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- Rands in Repose – Stories about the humans who build software
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- The Product Engineer – Rands in Repose
This article starts with a salacious assertion on not needing product managers that I wouldn't agree with, but it is a good attention grab for the actual point of it. In reality…
- The 2024 Bookmark Situation – Rands in Repose
- The Seven Meetings You Hate – Rands in Repose
Distinct taxonomy of seven different ways to classify a failed meeting. Multiple choice.
- Generative Fill – Rands in Repose
Newest version of Photoshop has added an AI powered "Generative Fill" option. This example is pretty wild. It drew the goddamn bike. Click on the image and look at the larger…
- The Seven Dispositions of Task Management – Rands in Repose
- The Seven Levels of Busy – Rands in Repose
I love this enumeration of busy. Seven levels. Not Busy, Stuff to Do, Significant Commitments, At Capacity, Cracks in the Facade, Crushing Commitments, Unsustainable. The…
- Prestige Writing – Rands in Repose
Writing arcs, and telling a story. Prestige Writing builds to an unexpected but also familiar ending. The Pledge asks a question, the Turn answer the question, and the Prestige…
- What We Lost
I share Lopp's disclaimers. I think the broad adoption and familiarity with technology like Zoom has been a huge game changer. I lead a global team of nearly 500 people and over…
- Good Meetings are Jazz – Rands in Repose
- A Few Small Things You Can Do as a Leader – Rands in Repose
Simple, easy things for managers to do during times of crisis like this.
- The 2018 Emoji Report — Rands in Repose
🧐 Emoji continues to be one of my favorite work habits. As I wrote earlier, I initially resisted emoji. But the efficiency of the lightweight communication that occurs via emoji…
- The Org Chart Test – Rands in Repose
Interesting idea of insuring that the org chart is clearly articulated and known, as a way to insure that communications are happening right. An org chart should also effectively…
- Kobayashi Maru Management – Rands in Repose
I've ended up in these moments myself, multiple times in my career. I like the analogy here as well as the framework for considering how to detect and impending situation like…
- Everything Goes in a Context Bucket – Rands in Repose
I have a similar allergic reaction to cluttered desktops and hundreds of tabs. 🙇♂️ I also have workflows to manage these things. I use Moom instead of SizeUp, and Ulysses…
- Say the Hard Thing – Rands in Repose
Some very practical and useful suggestions for giving and receiving candid feedback. Your goal in life is to make feedback in all directions no big deal. You and your team never…
- Meeting Blur – Rands in Repose
What a great term! I've experienced this myself on many occasions! Meeting Blur. When the number of meetings exceeds your ability to remember what was said by whom, when, and…
- Five Leadership Hacks – Rands in Repose
With this definition in mind, I present five leadership hacks I regularly use. These are not practices designed to redefine your leadership philosophy. They are hacks.
- The QA Mindset – Rands in Repose
- The Builders High Rands in Repose
Is there a Facebook update that compares to building a thing? No, but Id argue that 82 Facebook updates, 312 tweets, and all those delicious Instagram updates are giving you the…
- Interview: Marco Arment