Friday Links 25-11

Friday Links 25-11

My YouTube links got lost because of my new workflow. It is working now. This week I enjoyed the Podcast about copyright and the video about cycling couriers in Seoul. Leadership The Heart of Innovation: Why Most Startups Fail - long read about demand. Your Manager Is Not Your Best Friend - your manager should be thinking about the company and the team, then the individuals. ...

20 June 2025 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 25-09

Friday Links 25-09

First post curated via Readwise Reader. I am creating some scripts to help replicate what I did with Pocket. I enjoyed the Komoot goodbye video this week. It is lovely and a bit sad. Leadership Stuff I learned at Carta. - lots of good stuff, maybe not applicable in all organisations. Early Days of Agile Development & Is Design Dead? • Martin Fowler & James Lewis • GOTO 2024 [YouTube] - nice chat. ...

30 May 2025 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 25-06

Friday Links 25-06

A few uplifting stories about urbanism and science this week. I also really liked the video about the empty virtual world and browsing through Moby’s gratis track collection. Leadership The best culture book of 2025: The Power of Mattering [Podcast] - I am not 100% convinced, but it is on my to-read stack now. TBM 351: The 4 Prioritization Jobs (And Why It Matters) - I would say they are very much related. ...

2 May 2025 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 25-05

Friday Links 25-05

Many podcasts this week. I really loved the one with Cyndi Lauper. I did enjoy the one with Kent Beck and basically all the engineering and leadership ones. Leadership Kent Beck on why software development is an exercise in human relationships [Podcast] - great interview with Kent, he is so humble and down to earth. Meaning: why showing work matters has such an impact [Podcast] - interesting discussion round. ...

11 April 2025 · 2 min · Christof Damian

Friday Links 25-04

Modern building with glass front Have a listen to Greg Korah-Hartman about the kernel development process. Some good and uplifting topics in urbanism this week too. Leadership The Product Engineer - I agree with some of it. Every engineer should be a product engineer, but I still think there is a place for product managers. Who gets to do strategy? - everybody. Ok. So, You’re Failing - how to receive performance feedback, and probably also how to give it. ...

28 March 2025 · 3 min · Christof Damian