MacBook Air recommendation for cost-conscious newlyweds
A friend who recently got married asked for advice (below) on purchasing a MacBook Air, and I thought it might be useful to record my response here:
Do less to be more productive
In “Your organization sucks at innovating”, Shane Parrish discusses innovation (or lack thereof) within an organisation:
Engineers make poor managers
Update: after a back-and-forth with Lindsay, this post should more accurately be titled “Good engineer != good manager”
Working late (consistently) is a sign of failure
I recently enjoyed this article, in which Jeff Sutherland describes how working longer hours actually makes you less productive.
Bought a pebble watch, saved my brain
In “Buy a watch, save your brain”, I wrote about how I hoped to buy a wrist watch (at the time, it was the rumoured “iWatch”), and reduce the amount of distraction I caused myself each time I checked the time on my iPhone.
In defense of traditional work-life balance
I enjoyed Rian van der Merwe’s first column on A List Apart, in which he defends a traditional view of work-life balance. The following echoes my own policy - I try to be 100% at work during work hours, but afterwards, I’m 0% at work (crises and extraordinary circumstances excluded)
Watching video is harder than reading
This video complains that we’re getting ever worse at focusing our attention
Automatically reboot multiple Cisco 79xx phones
We’re upgrading our Asterisk PABX at the office soon, as as part of the preparation, I needed a way to automatically reboot about 20 Cisco 79xx IP phones.
Grab any of Packts geekbooks for $10 until July 5th
The folks at Packt Publishing asked me to mention that they’re having 10 years $10 special, to celebrate their 10-year anniversary. Their entire range of books (geared towards niche geek topics) are available for $10 each. This is a good opportunity to brush up on some rusty areas, or establish a new skillset.
Stumbling into what you love
You can’t be prepared enough for life before living it