One of the “tricks” you learn in programming - “soft skills,” apparently they used to call them - is that you should match the style and formatting of the code you’re editing. If you’re starting with your own code from scratch, no problem, go crazy. But if you’re like most developers in the world and maintaining an existing code base with incremental improvements, you’ll more often than not be editing and adding to existing code.
Now you’re a zombie with bags.
Upgrade: 5: Macworld Cosplay http://overca.st/DeCk_eS8Q
Most of the hierarchy found in the traditional firm must be eliminated, and the walls between functional staffs must be destroyed. You can’t move fast, no matter how good the systems are, if turf fights among functions are the norm, and if even routine decisions must be processed through numerous layers of bureaucracy.
Tom Peters (via fadingcity)
Over some ribs and brisket the other days a friend of mine called this notion “management debt,” which seems right. The analogistic potential of “technical debt” is limitless!
I’ll put it over leftover chili! I don’t fuckin’ care.
Roderick on the Line: 129: “Museo De Garbagemen” http://overca.st/BmEOyJBoc
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 ship’s hull. The crew would play cards. The air would cool.
A Week at the Airport, Alain De Botton
Apple’s ongoing war against whimsy
Coté Memo #051: Meetings suck, links galore
Tech & Work World Quick Hits Join the Foglight beta
The look of a leader
Developer Events Run Down: What’s Coming Up and What Not to Miss - nice list of developer related events coming up
Comparing Uber &co. To traditional taxi fares - yes, indeed.
With New Analytics Service, Salesforce Challenges Startup Visualization Crowd - back in the 2000s or so, Business Intellegence was a natural next step for ERP.
It was ‘fly.’
Roderick on the Line: 128: “Arcadum” http://overca.st/BmEM1RTP0
As a kid, “downtown” was a weird, mysterious place. Unlike today, no one lived there, there were no family-friendly attractions, and the buildings housed organizations that a kid would never have occasion to visit: the workplaces of lawyers and government officials and bankers.
I go through a mall, and I have no idea why any of the stores in there - except the Apple store - is open. I don’t know who goes in there, why they go in there, how the lights stay on because they must be buying something.
The Critical Path: 126: Making the world go ‘round http://overca.st/Igw8Dhtw