Toots from 2023-12-11
“The org tree carries implications of dependency by the ecosystem above, rather than power or s…
“The org tree carries implications of dependency by the ecosystem above, rather than power or status over those below.
The metaphor can produce visceral reactions from people who are smart enough to visualize an org tree in their head and are also subconsciously attached to the authority of the org chart.”
https://www.superversive.co/essays/history-of-the-org-chart
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“If the components of an application, such as analytic services, cannot operate on a common dat…
“If the components of an application, such as analytic services, cannot operate on a common data store, it complicates the development process because of the need for data movement and transformation.”
https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/02/reinvent-2023-underscores-new-simplicity-mandate-aws/
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Metaphors We Mistakenly Manage By… “Based on my observations, this narrative is strongest am…
Metaphors We Mistakenly Manage By…
“Based on my observations, this narrative is strongest among people who do not really understand software and what it means to create software. To be a bit provocative: I think, it will be a lot easier to replace each highly paid manager who eagerly awaits to replace all their software developers than to replace the software developers they want to get rid of.”
https://www.ufried.com/blog/software_fallacies_1/
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“When you hear “human error” as an explanation for why a system failed, you should think �…
“When you hear “human error” as an explanation for why a system failed, you should think “this person doesn’t know how the system stays up.” Because without knowing how the system stays up, it is impossible to understand the cases where it comes down.”
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“When we dig into what the actual problems are, we find they always fall into one of three cate…
“When we dig into what the actual problems are, we find they always fall into one of three categories:
Number of meetings
Efficiency of meetings
3 When meetings are scheduled
Let’s look at each of these.”
https://improvingflow.com/2023/11/19/improving-meetings.html
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“On average, desk workers say the ideal amount of focus time is around four hours a day. More t…
“On average, desk workers say the ideal amount of focus time is around four hours a day. More than two hours a day in meetings is the tipping point at which a majority of workers say they’re spending “too much time” in meetings, with a similar pattern emerging across all job levels.“
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“But there was a catch. During his performance review, he learned that management had a metric …
“But there was a catch. During his performance review, he learned that management had a metric for productivity: lines of code. Tom had negative productivity. In fact, because he was so successful, his entire group had negative productivity.”
https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2023/12/simplicity.html
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IANAMBA & I respect the improvements…but it’s not obvious to me how a terminal app can produc…
IANAMBA & I respect the improvements…but it’s not obvious to me how a terminal app can produce a 100x return on 73M of funding.