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) […]
The animal community on twitter is a very tight knit group. There was a “paw pawty” on twitter yesterday to celebrate BrewskieButt‘s (a cat) birthday and to collect money for FURPOWER. FURPOWER collects money and gives it to a needy pet charity so they can do great work. The mascot of the FURPOWER is RomeoTheCat, […]
I’m not a lawyer; I don’t even play one on TV. And I’m fine with TV shows taking a lot of liberty with the truth, but primarily in areas where people aren’t going to make costly mistakes. I’m not worried about somebody saying “Well Sally, we can’t figure out what’s wrong with her, let’s inject […]
I know that I’ve already said that twitter is so cool. The twitter account for The Pet Wiki is now up to 200 followers. I’ve started following more people myself. There is so much great information out there that other people find. I’ve joined a few pet groups, sent Jane Goodall a 75th birthday wish, […]