Bonuses in an agile organization? - Chris Spagnuolo ' Since agile practices don't encourage heroism or the individual developer but instead focus on team accomplishments, we thought that bonuses needed to be dished out on a team-wide basis '
How Not to Read New Code - Soon Hui ' Don't ring up the original coders for help, if they have left for a long time already ' Good tip! Someone adviced me recently to call such a former dev. Problem is: if the code is *really* complicated, how can they explain you what it means?
Coding vs. Configuration - Tim Stall Me agrees with the article insofar that sometimes this code monkey feels more than a configuration guru than he likes
WSJ: Larger Monitors Make You More Productive - Jason Harris ' According to the Wall Street Journal, workers who have larger monitors complete tasks much faster ' And now hope that the boss reads this... O, read the disclaimer: ' However, it should be pointed out that the sponsor of the study was NEC'
Work Tunnel Vision - Why It’s Bad For Your Mind ' I will admit to being a workaholic, but reminding yourself that work is not everything needs to be a constant reminder to better mental health ' Ahhhh yes, the miracles of self-ridicule can help tremendously here...
First Forays into F# - Andrew Matthews ' (...) my first impressions: what it felt like to program in F#, what seemed nice, what could do with improvement, that sort of thing '
Auto-generated vs. human-generated IDs - Kyle Baley ' as I start working, the inevitable question arises: Why are we still using this archaic process of generating job numbers manually? Computers *love* generating IDs automatically '
Can a Notebook be *Too* Thin? - Charles Petzold Yes, someone lost his MacBook Air, and ' ... it was probably stuck in a stack of newspapers on his coffee table that were then moved to the recycling bin! '
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