable and deterministic.Paul Erdos - An inspiring article on productivity, research, curiosity and a very smart man
Paul Erdos is a legend in the world of higher math. He is the most prolific mathematician of all time, authoring over 1,500 papers in his lifetime. Making a single major contribution to the field of mathematics is an accomplishment. But 1,500? That's othe...Just a random thought on this community
I guess the goal of this community for everyone is to be here as little as possible but as much as necessary. :)An essay by Paul Graham (venture capitalist, programmer) on procrastination.
paulgraham.comThe most impressive people I know are all terrible procrastinators. So could it be that procrastination isn't always bad?Hi everyone. I made a community to discuss productivity!
A community to exchange information and experiences on being more productive.A great quote on productivity by Warren Buffet.
"No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant." Source: Huffington PostBack to Work - A talk show on productivity and communication
April 19, 2016 at 5:15PM * 1 hour 46 minutes TOPIC: Putting an Overt Stake in the Ground. This week, Dan and Merlin end up talking about the surprising stuff a Fitbit can do for you. Dan even buys one.





