Tag: productivity
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Days Notes, August, 2023
I’ve been off the publishing grid for awhile, even off the consuming the Internet grid. This is a mix of partial vacation, taking care of some family things, an obsession with D&D, and the first break in my workaholic nature for…20…even 30 years? It is time for a few new habits, rather than swirling around…
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If you’re so smart, why are we all still so dumb?
We’re back from a three day weekend in London for our anniversary. I tried very hard to eliminate all “productivity,” so I have very little to say today. I did want to ADVERTISE for a thing I have tomorrow. So I’ve gathered up some waste book for you today. Snow-Covered Field with a Harrow (after…
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Unleash developer productivity with generative AI, McKinsey survey – Their survey says it’s good in four areas: Expediting manual and repetitive work, Jump-starting the first draft of new code, Accelerating updates to existing code, Increasing developers’ ability to tackle new challenges.
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I don’t need to “do less to do more.” I just need to do less.
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2023-06-05 day note
I had two recordings today. One on the platform maturity model draft, a paper I got the chance to review early on. There’s a live stream of it up, and I’ll lightly edit it down to a podcast episode later this week. I also did a small panel (with two other people) talking about how…
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from tasty broth to jiggly chicken slime in the fridge
That’s a chart from our recent State of Kubernetes survey that I’ll probably use a lot this year. Here’s my commentary on it from a blog post this week: In our surveys, I’ve been using the software release cycle question to represent developer benefits. For the most part, the faster developers can release software, the…
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Gartner Says Layoffs May Ultimately Harm Shareholder Returns – After firing people to lower costs, the remaining staff have to do more work, either demanding more pay of getting demoralized and seeking another job. Also, if you want to grow revenue, you’ll need more staff, so you’ll hire contractors, and eventually want to hire back…
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Deep Work summarized by Phil Gyford
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In-Office vs. Remote: Tackling the Productivity Puzzle in a World of Waste
Re: Iron Law of Remote Work Last time, I suggested that bosses generally want in-office people, and workers want to work from home. This is regardless of any data, studies, or “reality.” It’s pure human preference. One of you asked me if this was because of an increase in productivity or a decrease. I took…
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“Current macro-economic trends”
Just links and waste book this episode. The Village Lawyer, Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Wastebook If you’re looking for quality in clothes, bags, and such, add YKK zippers to your search. I feel like there’s some way of figuring out the type of work you do by how often you look up people in the…
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Platform Engineering Probably Doesn’t Mess with CaaS and IaaS
MidJourney: man who is sick with children crawl all over him, sitting on a green couch, cinematic, 8k, dutch angle, action dramatic epic. I’m in the middle of some kind of cold today, so I’m spending most of my time staring at the wall or sleeping.1 This means it’s a good time to catch up…
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“No, you don’t want to have to compare yourself to that”
If end up liking this episode, I’d appreciate some feedback with a simple click on the like/thumbs-up button, or just a comment that says so. Also, referring it to a friend and otherwise sharing it to drive more subscribers is much appreciated. I CRAVE THE VALIDATION. 2023 Resolution # Er is een fout opgetreden. JavaScript…
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Some “Coherent Nonsense” for the weekend
Current status: I’ve got a good, old fashioned cold. I’ve forgotten how weird it is: you just find yourself sort of staring at nothing. And the snot. I didn’t have time to self-promote my content. Next time! Also, you know where to find it. English Class Essays, Insider Sales Emails, Webinar Landing Page Copy –…
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Saying yes, “nudes” vs “naked,” asking tech people non-confrontational questions
Current Status I am on a train going between Paris and Amsterdam, stopping at Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Schipol before going to Amsterdam Central. The train is nice, nicer than a plane to be sure. This is the last of a lot of travel for me – Dallas, Austin, San Francisco, then for vacation, admittedly,…
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Coté’s Commonplace Book – Issue #71
Catch-up on four tiny videos, links, and wfh thinking. DevOps Loop, June 22, 2022 — devopsloop.io If you haven’t registered yet, you should attend one of the conferences I help put together, DevOps Loop. I’ve spent a lot of time with several of the speakers to think up talk topics – they’re ones I’m looking…
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Link: One Simple Way to Eliminate Distractions in a Board Meeting
The best board meetings are discussions and debates about the business yet many executive teams spent their time wanting to walk through hours of slides on how great they’re doing. Humans do much better when they’re participating than when they’re being lectured to. The most value you’ll get out of your board is when they’re…
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🗂 Why the eight-hour workday doesn’t work
> The ideal work-to-break ratio was 52 minutes of work, followed by 17 minutes of rest. qz.com/work/1561…
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🗂 Imposter Syndrome and Finding Your Flow
> I have wasted so much time and energy stalling on a task because I was questioning myself [wasting] energy thinking about them when I could be spending that on improving my skills. Also, best use of tildes that I’ve ever seen. medium.com/@grace.m….
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