RT @KevinGoldsmith: Trying to build your async company culture by doing more writing and fewer meetings? Awesome!
Just remember that sendi…
RT @RexChapman: “Ms. Cosgrove”
@TonyBakercomedy is hilarious...
Alt title: “Warning: many warnings are unheeded” https://overcast.fm/+1WhPvNGGY
Listening to safety podcasts where the post-incident question is often a version of “How can we eliminate that next time?”
Beyond whether any two times are discrete, identifiable, or comparable…
Replying to @mweagle
I wonder if that question could be counterbalanced with “How did that other non-incident produce desired outcomes and how do we ensure those learnings are preserved?”
Replying to @mweagle
TL;DR Elimination doesn’t help us co-create.
Hot take: there has never been a roasted nut serving size recommendation that is even remotely close to the actual serving size.
“Engineering Managers (EMs) don’t intentionally set out to fail.”
How Engineering Managers Fail https://www.patkua.com/blog/how-engineering-managers-fail/
“Once all the activities of the value stream are visible, conversations can occur across teams, leading to improvements.”
Rowing in the Same Direction: Use Value Streams to Align Work | AgileConnection https://www.agileconnection.com/article/rowing-same-direction-use-value-streams-align-work
RT @sportingnews: “BIRDS AREN’T REAL” 😂
Reminder that people complete the system design. They find ways to optimize within constraints that they perceive to be beyond their ability to change. https://overcast.fm/+tF0BFJunc
Good conversation about @TeamTopologies and the value of a shared vocabulary for org design. https://overcast.fm/+XERfpzIzs
Replying to @jboursiquot
TIL and also 😱. Glad you’re feeling better.
Playoffs to Lakers:
Replying to @ianfoo and @Adron
NFT: Non-Findable Tag
Replying to @ianfoo and @Adron
The URLs are here! https://twitter.com/jbesw/status/1511811367069749255
“In my experience when people do not work out it’s often because they are not actually set up for success. Their strengths do not align with the incentives the network creates or network structures play into their weaknesses.” https://bellmar.medium.com/engineering-teams-are-just-networks-1fc16058879a
Replying to @mweagle
Related: https://twitter.com/NBAMemes/status/1511931775181803520
RT @dr_nickiw: One of the moments I’m grateful for this bird app, cause I was in class until now..😭❤️
This isn’t as “plain” as I would have thought.
Replying to @skpodila
Too true. 😀
Great book.
https://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B09SVLL3Q4&source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=player_overflow
“The system of development must be managed. It will not manage itself.”
https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/the-essential-deming/9780071790222/ch05.html via @OReillyMedia
That’s not a good sign.
“I understood, even at the time, that a focus on the narrowest components of execution can be a huge problem for greater success.” https://twitter.com/niallm/status/1513531939302649858
Replying to @niallm
Looking forward to part 2. 👍
“Engineers face today problems that were unknown in engineering a few years ago. Use of automatic machinery, complex apparatus, automation, can only be useful with better understanding of statistical methods.”
AFAICT, still true (orig: 1966).
https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/the-essential-deming/9780071790222/ch07.html
Replying to @smakofsky
From Inbox Zero to Inbox Hero?
Playoff ball is the best ball.
Turns out that correctly reading musical notation is highly correlated with successful musical outcomes.
Status: ExcelFu++
“The focus now isn’t so much on when people are working, or even where, but rather on how people can work better.”
The Rise of the Triple Peak Day https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/triple-peak-day?utm_campaign=Level%20Up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
“[I]t isn’t always obvious which service is the source of problems in the overall system, or there’s an interaction problem between multiple services, or both.”
Making operational work more visible · GitHub https://github.com/readme/guides/ops-work-visible
Hoping the contractor shows up on time +/- 2 hours
Do the Hawks know they’re not supposed to switch off the player who’s on fire?
Replying to @cmeik
“Perhaps the question should be more nuanced: ‘Is there a particular level of engineering leadership where my ability to write code is no longer relevant?’ Now that’s a great question!”
Should engineering managers write code? | LeadDev https://leaddev.com/skills-new-managers/should-engineering-managers-write-code
Some counterevidence to the “you can’t buy DevOps” claim.
Fifth reboot to start the day.
Replying to @mweagle
USB-C ports:
Replying to @jhscott
Last words for laptop
This needs a soundtrack.
https://open.spotify.com/track/702JBOmVd5CHvo6DExxWXU?si=qCaAb26pTJ-uR2W76vFGSA&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Agoing%2520to%2520cali%2520ll%2520
Replying to @sanathkr_
Thank you & wishing you the best. 🙏
Setup a backup MBP that had not been used in 16 months. The one that bricked would no longer recognize USB-C inputs, including power.
The “backup” does not support charging the battery (I have tried SMC reset).
Replying to @mweagle
Plugging in the USB-C monitor shuts down the “backup”.
Replying to @mweagle
BYOC seems like a good option at this point.
Replying to @nconnaughton
Agree. They’re not great.
“In my opinion, the biggest GUI used for data science is Microsoft Excel.”
https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/practical-data-science/9781801071970/Text/Chapter_1.xhtml via @OReillyMedia
RT @rakyll: There is a real toil on working on infrastructure that is not visible. You see a region launch from a cloud provider and dismis…
Replying to @kstewart
Nice!
Shout out to any and everyone I know at TWTR for what I can only imagine is an incredibly difficult day.
“It’s extremely rare to hear about case studies of engineering leaders who’ve been wildly successful in an organization replicate the same success every time they change jobs.”
Why Success Is Often Elusive at the Highest Echelons | by Cindy Sridharan https://copyconstruct.medium.com/why-success-is-often-elusive-at-the-highest-echelons-3e02e4dd3e7f
Replying to @mweagle
The network is the socio-technical computer.
“What your team, and your culture, needs out of a project manager is entirely dependent on the people, the team, the culture, the projects, and this moment in time.”
Entropy Crushers – Rands in Repose https://randsinrepose.com/archives/entropy-crushers/
Replying to @controlpl4n3
Agree.
Replying to @landongn
Hope you feel better & also
Most helpful advice. https://twitter.com/johncutlefish/status/1518361842342453248
Dear LazyWeb: who are your favorite people (ex: @copyconstruct), resources & mechanisms to help newer engineers discover cool papers/posts/conferences?
P.S. RIP RSS
Replying to @tuxology, @copyconstruct, @papers_we_love and @adriancolyer
Nice - tyvm.
Replying to @copyconstruct, @MarcJBrooker, @muratdemirbas, @martinkl and @heidiann360
Thanks. Can confirm @MarcJBrooker’s public and internal reading recommendations are great.
“There’s one more property of software, even harder to measure, and even more important than any of these—because it’s how we can get to any of these other properties.”
Five Measurements You Should Make and Then Ignore (Plus One to Watch Intently) https://jessitron.com/2022/04/23/five-measurements-you-should-make-and-then-ignore-plus-one-to-watch-intently/
Flavortown’s preoccupation with popcorn has gone too far. (I didn’t take a photo of the cake batter flavor popcorn).
Replying to @benkershner
Replying to @joshroppo
Kettle corn...is the flavor. Wat is this abomination?
Replying to @jhscott and @benkershner
Diners, Drive-ins, and Detecting Health Risks
Replying to @kstewart