I still haven’t had time to work on the development of a new interface for The Pet Wiki. I’ve been busy with so many other things, and needing to share a computer really hasn’t help. I won’t be doing much this week, but I finish this semester at school on Friday, so my time will […]
We have now over400 followers on our twitter account. I know that we could get a ton more if we were willing to follow the world. It seems that there is a group of people out there that think you should follow everyone that follows you. I don’t think that that makes sense for a tight knit community, […]
One of the many asinine word plays that always bothered me is “there’s no I in Team.” OK, that’s true. It’s also true that anybody who makes decisions based on verbal coincidences should be distanced as far as possible from any decision making process. My equally asinine rebuttal is that the difference between a losing […]
It’s easier and more fun to criticize and discuss negatives, but let me describe what work is like when it’s going well, so we can remember what our goal as managers is, and why it’s worth it. You look forward to going to work every morning. You already know what you’re going to accomplish today, […]
My mom has been working so hard, adding excellent content to The Pet Wiki, that I thought I’d do something nice for her. I bought her a new beautiful 22″ flat screen monitor so that she no longer has to squint when she writes. I went to hook up the monitor to her computer, but […]
Hey Joel, You don’t know me but you’ve been a mentor to me. I love your writing. I love your software. And you left a (virtual) paper trail of years’ worth of great posts that I can use as conversation starters. So I expect to be covering your stuff a lot. But it’s the good […]
This Hall of Fame Blog Post review begins my public stalking of Joel Spolsky. Among other things, Joel co-created FogBugz and Stack Overflow and writes Joel on Software. I’ll do a later post on Spolsky’s work and philosophies, this post will focus on a single excellent and ancient post from Spolsky. Post: FogBugz 4½ and […]
Think you’re a good manager? Now imagine that many of the people who are building your site don’t even work for you. You can’t tell them what to do. They don’t rely on you for their jobs or paychecks. They owe you nothing, and your business is to help them create. It shouldn’t be surprising […]
This blog has been a fun way for me to document all the goings on in The Pet Wiki. This past week has been Passover, so I haven’t been able to add as much stuff as I would have liked to. Even so, the twitter account is doing well. We now have over 300 followers. […]
My weakness (among others): I try to impress people with my knowledge. I need them to know that I’m on top of key issues and that I work hard. The situation: I’m on vacation and an e-mail is sent to the senior management team with a partial analysis of some key numbers. My (very incorrect) […]