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Archive for the ‘Essays’ Category
Metrics, Dragons and Software Development
Posted in Essays, tagged linkedin on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
100% Is Not Efficient: Slack and Why You Need It
Posted in Essays, tagged business, linkedin, principles, slack on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The System z10 Enterprise Class—equivalent to approximately 1500 Intel x86 servers IT people like to hang out at Starbucks discussing things that really matter, such as what Russia is doing in Georgia, or what the utilization numbers look like for the company’s servers. The sad reality is that most servers are provisioned with way more [...]
80-20: A Space Odyssey
Posted in Essays, tagged linkedin on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A lot of well-known bloggers and pundits like to talk about the 80-20 rule. In relation to technology, the idea is this: the best way to create a Fast Company and get featured on Tech Crunch (preferably becoming rich and famous in the process) is to nail the 20% of features your customers want and [...]
B Work is Bad for the Soul: What Goes Wrong Behind Blockbuster Movies
Posted in Essays, tagged animation, art, business, linkedin, management, people, process on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently my friend and I left the office for a couple hours to attend a lecture by Dr. Ed Catmull at a local university. Here is a man who knows what he’s doing. Over time, Dr. Catmull has leveraged sound business principles to help grow Pixar into one of the best animation studios in the [...]
Blogging is Good for the Soul
Posted in Essays, tagged learning, specs, writing on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago, Stevey at Amazon wrote about the benefits of blogging, even if nobody reads what you write. Paul Graham said something similar when discussing how and why he writes Essays. Elsewhere, Joel related the same principle to writing specs. So here’s the principle: one of the best ways to exercise your brain and explore ideas is by writing. This [...]
