In "Coaches, not Managers", I wrote about the importance of giving feedback. I didn't go into detail on just how to do that, because I felt it was worth its own post. It's easy to say that you should be giving more feedback, but its dangerous to leave… Continue Reading 'Giving Meaningful Feedback'
"It's the coach's job to make judgments and be critical about players." - Gregg Popovich Amidst the celebration and noise of the Spurs championship celebration, a scene was captured on camera between Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and Coach Gregg Popovich. In their embrace, you can hear Kawhi telling… Continue Reading 'Coaches, not Managers'
Note: This is part three of a three-part series titled "Developers in the New Age of the Web" You can't have your cake and eat it to. You can't ask front-end engineers to be creative and curious but bind them down with beurocracy. Look at education. How many… Continue Reading 'Cultivating Front-end Engineers'
Note: This is part two of a three-part series titled "Developers in the New Age of the Web" As I mentioned in 'The New Age of the Web', JavaScript is a world between two disciplines. I also mentioned that JavaScript isn't just JavaScript. It's also HTML and CSS.… Continue Reading 'Front-end Engineers'
Note: This is part one of a three-part series titled "Developers in the New Age of the Web" "Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript." - Atwood's Law It's undeniable; the popularity of frameworks like AngularJS, Ember, Meteor and… Continue Reading 'The New Age of the Web'
At the beginning of April, I had the pleasure of presenting at the San Antonio InnoTech Conference. The talk I gave was titled "Developers in the New Age of the Web", and revolved around the importance that Front-end Developement has taken in the past several years. To prepare… Continue Reading 'Developers in the New Age of the Web'
Downplay the pain that others feel because it doesn't look so bad from where you're standing. This is a hard one to describe. It's not necessarily about actively minimizing and downplaying the pain that others have to deal with, rather it's about learning to recognize that someone else may be… Continue Reading '0% Productivity Tip #3'
The old 'Employee of the Month' award. You'll nearly always find a plaque at a fast-food chain with 3 of the 20 spots filled, with the last Employee-of-the-Month award having been awarded 16 months ago. At some point, a well-meaning manager decided it'd be great to recognize an employee once… Continue Reading 'Proper Recognition'
How you can get the most uselessness out of your day! I quit my job. There were many reasons for doing so, but gridlock due to poor processes was a big one. Before I quit, I started listing out habits we had as a company that caused the greatest harm… Continue Reading '0% Productivity Tip #1'