You would think a global pandemic would be good for your reading habit. This doesn’t seem to be the case for me. I am not sure where the time I spent on commute went, but definitely not towards some good use. This list is kind of in order, but also grouped by author and series. Most of the books are easy airport reads, with thrillers and some sci-fi. ...

I can’t remember when I started to listen to podcasts. I am sure I was not an early adopter. It might have been around 2004 using iPodder on Linux with the first iPod and later an iPod Shuffle. Over the years I used various tools and devices to download podcasts and now have settled on Pocket Casts on Android. It has nice sync functionality between multiple devices and a useful web interface too. The web app is also useful to pull up the recently starred episodes for my Friday Links. ...

Last one before the holidays, where I am going to post some other things. A little bit on productivity today as I look into the Zettelkasten hype. Leadership How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted — and You Are, Too - I am personally just looking forward to the holiday. Shared vision on organization - I think this is one of the hardest things to get right ...

Extra section for the mess that is happening with CentOS at the moment. Thanks Red Hat! Lots of good other stuff too. Engineering Management Weak and strong team concepts. - I am all for focus on teams, when you can. Good summary from Will Larson as usual. Working From Home During a Pandemic: A Tale of Two Cities - “In the end, it looks like we are doing more and for longer. Some people are loving WFH. Some hate it. Productivity is personal and work from home is personal.” ...

IFTTT is forgetting to push some of my links to Pocket, so I am figuring out a new way for my link posting work-flow. Today some great podcasts about leadership and also a course I really enjoy. Engineering Management Shared vision on product - must be nice to have more teams than products :-) Conway’s Law: Critical for Efficient Team Design in Tech - it might be my bubble, but recently I have been thinking a lot about Conway’s Law and the Reverse Conway Manoeuvre ...