Reflections on code, the things I read and what I've been up to.
A few years ago I was on a work trip in New York. For ‘team bonding’ we went to a commercial-style kitchen to cook dinner for ourselves, with the help...
Read ArticleAre surveys good evidence? In some cases, it may seem like there is no choice: how else are you going to find out if people say they prefer Coke or...
Read Article“Content marketing is telling jokes where every punchline is exactly the same.” Have you heard that too? Sounds like good advice, right? It’s pretty focused. But would you want to...
Read ArticleI started blogging in 2007. I think this makes me a second-wave blogger. I’ve built up a decent library of posts over on my personal site. And I’ve moved that...
Read ArticleIt’s been a few months, and, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem lay-offs are over. The big companies with huge lay-offs make the news, but it’s happening to medium and small companies...
Read ArticleWe’ve all taken surveys. But, are we all aware of how much modern knowledge is derived (through statistics, usually) from answers to surveys? How accurate and reliable is that knowledge?...
Read ArticleIf you’re going to use some new method to teach, you should want some evidence that this method works. But what makes evidence? Even harder, what makes good evidence?
Read ArticleSomething I’m enjoying! Oddly Influenced, a podcast about how people have applied ideas from outside of software to software.
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