Atari 1200XL home computer A quick one today. I especially recommended the articles about productivity tools and over-meeting culture. Leadership 4 Productivity Tools I Use Everyday - I like that this is not about the tools that you buy, but how you use them. Yes, You Should Estimate Software Projects - back in the good old days when teams were still doing time estimates, I truly enjoyed it when I got them right. ...

I am not a gamer, though I obviously had too much time on my hand. The last time I played many games was on the PS2 with Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. I also only have a Linux desktop, no console or Windows PC. Because of an upgraded graphics card and support in Steam and Heroic Game Launcher, a lot of the games nowadays are playable. Since I haven’t played in 20 years, I also was able to play some older games, which easily run on limited hardware. ...

Cheese on a plate I am well impressed by the transparency of Atlassian on going distributed and Buffer about their salary report. Both a worth a read. Leadership Overcoming toxic positivity with Susan David [Podcast] - toxic positivity is only a small part of this interesting conversation. ADRs and RFCs: Their Differences and Templates - I think nowadays ADRs are more common, maybe not always useful. Zombie leadership: Dead ideas that still walk among us [Paper] - some bad ideas of leadership that are still around. ...

New year, new links! It has been fairly quiet on the blogs and podcasts recently, and I am focusing on some books at the moment. For some fun, have a look at the Jungle & Tetris posts in the random section. Leadership Productivity Measurement as a Tradeoff - good view from Kent Beck. Questionable Advice: “My boss says we don’t need any engineering managers. Is he right?” - I hope not! It’s a good summary of the purpose of managers. ...

Last year I did have too much time on my hand, and while I spent a lot of time chilling, I did miss using my brain at least a little. So I worked on these two challenges. Excercism #12in23 Screenshot Exercism #12in23 I am a big fan of exercism, which is a site with exercises to learn all kinds of programming languages. The quality of the tracks varies a lot, nonetheless the most popular ones are very useful. There is also a mentoring element, which I haven’t used myself. ...