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Leadership
Shared vision on organization - I think this is one of the hardest things to get right
Four-day workweeks: the experiment that never stopped - one can dream
Interesting work happens at the edges. - very good point, the more I move away from the edge the less interesting daily work is. It can still be important and fulfilling though.
The Ultimate Skip Level Meeting Guide for Leaders [Podcast] - helpful! I kind of like the idea of having group skip levels once the number gets out of hand
Navigating Emotional Reactions at Work [Podcast] - good episode. I definitely have to work on this more. We want everybody to bring their full self to work, this includes the emotions.
Engineering
Reducing flaky builds by 18x - great work, not easy to apply for us, but maybe there will be more tooling around this in the future
Encapsulating Ruby on Rails views - Rails slowly catching up with other frameworks on this
A Discussion of Good Technical Debt with Jon Thornton [Podcast] - the usual "good technical debt is an investment", but still good
Technology
Zodiac Killer Cipher Solved - that took a while
Exposure Notifications: end of year update - biggest problem is widespread adoption, where it is happening it seems to work
CentOS Saga continues. Apparently it is a "good thing". Thankfully there are already options like CloudLinux and Rocky Linux developing.
- CentOS Stream is Continuous Delivery
- Minutes for CentOS Board of Directors for 2020-11-11
- How RHEL is Made
Urbanism
€6.3 billion investment by 2030 planned for commuter train network - this is great to see. I don't know if it will improve my line, but this might convince some people to take the train instead of the car.
La revolta de les escoles [Catalan] - Schools in Barcelona are protesting against the traffic right in front of their buildings.
When the Trains Stopped, Cyclists Dodged Manila’s Choking Traffic - Manila is the worst city for walking I know. I always thought it would be good for cycling, as the traffic is pretty slow most of the time. They also created some bike lanes recently.
Cycling Injury Risk in London: Impacts of Road Characteristics and Infrastructure - Spoiler: protected bike lanes help, paint on the road hurts
Air pollution a cause in girl's death, coroner rules in landmark case - I hope this changes something. It is time that we treat air pollution as smoking, lead or asbestos.
The French Connection [Podcast] - Interview Deputy Mayor of Paris about the very successful changes they are making to their city
Productivity
Zettelkasten - This seems a bit of a hype at the moment. As someone who is always looking for a better organization of my stuff I jumped right on it.
Org-roam: Presentation, Demonstration, and What's on the Horizon [Video] - Zettelkasten for Emacs
the org-gtd package: opinions about Getting Things Done [Video] - I am pretty happy with Todoist, but I am going to have a look at this too. I really need something that works on the mobile phone though.
Random Houses
Best Architectural Projects of 2020 - People still like rich people's glass and concrete slabs. I tend to agree.
Blob Opera - I am still amazed what kind of stuff they do with our browsers, but then they are now as big as operating systems
Interactive map of all Michelin-starred restaurants in Catalonia - even though I am often disappointed by starred restaurants I am still eager to try some of these out
EP 4: Is it too late to stop climate change? [Podcast] - probably yes, though Bill Gates is optimistic
EP 5: Can people really change? [Podcast] - Bono in the house!
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