Cycling

Heute habe ich zum ersten Mal beim Game of Toiletpaper teilgenommen. Es ist ein virtueller Alleycat der von Regine während der Pandemie gestartet wurde. Im Prinzip ist es eine Art Schnipseljagd auf dem Fahrrad, aber ohne einen bestimmten Ort gebunden zu sein. Ich konnte das also praktischerweise von mir zu Hause aus machen. Der Tag begann nicht wirklich einladend, mit 4C und angekündigtem Regen. Ich habe die wärmsten Stunden abgepasst und am Ende nur ein paar Tropfen abbekommen. Ich bin eine Strecke gefahren, die ich gut kenne, und habe auch darauf geachtet, dass ich nicht so lange unterwegs bin, weil die Hunde alleine zu Hause waren. ...

I have been lazy and travelling over the last few Fridays. Today is a catch-up post, with quite a few links. I recommend the podcast about the Reiser story today and the video about the first BMX park in Nigeria. Engineering The Legacy of Unix - Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan [Podcast] - The problem with Bookoverflow is the effect on my to-read list. Story: ReiserFS [Podcast] - Great summary of the whole Reiser saga, with some things I didn’t know already. Tim Bray also has a related post: Remembering Bonnie ...

The open mouth of a hippo sticking out of the water Two podcast recommendations today: the one about culture fit and the one about Escobar’s hippos. Leadership The wrong way to think about culture fit [Podcast] - It is very hard to get this wrong. Similar as values. It is just to easy to abuse. How Infrequent Retrospectives Reduce Learning Cycle Time and Make Everything Worse - retrospectives are still my favourite part of everything agile. ...

If you want to watch something inspiring today, I recommend the video about Germany’s Green City and Pedal to freedom. Overall, a lot of interesting stuff to think about this week. Leadership How Do I More Effectively Build Stakeholder Alignment? [Podcast] - excellent example of coaching, where the thinker is already aware of the answers. Communicating Your Engineering Team’s Impact at Work - Tips for Leaders [Podcast] - obviously pushing LinearB a bit, but still good. ...

I am pretty sure I said something along the lines of “2021 has to be better than 2020” a year ago. It certainly was different than 2020. And for 2022 I am going to predict it will be different again. I am not going to try even harder. Zoo The main thing that changed this year is what I now lovingly refer to as The Zoo. ...