Tag: Books
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Book: Crooked Little Vein
The writing in this book is good, and I’m always a sucker for noir. But it gets tiresome after awhile, all the balls-out crazy stuff and topics. There’s a lot to study about fiction dynamics here though fueled by the picador plotting: lots of interesting characters, lots of mini-plots; paring characters; the weak male/strong female…
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Karl Lagerfeld’s daily routine, circa 2012
Who doesn’t like a good what’s in bag/what I do each day post? I used to fax a lot, but people don’t have faxes anymore. In this routine, what’s remarkable is how much he avoids people, e.g.: I don’t go out that much because I’m always late, and I’m so busy and so pleased with…
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No one likes being told their dead, dev skills, books to read – Coté Memo #23
It’s the end of the year – might as well be over once I wrap up today. On the other hand, if you’re in sales, it’s hardly the end of the year. It might be the most white-knuckling two weeks left. I’m sure glad I don’t do that work. Infrastructure Software in 2016 summerized Coté…
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Help me finish this agile PDF, hear @bwhichard complain about Agile – Coté Memo #19
It’s the day before elections in the US. If you haven’t already, go out and vote. Kim and Cormac are up in Ohio block walking to get out the vote, which is amazing. In retrospect, I should have gone with them. I’ll have to remedy that for the next elections, about two year’s time I…
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You’re not really Agile, airports, hitting yourself & absurd AI TAMs – Coté Memo #18
There’s not much to say at the moment, just some travel here and there before Thanksgiving and then Christmas. The end of the year is fun, it cools down and you get to see family. I’m trying to wrap up my big PDF for this year, the “second edition” of my cloud native journey book, check out…
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Coté Memo #14 – Wet Phones, Podcasts, and #S1P
Since last time, I was at SpringOne Platform and took a week off for beach-time. Both were fun. I have very little travel over the next few, well, months. I’ll be speaking up at DevOpsDays Dallas, Sep 15th and 16th. With this “downtime” – we’ll see if I actually do it – but I’m hoping…
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The “purpose driven reader”
A number of trends in media have left most news sites catering to a new kind of reader. According to the stereotype, this reader doesn’t visit news home pages, relying on starting points like Facebook instead. This reader sees news as just another category of entertainment, an escape or time-killer, and believes “important news will…
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The Psychology of Your Future Self and How Your Present Illusions Hinder Your Future Happiness
I wasn’t told this was an option: “we could be wearing paper hats and eating pistachio macaroons in the bathtub.” The Psychology of Your Future Self and How Your Present Illusions Hinder Your Future Happiness
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Coté Memo #064: I’m calling from Mexico, someone has stolen the Venus de Milo!
Follow-up We’re up to 90 subscribers and one of you went a helped out one of our sponsors (The Craftsman PM), so thanks! Tech & Work World Sayulita I had a nice chance to spend the week in Mexico this week. A friend of mine rented a house here in Sayulita and asked if we…
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There used to be time to arrive. Incremental geographical changes would ease the inner transitions: desert would gradually give way to shrub, savannah to grassland. At the harbour, the camels would be unloaded, a room would be found overlooking the customs house, passage would be negotiated on a steamer. Flying fish would skim past the…
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A long wait for a scanning machine can induce many of us to start asking ourselves if we have perhaps after all left home with an explosive device hidden in our case, or unwittingly submitted to a months-long terrorist training course. A Week at the Airport, Alain de Botton
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Anything that can be learned by a normal American adult on a trip to a foreign country (of less than one year’s duration) can be learned more quickly, cheaply, and easily by visiting the San Diego Public Library. Simon’s Travel Theorem, As read in the preface to The Halo Effect. A bit more here too,…
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No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it. “What Problems to Solve ,” Richard Feynman
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Roald Dahl (via kateordie)
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robertbrook/the-island
fadingcity: I finished my story called ‘The Island’. robertbrook/the-island
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The year in 3D printing: lingerie models, jet engines and the twerking Einstein
The year in 3D printing: lingerie models, jet engines and the twerking Einstein
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The Joys of Marginalia
I can’t really concentrate on reading unless I have a pen in my hand. I love marginalia. I love used books and getting a glimpse of some stranger’s relationship to a book that is now in my life. I underline, star, box, vent, exclaim. I like rereading my books and seeing coffee stains or chocolaty…
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You go to war with the knowledge you have
“Managing the incompleteness of communications” is core to mastering agile software development. —Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition) I recall reading the first edition of this book years ago. Man, that was fun.
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Cormac Murphy Coté Skotak
My wife, Kim, and I have been in the adoption process for a long, long time, and we just finalized the last major part this afternoon. We can finally announce our new son, Cormac Murphy Coté-Skotak. For those I’ve told who’ve kept the “embargo,” thanks so much! And for the rest of you, check out…
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