daily-writing

Next month I’m holding a 2.5-day live workshop in Medford, Oregon which I think you’d find useful. It teaches you how to work better with your team. And it teaches your team how to work better together. Wait, I know – “improving teamwork” sounds about as much fun as “improving root canals.” Most of us…

In functional programmers, currying is the technique of translating a function which takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions, each with a single argument. For example, a function like: go_to_lunch?(time,place,person) might be curried to the form: go_to_lunch?(time)(place)(person) In this case, go_to_lunch take a single argument (time) and returns an anonymous function which takes a…

Today I was asked a question I’ve never heard before: “When it comes to engineering management, who do you look up to?” I stammered a bit, naming off authors of books I’d read — the usual suspects: Michael Lopp, Camille Fournier, Ron Lichty, Johanna Rothman, etc. Afterward, I realized I hadn’t been truthful. I didn’t…

Today you will hear someone pose a problem. Immediately, a solution may jump to mind. It might be a good solution, too. A solution you know will work – tried and true. Maybe even the best solution. Today, when the moment comes, do nothing. Be silent and still. If you’re able, raise an eyebrow: “What…