Leadership
How We Run Performance Reviews At Buffer And Why I Have Mixed Feelings About Them - it's tricky.
How To Measure the Value of Internal Tools - most companies are doing none of this.
Manage your priorities and energy. - "you’re going to accomplish less in your career if you’re so focused on correctness that you lose track of keeping yourself energized."
Humanistic Leadership - this kind of answers my question about "people first" companies.
TBM 233: Coffee & Complexity - I like the idea of starting to think about a FAQ right away.
Briefly: The Value of Meetings, and Some Alternatives - killing all meetings is just silly.
Square’s Updated Growth Framework for Engineers and Engineering Managers - very detailed spreadsheet linked in the article.
How platform teams get stuff done - good article about different approaches. I think platform teams can easily go wrong in plenty of cases.
On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP - this is a great
Environment
Why carbon capture and storage will not solve the climate crisis any time soon - it's mainly for people who don't want to change.
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests - headline is a bit misleading. It's anywhere between 2024 and 2095.
Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts - I gave up worrying/hoping now.
It's hot out there
- Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show
- Extreme heat forces US airlines to limit passengers and fuel loads
- Mexico steps up rain-making project amid intense heatwave and drought
- Greece carries out its biggest ever evacuation as wildfires rage on Rhodes
- Southern Europe braces for second heat storm in a week
Urbanism
This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones) [YouTube] - still quite a few of them around
Less space for cars, more for green. Utrecht's redesigned ring road [YouTube] - not too bad.
Ministers consider curbs on councils’ use of 20mph speed limits - UK going backwards, as usual.
Bristol’s low-traffic scheme stalls as row over Ulez spreads from London - no comment
Sunak review raises question: what exactly is a low-traffic neighbourhood? - I remember them already being there when I lived in London.
Designing Urban Places that Don't Suck [YouTube] - I have to say the cover picture still has too many cars in the "nice place".
It's time to stop with the "bicycle highways" [YouTube] - stop calling them this, not stop building them.
Are Dutch Cities Really that Different? Debunking Cycling Myths [YouTube] - no
Random Recordings
Home
Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the
Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back - now I want one of those tapes.
Summer webcomics - collection by Charles Stross
Portugal’s bid to attract foreign money backfires as rental market goes ‘crazy’ - surprise!
12,795 possessions! Meet the woman who photographed every single thing she owns - i love this, and worry about my possessions. (I still think "The man who destroyed all his belongings" is even better and one of my favourite art pieces).
Style Guide: LGBTQ+ - I was looking for the use of "queer", this has been helpful.
“It’s like I’m going into the void with no control”: Tour de France pro says he feels “completely paralysed” and “scared to death” on descents - worth a read, even if you don't ride yourself.
Other Links
- Long Links by Tim Bray
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