Some cheerful urbanism news this week. It is especially great to see how Paris is progressing. For a fun nerdy read, have a look at the tic-tac-toe implemented in printf, or the floppy history. Engineering How to measure your cloud carbon footprint [Podcast] - nice open-source tool. Backdoor in XZ Utils That Almost Happened - Schneier weighs in too. The Turing Police say “X Wins” - tic-tac-toe implemented in a single printf. ...
Heisenberg’s indeterminacy principle formula. Two weeks of links, which includes a collection from the xz debacle. I loved reading these, as this is a good combination of spy story and technology postmortem. If you want to read an overview, read the timeline post. Good podcasts this week: about the Heisenberg principle, and the silencing of climate protesters in the UK. Leadership Getting real with Employee Experience [Podcast] - two good interviews with people active in the area. ...
For my new job, I (annoyingly) have to use a silly MacBook. For everything else, I have a nice, beautiful desktop running Fedora. I looked into KVMs to share my monitor and keyboard between the two computers, but couldn’t really find something reasonably priced and functional. Synergy/Barrier/InputLeap for keyboard sharing I have used Synergy before to share keyboard and mouse between Linux computers, and this was already a good step. There is a fork for Synergy on Linux called Barrier, which now has been forked again to InputLeap. Now the maintained version is Deskflow. It also allows copy & paste between systems. ...
Painting with two radio masts in the country side I loved the essay about 40 years of programming by Lars Wirzenius. The coaching session about career goals is also great, independent of the topic. Leadership How Do I Balance My Career Goals with My Company’s Needs? [Podcast] - great coaching session. Breaking Down Barriers: How Field Trips to Different Team Offsites Spark Cross-Team Collaboration - I love this idea. Leadership requires taking some risk. - “sometimes bottom-up leadership requires obfuscating the work being done” ...
Tablet with teapot, mug, biscuits, and milk Quite a mix of topics. I recommend the podcast with Cal Newport and the article about learning to ride a bike (“Stumbling can be lovely”) Leadership Joe Militello, Chief People Officer at Pagerduty: Why You Need to Rethink Your People Strategy [Podcast] - people strategy has to be part of every team. Story: Leaving LinkedIn - Choosing Engineering Excellence Over Expediency [Podcast] - not really about leadership, but an interesting inside view about what makes someone leave. ...