Squeezed Links: May 2008
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If it seems like I have been posting a little less then normal, it is because I am running around trying to get things ready for the new baby. The wife and I are expected our first little one any day now and we are pretty excited about it. Here are May’s best […]
The Illusion Of Technically Competent Managers
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The role of technical manager is inherently flawed by nature.
It is insanely rare that you can find someone who is both technically competent and has the people management skills to accomplish this job - so already you are working against the odds. Jurgen’s recent opinion that most software developers are utterly unqualified for such […]
5 Reasons Atlassian Is Cooler Than Your Company (Or Mine)
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A long time ago, on a page far, far away - I created a post called 7 Ways To Piss Me Off and Not Buy Your Software, and it caught the attention of the CMO of Atlassian, Jon Silvers.
Codesqueeze is nearing it’s 1st birthday in a couple of weeks, and I wanted to take a […]
It’s Software - And I Helped!
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Software is not Shake & Bake…
Projects are continually plagued with poor choices due to something I have just now coined - Shake and Bake Syndrome.
Every single individual involved in a project sincerely cares about the best possible outcome; however as a result of caring - we pollute the purity of designs and implementations by adding […]
Whiteboard Wednesday: The Probability of Getting Tasks Done
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The ability to get everything on your task list done becomes less and less probable with the number of tasks and you load into your week or iteration. The simple math of compounding probabilities is a good analogy to prove this point.
At the end of this video, what I should have said (for clarity) […]
Phil Haack Is Stealing My Thunder
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A few weeks ago, I noticed that Google finally gave me an authority hub listing for the keyword search “codesqueeze”…but then I noticed something a little out of place…
…that’s right people…
…we all knew this day was going to come…
…Phil Haack has finally started his world domination plan by stealing my thunder and using Codesqueeze Google […]
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