Friday

_-_edited,_without_background.jpg “Boombox”)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwAXeqzaShdGJMHZGjJpoOhjqwFEldWTr7usUw9I1vTerYOvZsOsgpuFLuz1sp-wxPMrLQT4Hk3QBFOtHgvhvuPeAFD4Q7rSayzfWX7-RJQQdnvt9GA-nvzxGIKkWxwgL_9cVODhXhMakGANUHKGItxmpEgImruu0tQAdUnJzeGexeXsPPGRYZw/s4676/Philips_D8444_stereo_radio_recorder_(boombox,_ghettoblaster)_-_edited,_without_background.jpg) Clearing up my backlog again! A lot of fun stuff in the random section. I did enjoy the podcast about getting or not getting into Berghain, and the one about the Stereophonic play. The ongoing research into the XZ backdoor also continues to be interesting. Leadership Seven Conversation Hacks - some of this is harder, when working remote. The route to better culture? Better managers - mostly quoting research. ...

I really love the photograph series in the random section, it is a great concept. The videos about the busiest train station and buying a train are also great … if you like trains. Leadership Beyond ‘Sorry’: How to Apologize and Mean It 6 | 22 [Podcast] - most apologies are just deflections. TBM 293: Where More Effective Product Teams Spend More (and Less) Time - “Navigating proxies” - good collection! ...

Book cover: Commodore Amiga a visual Commpendium The leadership antipatterns are quite good, so is the video about a new development in Amsterdam. Leadership Product Coaching with Petra Wille [Podcast] - coaching not agile coaches. Briefly: Anonymous Questions - how to set up Q&As as a leader Unexpected Anti-Patterns for Engineering Leaders — Lessons From Stripe, Uber & Carta - #3 being a shit-umbrella Engineering What to Know Before You Implement Public-Facing APIs - I still think versioning APIs is overrated. ...

This week, the “City in A Bottle” JavaScript demo blew me away. The podcasts in the leadership section are also pretty good. Leadership Albert Strasheim, CTO at Rippling, on Embracing Rapid Iteration and Setting Goals for Accountability [Podcast] - interesting ideas about project management and also insights into our competition. A company is not a family with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky [Podcast] - I didn’t know the origin of the name! I also think that overcommunication is a good thing. I am working on that. ...

This week I enjoyed the podcast with Vitaly Pecherskiy, and the one about improv and presence. If you like alcohol-free cocktails, the article from The Guardian has a good list, with some weird tricks, like clarifying coconut milk. Leadership Vitaly Pecherskiy, Co-Founder at StackAdapt, on the Role of the CEO, Mental Models, and Employee Onboarding [Podcast] - I liked the insights about leadership composition and constantly improving yourself. ...