Post Holiday Friday Links

C64 Generator A bit of a catch-up issue of the Friday Links. Full of urbanism, randomness, a few of 2020 reviews and the usual engineering management. Relatively few podcast were released over the holidays. I managed to catch up with my back-log (for a while). Management What are our core values and practices for building software? - cool summary about Thoughtsworks engineering values. I think they probably apply to a lot of companies ...

January 8, 2021 · 6 min · Christof Damian

2020 in Books

goodreads books 2020 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. ...

January 4, 2021 · 7 min · Christof Damian
Podcasts

Podcasts

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.I have a silly amount of subscriptions, the list below are the main ones which are still active and the ones I am still listen to regularly. ...

December 22, 2020 · 6 min · Christof Damian

Friday Links

One of my favourite houses 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 ...

December 18, 2020 · 4 min · Christof Damian

Friday Links

Ikea Catalogue 1969 Extra section for the mess that is happening with CentOS at the moment. Thanks Red Hat! Lots of good other stuff too.Engineering ManagementWeak 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." ...

December 11, 2020 · 4 min · Christof Damian