Friday Links 23-04

Friday Links 23-04

Two podcast suggestions for you today. Exposing rainforest carbon credits: why offsetting isn’t working, which is worrying but expected and Ukraine: Under the Counter, about people coming together to do help. Leadership 30-60 days in a new leadership role: run experiments for change - that seems early to me Internal comms for executives. - “Good communication is a series of habits” Five Ways Toward a Fairer, More Transparent Hiring Process - transparency and good communication is the key here. ...

27 January 2023 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 22-39

Friday Links 22-39

I was out for two weeks with holiday and then a Covid-19 episode. Today I enjoyed the long read about female British spies. Furthermore, some good articles about leadership and how Etsy is scaling. The whole remote work / return to the office discussion hasn’t been resolved either. Leadership Lessons from a 5x CTO: How to Retain Talent and Run Skip Level 1:1s Through Rapid Growth (with Rob Zuber, Chief Technology Officer at CircleCI) [Podcast] - clearly this was before they let many people go, but still good insights ...

9 December 2022 · 5 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 22-37

Friday Links 22-37

Another round of Mastodon links. The migration is still ongoing, and Twitter seems to be moving toward the abyss. I also enjoyed the $70k Android hack and the weird-old-book-finder. Mastodon bitbang.social - retrocomputing instance Mastodon Moment - Tim Bray on Mastodon Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”) - Mastodon might have a scaling problem ...

11 November 2022 · 4 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 22-36

Friday Links 22-36

Since Twitter has been going downhill for a while and I am mostly leaving Facebook and Instagram, I have been searching for an alternative. Mastodon is the obvious candidate. I had created an account a while ago, and it offers an ad and algorithm free alternative. You can also take control by having your personal server. Below are some of the links I found helpful. ...

4 November 2022 · 4 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 22-35

Friday Links 22-35

A mixed bag of goodies this week. Since Twitter might get even worse, I am now also publishing on Mastodon. Leadership Communication Models and How They Scale - “almost any model works for a group of <100” - I think the problem is that people cling to that for too long 3 big moments that can define your leadership career - start, choose, do ...

28 October 2022 · 3 min · Christof Damian