Gail Taylor once explained to me her philosophy of designing large-scale events. If you have a large enough group, you will generally have all types of people, from obnoxious type-A personalities who dominate the conversation to thoughtful facilitator-types (whom she would call Yellow Threads). (JV0) If you’re designing an event for such a group, [...]
Yet another lesson on collaboration from the world of sports. In yesterday’s Los Angeles Times Sports page, Ken Williams, GM of the Chicago White Sox, explained his working relationship with the team’s manager and the rest of the staff: (JUR) “While you want people to push in the same direction, not to the point [...]
Mike Mell and I were IMing today about a project we’re working on together, and he said off-hand that he’d like to be more rigorous about writing unit tests. His comment struck me, because I’ve been hacking PurpleWiki again after being away for literally months, and once again, unit testing has made my life considerably [...]
Today, my nephew, Elliott Marcellus Watras, turns one. In honor of his first birthday, he’s guest blogging today. -EEK (JU6) A few weeks ago, I was napping peacefully in the car, when I heard this clicking noise. I opened my eyes and saw this strange looking fellow taking pictures of himself and staring at [...]
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